Support Buses for Kids on Giving Tuesday!!
This year, consider a gift to the History Center’s Buses for Kids campaign. Your donations will support a program to help York County schools bring their students to our museums for field trips!Learn more>
Historical Society Museum
Located at 250 East Market Street is the headquarters of the History Center. The museum features some of the History Center’s diverse exhibits housed in a building that is itself a historical artifact.
Agricultural & Industrial Museum
Explore York County’s vast contributions to the progress of agricultural and industry at the History Center’s Agricultural & Industrial Museum. The museum highlights over 300 years of transportation and agriculture.
Seasonal Sites
The Golden Plough Tavern, the General Horatio Gates House, the Colonial Courthouse, and the Fire Museum are all located along West Market Street and are open seasonally April through November.
Library & Archives
The Library & Archives, located on East Market Street, houses an extensive collection, including genealogy and family history, decorative arts, community organizations, and more.
Blog: History Uncovered
In our History Uncovered blog, we make the past come alive by telling stories about the people, places and things that shaped the York County of yesterday and help us understand who we are today..
Historical Society Museum
Located at 250 East Market Street is the headquarters of the History Center. The museum features some of the History Center’s diverse exhibits housed in a building that is itself a historical artifact.
Agricultural & Industrial Museum
Explore York County’s vast contributions to the progress of agricultural and industry at the History Center’s Agricultural & Industrial Museum. The museum highlights over 300 years of transportation and agriculture.
Seasonal Sites
The Golden Plough Tavern, the General Horatio Gates House, the Colonial Courthouse, and the Fire Museum are all located along West Market Street and are open seasonally April through November.
Library & Archives
The Library & Archives, located on East Market Street, houses an extensive collection, including genealogy and family history, decorative arts, community organizations, and more.
Blog: History Uncovered
In our History Uncovered blog, we make the past come alive by telling stories about the people, places and things that shaped the York County of yesterday and help us understand who we are today.
The difference YOU make
The York County History Center is grateful for your support and commitment to this very special place. As a member, supporter or volunteer, you make history come alive.
The difference YOU make
The York County History Center is grateful for your support and commitment to this very special place. As a member, supporter or volunteer, you make history come alive.
Events & Programs
Writers' Roundtable
12-13-2023
12-13-2023
Presented by York County History Center at York County Historical Society Museum, York
Don Linebaugh – The Ramsey, the demolished Stewartstown theater
** RESCHEDULED DATE- Wednesday, DECEMBER 13, 2023**
For In-Person registration: Click Here!
For Zoom link: Click Here!
This program will also be streamed live on Facebook and a...
[more+]Don Linebaugh – The Ramsey, the demolished Stewartstown theater
** RESCHEDULED DATE- Wednesday, DECEMBER 13, 2023**
For In-Person registration: Click Here!
For Zoom link: Click Here!
This program will also be streamed live on Facebook and a recording will be available later on YouTube.
The York County Writers’ Roundtable networks writers and researchers of York County and regional history. The group meets on the first Thursday of every quarter at 7:00 p.m. at the Historical Society Museum, Library & Archives at 250 E. Market St. This event is free and open to the public.
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Writers' Roundtable
12-13-2023
12-13-2023
Presented by York County History Center at York County Historical Society Museum, York
December 13 – Don Linebaugh – “‘THAT’S ALL FOLKS’: The Rise and Fall of the Ramsay Theater”
For In-Person registration: Click Here!
For Zoom link: Click Here!
This program will also be streamed live on Facebook and a recording...
[more+]December 13 – Don Linebaugh – “‘THAT’S ALL FOLKS’: The Rise and Fall of the Ramsay Theater”
For In-Person registration: Click Here!
For Zoom link: Click Here!
This program will also be streamed live on Facebook and a recording will be available later on YouTube.
With its opening in 1920, the Ramsay Theater brought the “silver screen” to Stewartstown. This program will explore the theater’s history and its impact on Stewartstown and the surrounding area. Linebaugh also will talk about how small-town movie houses in Stewartstown and in small towns throughout York County added to and shaped community.
Linebaugh, a longtime leader in the Stewartstown Area Historical Society, explains that “As Ramsay kept up with new film trends, showing silent movies like ‘Double Speed,’ then talkies such as ‘Little Women,’ followed by Technicolor films like ‘Gone with the Wind,’ the theater delivered the magic of the movies and connected the community to the national imagination.”
Dr. Linebaugh is professor of Historic Preservation in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland. He was named Dean ad interim in May 2018 and served until Summer 2021. His wide work at the local level includes documentation of historic sites.
The York County Writers’ Roundtable networks writers and researchers of York County and regional history. The group usually meets on the first Thursday of every quarter at 7:00 p.m. at the Historical Society Museum, Library & Archives at 250 E. Market St. This event is free and open to the public.
[less-]Tags: History & Heritage
Writers' Roundtable
12-13-2023
12-13-2023
Presented by York County History Center at York County Historical Society Museum, York
Don Linebaugh – The Ramsey, the demolished Stewartstown theater
** RESCHEDULED DATE- Wednesday, DECEMBER 13, 2023**
For In-Person registration: Click Here!
For Zoom link: Click Here!
This program will also be streamed live on Facebook and a...
[more+]Don Linebaugh – The Ramsey, the demolished Stewartstown theater
** RESCHEDULED DATE- Wednesday, DECEMBER 13, 2023**
For In-Person registration: Click Here!
For Zoom link: Click Here!
This program will also be streamed live on Facebook and a recording will be available later on YouTube.
The York County Writers’ Roundtable networks writers and researchers of York County and regional history. The group meets on the first Thursday of every quarter at 7:00 p.m. at the Historical Society Museum, Library & Archives at 250 E. Market St. This event is free and open to the public.
[less-]Tags: History & Heritage
Writers' Roundtable
12-13-2023
12-13-2023
Presented by York County History Center at York County Historical Society Museum, York
December 13 – Don Linebaugh – “‘THAT’S ALL FOLKS’: The Rise and Fall of the Ramsay Theater”
For In-Person registration: Click Here!
For Zoom link: Click Here!
This program will also be streamed live on Facebook and a recording...
[more+]December 13 – Don Linebaugh – “‘THAT’S ALL FOLKS’: The Rise and Fall of the Ramsay Theater”
For In-Person registration: Click Here!
For Zoom link: Click Here!
This program will also be streamed live on Facebook and a recording will be available later on YouTube.
With its opening in 1920, the Ramsay Theater brought the “silver screen” to Stewartstown. This program will explore the theater’s history and its impact on Stewartstown and the surrounding area. Linebaugh also will talk about how small-town movie houses in Stewartstown and in small towns throughout York County added to and shaped community.
Linebaugh, a longtime leader in the Stewartstown Area Historical Society, explains that “As Ramsay kept up with new film trends, showing silent movies like ‘Double Speed,’ then talkies such as ‘Little Women,’ followed by Technicolor films like ‘Gone with the Wind,’ the theater delivered the magic of the movies and connected the community to the national imagination.”
Dr. Linebaugh is professor of Historic Preservation in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland. He was named Dean ad interim in May 2018 and served until Summer 2021. His wide work at the local level includes documentation of historic sites.
The York County Writers’ Roundtable networks writers and researchers of York County and regional history. The group usually meets on the first Thursday of every quarter at 7:00 p.m. at the Historical Society Museum, Library & Archives at 250 E. Market St. This event is free and open to the public.
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