THE HOME MADE MARION CENTER PA CODE
Marion Center has been assigned the zip code of 15759 and is a part of area code 724.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2), all of it land. It was torn down in the late 2000s to make way for a public park (named after famous local artist, Linton Park). The North Manor Street site became home to the area's high school (1916–1929). A third building was erected in the 1860s. A second school was built on the same site in 1848. The first school in Marion Center, a log building on North Manor Street, burned in 1834. Passing the superintendent's exam upon completion of the program licensed one to teach in the county's common schools. Joseph Weaver instructed students during the approximately 12-week course. Ī summer normal school operated in the borough in the early 20th century. He was succeeded by Frank Wetzel who operated a grocery store on the site until the 1940s. He later added an additional 40 feet (12 m) to the store. By 1887, Wetzel had built a store measuring 20- by 40 feet (12 m). Wetzel (located at Craig and Main Streets). Park) and a pharmacy (operated by William Griffith) were located on Main Street near the store of H. It was torn down in the 1930s to make way for Harry Black's service station. Horatio Simons converted it to a hotel on June 1, 1904. The second hotel, Mahoning House, at the corner of Main and Manor Streets, occupied the site of the former general store operated by McLaughlin, Kinter, and Company. Hotel Marion, built in 1879 by Alexander Adams, had 15 rooms and was three stories tall. Two hotels were erected on Main Street in the 19th century. Marion Center had a vibrant community life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The last train, the Hoodlbug, left on June 10, 1950. The first passenger train stopped at Marion Center on May 3, 1904. Trains ran through Marion Center by April 1903. The tracks from Jefferson County into Indiana County were first laid near Juneau in October 1902. A branch near the Jefferson-Indiana County Line (Indiana Junction) led south into Indiana County ending at Vintondale. In 1885, New York banker Adrien Iselin purchased the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway. Marion Center is located in the spur to the right of Pittsburgh just south of the Indiana Junction. Map of Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway, 1907.
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