Bedford, PA II (10/29/2021)

Friday, October 29, 2021 (continued)

Continuing the walking tour of the Historic District of Bedford, PA.

Former Common School Building (1859) now houses
the National Museum of the American Coverlet (2006)

A mural inside the Common School Building

Now to explore the National Museum of the American Coverlet.

Barn frame loom and two woven coverlets: the top coverlet
is folded over the bar to show the winter and summer sides
of the coverlet signed Delhi 1848, attributed to Asahel Phelps;
the lower coverlet is also a double-weave blue and white
(1836, by Archibald Davidson for Emily Jenks)

His and Hers double-weave blue and white coverlets
(1848, for Peter Dale and Sarah Dale) with large trademark
blossoms and motifs typical for Bergen County, NJ

A green, red and white coverlet designed with
a four block Lover's Knot variation pattern;
the bottom corners are cut out to
accommodate a four-poster bed

Part of a double-weave blue and white coverlet with a
technically clever "Op Art" design and Space Needles borders

Double-weave blue and white with Cathedral
borders was likely made on a back harness loom

One of the display rooms with loom and coverlets (KSS)

Sample of flax; coverlets were made with
wool, cotton, flax or linen, or a combination

Double-weave blue and white with Tree of Life motif
was probably made on a back harness loom

Double-weave madder, white and indigo with
a Windowpane design including white Roses
in the four corners and a Tree border
(c 1810-1830, attributed to Pennsylvania
German weavers due to the use of color)

Double-weave red, blue and white with
Leopards & Monkeys side border and
grape leaves in the bottom border
(by unidentified weaver in Ohio) (KSS)

Continuing the walking tour of the Historic District of Bedford, PA.

Gump Mansion (1875, for Dr Simon Gump)

Barclay House (1889, in Italianate style with
jerkin-head gable roof and dormer)

Mann House (c 1842-1844, by Solomon Filler,
in Greek Revival style with inset door)

Solomon Filler House (c 1826)

Russell House (c 1816)

Bedford County Courthouse (c 1828,
by Solomon Filler in Greek Revival style) 

Bedford County Veterans Memorial

United States Post Office (1915, by Oscar Weneroth
in Neoclassical style with Tuscan columns)

Man on the Monument (1890) faces
Gettysburg to honor the Civil War dead

Bedford Presbyterian Church (c 1839, by Solomon Filler
in Greek Revival style)

McCauslin Mansion (c 1830)

Former Johnstown Bank and Trust Building
(1915, in Beaux Arts style)

S Juliana Street

G C Murphy Building (c 1875, in Italianate style)

W Pitt Street, including the former Union Hotel (1835)

Fort Bedford Museum (1958)

E Pitt Street with some fall foliage color (on Evitts mountain)

We stayed at Judy's Motel ("PA Dutch") in Bedford, PA

Next: Bedford, PA III+.