Historical Event
The St. Edward’s Church Fire
On April 8, 1971, fire destroyed St. Edward’s Roman Catholic Church, one of Shamokin’s best-known religious and electric-light landmarks.
A Landmark Burns
Archival photographs date the St. Edward’s fire to April 8, 1971.
More Than a Building Was Lost
The church had served generations of worshipers and held a prominent place in Shamokin’s Edison story as an early large-scale incandescent installation.
Photographs Carry the Memory
Images of the fire and the earlier church preserve both the scale of the loss and the landmark that stood before it.
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