THE MARS AREA HISTORY &
LANDMARKS SOCIETY TRAIN
STATION AND MUSEUM
Dates: Each Friday
Times: 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., or by appointment
Address: 1 Brickyard Road, Mars
Contact: marshistory.org, or 724.625.4478
Stop by and tour the remodeled train
station, constructed in 1897, the circa 1906
red caboose, the Adams Station of the
Butler Shortline Trolley Route and the gift
shop. Get your own piece of Mars history!
Visit the website for more information on
the museum’s operating hours.
MCCANDLESS/NORTHERN
ALLEGHENY HERITAGE CENTER
Address: East Ingomar Road, McCandless Township
Contact: townofmccandless.org
Targeted to open this spring/summer,
this replica of a one‑room schoolhouse will
contain a collection of North Allegheny
School District photographs, documents,
yearbooks and sports memorabilia; 20th
century life artifacts of popular culture
(toys, household items, tools, military
memorabilia, etc.); and North Hills‑related
research materials and photos (including
the surrounding communities of Bradford
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Woods, Franklin Park, Marshall and Pine
townships, and Ross). Visit the website for
more information.
SELF‑GUIDED WALKING TOUR
OF SEWICKLEY: THE LIFE OF
AN AMERICAN VILLAGE
Address: Throughout the Sewickley Area
Contact: sewickleyhistory.org/index.php/gifts/
books/45-tour-guides-the-life-of-an-american-
village-sewickley-pennsylvania, or 412.741.5315
These two walking tour guides were
published by the Pittsburgh History
and Landmarks Foundation and the
“Sewickley Celebrates 150” Committee,
in recognition of Sewickley Borough’s
Sesquicentennial in 2003. The first booklet
tours the commercial and residential
neighborhoods in the eastern half of the
borough; the second covers Sewickley’s
first historic district. To obtain the map
for a self‑guided walking tour, contact the
Sewickley Valley Historical Society website
for more information. ■
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Email [email protected] to submit the
information.