If you live in Pennsdale, you already drive Village Road on autopilot. The stone buildings are just there, the way the hills are just there. What most residents never quite piece together is that a single half-mile of that road holds one of the oldest continuously used places of worship in Lycoming County, at least three documented Underground Railroad safe houses, and a working bed and breakfast that used to sell pineapple pie. The village reads as ordinary because it has been quietly doing the same things for two and a quarter centuries.
This is a walk, not a tour. It's meant for the person who has lived here five years and still isn't sure which stone house is which.
Start with the stones
The Friends Meeting House at 443 Village Road was
