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NOTE: A big thanks to Annette Sanchez from the Andy Reinhart for Commissioner campaign for sharing this list of facts with us. These facts are also listed on Andy's site.
1. In 1951, Edwin H. Beachler of The Pittsburgh Press wrote, “Mt. Lebanon is the community that an unsurpassed civic spirit built – people with such deep pride in their stone and brick ‘castles’ that they refused to settle for anything but the best.”
2. In the 1920s, Mt. Lebanon was the fastest-growing community in Pennsylvania, gaining 11,000 people over that decade. The township’s 1200-foot altitude and prevailing westerly winds made for cleaner air – a real advantage as air pollution worsened in the Pittsburgh area. (The Pittsburgh Press, 1951)
3. Foster School, named for famed Pittsburgh composer Stephen Foster, was built in 1939. It was Mt. Lebanon’s fifth elementary school. (The Pittsburgh Press, 1951)
4. The area known as Mt. Lebanon has a complicated history: In 1788, it was part of St. Clair Township. When that was divided, in 1806, it became part of Upper St. Clair, and in 1861, it became part of Scott Township. In 1912, residents of the eastern portion of Scott formed Mt. Lebanon Township. (from “Annals of Mt. Lebanon,” commemorating the 25th anniversary of the founding of Mt. Lebanon , 1937.)
5. Mt. Lebanon was the first township in Pennsylvania to create a community relations board. It was formed in 1966. (From “All About Mt. Lebanon,” 1968)
6. Mt. Lebanon takes its name from two cedars of Lebanon trees, brought from the Holy Land and planted in 1850 by Rev. Joseph Clokey. Many years later, a piece of one of the original cedars was carved into a gavel and presented to the Mt. Lebanon Women’s Club. (From “All About Mt. Lebanon, “ 1968)
7. According to “All About Mt. Lebanon,” a pamphlet created in the late ‘60s for new homeowners, 1968 school tax rates were 38 mils, while the municipality received 11.25 mils. Current tax millage is 23.56 for the school district and 4.97 for the municipality.
8. Although Mt. Lebanon became an independent township in 1912, real growth didn’t come until 1924, when the Liberty Tubes opened. As automobile ownership exploded, accessible suburbs like Mt. Lebanon became more desirable. (from “All About Mt. Lebanon,” 1968)
9. The oldest church in town, Mt. Lebanon United Presbyterian, was founded in a local orchard on a farm owned by David Kennedy in 1807. It was originally called “The Associated Reformed Congregation of Saw Mill Run.”
10. The July-August 1989 edition of Mt. Lebanon Magazine promoted the Great State of Mt. Lebanon State Fair, to be held July 28-30 at Washington School. Among the events planned were a Lawyers Relay Race, Decorated Volvo contest, and Hot Wheels rodeo.
11. The first issue of Mt. Lebanon Magazine, dated January 1981, featured a profile of Colorado’s then-governor, Richard Lamm, a 1953 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School.
12. In an April 1981 Mt. Lebanon Magazine article, “Making Friends With the Fast Idiot,” high school math coordinator Fred Gaertner noted that the school owned four computers, and was about to add two new Apple microprocessors.
13. A March 1989 advertisement in Mt. Lebanon Magazine announced the grand opening of the Galleria, “the city’s most eclectic collection of fashion from Ann Taylor to Zebra.”
14. In 1968, a Mt. Lebanon family pool pass sold for $25. That year, the pool offered a Teen-Age Swim from 9-11 pm on Thursdays, for fifty cents. (Family pool passes cost $220 in 2007.) (1968 information from “All About Mt. Lebanon”)
15. In 1968, roughly 78 percent of Mt. Lebanon voters were registered Republicans. “All About Mt. Lebanon” noted that Republican registration was once as high as 94 percent.
16. Coal was mined underground in the township from 1883 until 1923. Streetcars to Pittsburgh began in 1901; later that year, the first real estate subdivision, the Mt. Lebanon Plan, was laid out. By 1905, 11 subdivisions had been approved in the area that became Mt. Lebanon. (from “Mt. Lebanon: Where Past and Future Meet,” by Wallace F. Workmaster, Historical Society of Mt. Lebanon)
17. “As early as July, 1912, the (Mt. Lebanon) commission debated establishing a speed limit on Washington Road and marking dangerous spots on other roads... By 1934, Mt. Lebanon residents owned 3,966 automobiles and lived in 3,460 dwelling places, figures which suggest that a number of families owned more than one vehicle, even in the depths of the Great Depression.” ( from “Mt. Lebanon: Where Past and Future Meet,” by Wallace F. Workmaster, Historical Society of Mt. Lebanon)
1. In 1951, Edwin H. Beachler of The Pittsburgh Press wrote, “Mt. Lebanon is the community that an unsurpassed civic spirit built – people with such deep pride in their stone and brick ‘castles’ that they refused to settle for anything but the best.”
