Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Columbia Market House to restore historic dungeons; talk planned for tonight [video]
Columbia Borough lays claim to a strange subterranean space, people say.
Some swear ghosts lurk there, where no natural light shines.
A borough constable once forced famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison and heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer John L. Sullivan to spend the night — albeit in different centuries. Another occupant died by suicide, historians say.
And now, volunteers with the Columbia Historical Preservation Society want to restore the dungeons below the Columbia Market House with wood floors, replicated furniture and interpretative panels that relate its storied past as a prison from the mid-1800s to about 1928. One goal, says Rick Fisher, the society member spearheading the restoration, is to create a display rich with history.
“We want to preserve them before any more damage occurs,” Fisher says of the six crumbling, windowless prison cells.
Grab a free sneak peek at the underground area and learn about its history Thursday at 6 p.m. at the market house.
MORE: HERE.
Some swear ghosts lurk there, where no natural light shines.
A borough constable once forced famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison and heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer John L. Sullivan to spend the night — albeit in different centuries. Another occupant died by suicide, historians say.
And now, volunteers with the Columbia Historical Preservation Society want to restore the dungeons below the Columbia Market House with wood floors, replicated furniture and interpretative panels that relate its storied past as a prison from the mid-1800s to about 1928. One goal, says Rick Fisher, the society member spearheading the restoration, is to create a display rich with history.
“We want to preserve them before any more damage occurs,” Fisher says of the six crumbling, windowless prison cells.
Grab a free sneak peek at the underground area and learn about its history Thursday at 6 p.m. at the market house.
MORE: HERE.
Spring Forward - Sunday, March 10
Daylight saving time starts at 2 a.m. on March 10, 2024, the second Sunday of March.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - March 4, 2024
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Victor Lopez conveyed property on Union Street to Kevin Simmons for $200,000.
Charles W. Hershey and Peggy A. Hershey conveyed property on a public road to Shawn R. Weidman, Alyvia A. Pauzer and Kathleen Pauzer for $347,000.
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