Sharpsville Historical Society

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The purpose of the society is the collecting of data dealing with the early history of the Sharpsville area, the acquisition and preservation of documents, records, relics, and memorabilia having to do with pioneer days, the encouragement of local hi

Times were tough during the Great Depression and people did what they had to in order to get by. Here, residents around...
09/04/2026

Times were tough during the Great Depression and people did what they had to in order to get by. Here, residents around High Street are sorting through fill dirt the Shenango Furnace used to level the lot where some recently-torn-down "company houses" stood. Here they were looking for scrap iron, which they could sell to the "junk man" for a small payment.

Here's another post... It's titled "First Annual Mom's Night", 1958. A familiar sight along the football field (though ...
08/28/2026

Here's another post... It's titled "First Annual Mom's Night", 1958. A familiar sight along the football field (though without a fence, and with the ladies more dressed up than today--in dresses, pumps, and hats or babushkas. We don't have names for those pictured, so if you are Class of '59 (we assume the mom's were of Seniors), identification would help.

We're starting a new feature where we hope to post a historical photo every week. For our inaugural photo, here's th...
08/23/2026

We're starting a new feature where we hope to post a historical photo every week.
For our inaugural photo, here's the background: The Varsity "S" was a club for Sharpsville High lettermen formed in 1923 by Harry E. Pebly, coach of the storied Sharpsville football and basketball teams of the 1920s. Purported to be the oldest organization of its kind in Pennsylvania and possibly the country, it was known mainly for its hazing intiations and annual banquets featuring celebrities from the world of sport, including various collegiate coaches, as well as Willie Stargell, Art Rooney, Honus Wagner, and sportswriter "Chilly" Doyle. It was disbanded at some point in the mid-1970s.
Here's the initiation from November 22, 1949. With the paddle, Fats Cerroni, and with Bob Sabella on the receiving end. Behind are: John "Dope" Hanley, Bob "Corny Jennings, Joe "BeeBo Caracci, Tom "Tucker" Findley, Bill Senay, Buck Austin, Ralph Jones, Fred Madaz, Alex Zomparelli, Kent Hoffman, Dick Timmerman, Tom Rusnak, Wade Alxander, Dan O'Neill, Lou Caracci, [unknown, face turned], Mike Roth, Spikes Murphy, Paul Teglo.

Looks like nice weather for our Ice Cream Social tomorrow, July 19th from 4 to 7 pm at the Gazebo in Town Park, located ...
07/19/2026

Looks like nice weather for our Ice Cream Social tomorrow, July 19th from 4 to 7 pm at the Gazebo in Town Park, located at the corner of Walnut and Shenango Streets.

06/28/2026

https://sharpsvillehistorical.org/pdfs/Newsletter/2026/July2026Newsletter.pdf

Check out our July Newsletter

01/26/2026

The Historical Society meeting for January 26th has been cancelled due to the weather.

12/28/2025

January 2026 edition of our newsletter

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131 N Mercer Avenue
Sharpsville, PA
16150

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(724) 962-2392

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