301 West Main Street

This house (ca. 1830) was the birthplace of Thomas C. Harbaugh (1849-1924); One of the most popular American writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His family moved to Ohio when he was 2 years old. Harbaugh wrote thousands of "Dime Novels" for the Beedle Company over many years, and his many articles appeared in national magazines. Also an accomplished poet, he often visited his hometown, and wrote of the beauty of the Middletown Valley.