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| | Townships of Erie County, Pa. |
 | | The Howard stone quarry south of the center, on Falls Run, is one of the most important stone quarries in the county, having a rather thick stratum of fine, hard sandstone, from which excellent stone have been taken for 60 or 70 years, perhaps longer. |
 | | This congregation built its log church in what is now the cemetery in 1804, a large frame church in the present park in 18 18-22, a brick edifice in 1860 and dedicated in 1861, later burned and at once replaced by another handsome brick structure. |
 | | The first brick house in the county, outside of Erie at least, was built by James Silliman in 1809, about a mile east of the borough. |
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