An early morning fire destroyed Herhsey’s Coffee On This Day
in 1880. The coffee roasting company was owned by Henry Hershey. It was a two
story frame building at the rear of his residence, located at 520 East King Street .
Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. (Lancaster , PA ),
4 August 1880. Chronicling America :
Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
Hershey estimated his loss at approximately $1800. The cause
of the fire was not known immediately although Hershey supposed it was a
“spontaneous combustion.”
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Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
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