2. In the 1920s, Mt. Lebanon was the fastest-growing community in Pennsylvania, gaining 11,000 people over that decade. The township’s 1200-foot altitude and prevailing westerly winds made for cleaner air – a real advantage as air pollution worsened in the Pittsburgh area. (The Pittsburgh Press, 1951)
3. Foster School, named for famed Pittsburgh composer Stephen Foster, was built in 1939. It was Mt. Lebanon’s fifth elementary school. (The Pittsburgh Press, 1951)
4. The area known as Mt. Lebanon has a complicated history: In 1788, it was part of St. Clair Township. When that was divided, in 1806, it became part of Upper St. Clair, and in 1861, it became part of Scott Township. In 1912, residents of the eastern portion of Scott formed Mt. Lebanon Township. (from “Annals of Mt. Lebanon,” commemorating the 25th anniversary of the founding of Mt. Lebanon , 1937.)
5. Mt. Lebanon was the first township in Pennsylvania to create a community relations board. It was formed in 1966. (From “All About Mt. Lebanon,” 1968)
6. Mt. Lebanon takes its name from two cedars of Lebanon trees, brought from the Holy Land and planted in 1850 by Rev. Joseph Clokey. Many years later, a piece of one of the original cedars was carved into a gavel and presented to the Mt. Lebanon Women’s Club. (From “All About Mt. Lebanon, “ 1968)
7. According to “All About Mt. Lebanon,” a pamphlet created in the late ‘60s for new homeowners, 1968 school tax rates were 38 mils, while the municipality received 11.25 mils. Current tax millage is 23.56 for the school district and 4.97 for the municipality.
8. Although Mt. Lebanon became an independent township in 1912, real growth didn’t come until 1924, when the Liberty Tubes opened. As automobile ownership exploded, accessible suburbs like Mt. Lebanon became more desirable. (from “All About Mt. Lebanon,” 1968)
9. The oldest church in town, Mt. Lebanon United Presbyterian, was founded in a local orchard on a farm owned by David Kennedy in 1807. It was originally called “The Associated Reformed Congregation of Saw Mill Run.”
10. The July-August 1989 edition of Mt. Lebanon Magazine promoted the Great State of Mt. Lebanon State Fair, to be held July 28-30 at Washington School. Among the events planned were a Lawyers Relay Race, Decorated Volvo contest, and Hot Wheels rodeo.
11. The first issue of Mt. Lebanon Magazine, dated January 1981, featured a profile of Colorado’s then-governor, Richard Lamm, a 1953 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School.
12. In an April 1981 Mt. Lebanon Magazine article, “Making Friends With the Fast Idiot,” high school math coordinator Fred Gaertner noted that the school owned four computers, and was about to add two new Apple microprocessors.
13. A March 1989 advertisement in Mt. Lebanon Magazine announced the grand opening of the Galleria, “the city’s most eclectic collection of fashion from Ann Taylor to Zebra.”
14. In 1968, a Mt. Lebanon family pool pass sold for $25. That year, the pool offered a Teen-Age Swim from 9-11 pm on Thursdays, for fifty cents. (Family pool passes cost $220 in 2007.) (1968 information from “All About Mt. Lebanon”)
15. In 1968, roughly 78 percent of Mt. Lebanon voters were registered Republicans. “All About Mt. Lebanon” noted that Republican registration was once as high as 94 percent.
16. Coal was mined underground in the township from 1883 until 1923. Streetcars to Pittsburgh began in 1901; later that year, the first real estate subdivision, the Mt. Lebanon Plan, was laid out. By 1905, 11 subdivisions had been approved in the area that became Mt. Lebanon. (from “Mt. Lebanon: Where Past and Future Meet,” by Wallace F. Workmaster, Historical Society of Mt. Lebanon)
17. “As early as July, 1912, the (Mt. Lebanon) commission debated establishing a speed limit on Washington Road and marking dangerous spots on other roads... By 1934, Mt. Lebanon residents owned 3,966 automobiles and lived in 3,460 dwelling places, figures which suggest that a number of families owned more than one vehicle, even in the depths of the Great Depression.” ( from “Mt. Lebanon: Where Past and Future Meet,” by Wallace F. Workmaster, Historical Society of Mt. Lebanon)
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