 Close

Search

Thank You to Our Sponsors

  • Calendar
  • Stories
    • Church
    • Events
    • Food
    • Lifestyle
    • People
    • Real Estate
  • Deals
  • Subscribe
  • Contact

Social

  • View yourbeavercounty’s profile on Facebook
  • View yourbeaverco’s profile on Twitter
  • View yourbeavercounty’s profile on Instagram

Top Stories

  • The Importance of Peace
  • Beat the Heat: Your Guide to Pools in Beaver County
  • Lost Beaver County: The Beaver Valley Mall Edition
 
Your Beaver County
Menu 



history
  • YBC Photo of the Week: First National Bank/Young’s Jewelry Store This week’s photo is brought to you by our friends at Rochester Manor+Villa. You can visit them on Facebook by clicking here. This beautiful building, established in 1883, that sits at the intersection of Brighton Ave, Connecticut Ave, and Pinney St. was once the third oldest bank residing in Rochester. Though most of the original architecture and floor plan […] Lindsey Ferrie
    0
    Comments
    March 8, 2017
  • Old Pictures: Possible Beaver High School Construction? A YBC reader sent us some old construction photographs of what he believes to be Beaver High School. We would love to fidn some more information on these! Andrew Selby
    0
    Comments
    November 12, 2015
  • New Brighton in January of 1941 This photo of downtown New Brighton was taken by Jack Delano in January of 1941.  YBC
    0
    Comments
    September 24, 2015
  • Beaver Falls Movie Theater This photo of children waiting in line outside a movie theater in Beaver Falls was taken by Jack Delano in 1940.  YBC
    0
    Comments
    September 17, 2015
  • Map of Beaver, PA in 1900 I can remember my grandmother having an old map like this hanging in her house in Beaver when I was a kid. Really cool and exciting to find it online now! YBC
    0
    Comments
    September 10, 2015
  • Downtown Aliquippa – 1938 This picture of downtown Aliquippa was taken in 1938. I think the Duquesne Beer sign is a really cool element of this one.  YBC
    0
    Comments
    September 3, 2015
  • Monaca Rochester Suspension Bridge Ron Paine submitted this old image of the original Monaca Rochester suspension bridge. YBC
    0
    Comments
    August 27, 2015
  • North Branch Church Ron Paine submitted this awesome picture of North Branch Church from 1833. YBC
    0
    Comments
    August 20, 2015
  • 1936 Flood in Rochester Ron Paine submitted this image from Sara Bennett of the 1936 flood in Rochester.  YBC
    0
    Comments
    August 13, 2015
  • Flood at Conway Yard This picture looks a bit confusing at first, but you can definitely see that the buildings to the left of the tracks are surrounded by water. Submitted by Ron Paine.  YBC
    0
    Comments
    August 6, 2015
  • The 88 Diner “The 88 Dinner sat where Long John Silver’s sits now in Rochester. At that time 65 was 88.” – Submitted by Ron Paine YBC
    0
    Comments
    July 30, 2015
  • Keystone Drilling Company in Beaver Falls This photo was taken inside the Keystone Drilling Company in Beaver Falls back in 1941. YBC
    0
    Comments
    July 23, 2015
  • Vulcan Crucible Steel in Aliquippa This historic picture shows First Street and Vulcan Crucible Steel in Aliquippa. Based on the cars, I would guess this was taken sometime in the 70s? YBC
    0
    Comments
    July 16, 2015
  • Looking Back: The History of Junction Stretch Over a century ago, the short stretch of land along the cliffs on Route 65 between New Brighton and Rochester was the hottest spot in Beaver County… a place called Junction Stretch. People flocked from all over the county, as well as most of Pennsylvania and neighboring states to get in on the fun and […] Allie Dixon
    0
    Comments
    July 16, 2015
  • Map of Rochester from 1900 It’s hard to imagine a Rochester before Giant Eagle and Beaver Valley Bowl, but here it is. This map was created all the way back in 1900. YBC
    0
    Comments
    July 9, 2015

Next Page 