Research Hits Stone Wall

A stone wall that has long stood sentinel along East Fifth Street in the Emporium Borough is currently being rebuilt by a pair of local masonry workers. Mike and Joe Patton, who own Patton Building Company and specialized in carpentry and mason-work at Penn Tech in Williamsport, have toiled tirelessly to restore the wall to its former glory using the original stone.The wall began to crumble about five years ago, and was dismantled and removed completely two years ago, according to current property owner, Marie Fannin, who stated she remembers the wall being there when the East Ward School was located just across the intersection from the home.

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