Acetylene Gas Generating Station
Circa 1900. The Herndon Gas Company was established in the early 1900s by two brothers, Edward and Benjamin Detwiler. The company provided gas for downtown Herndon street lights and for lights in a few of the Town's more affluent households. Electric lighting replaced gas in about 1917.
A blacksmith shop, operated from 1905 until 1965 by William H. Moffett, stood to the side of this building. In 1975, the shop was relocated to Frying Pan Park, where it remains today.
Marker is on Lynn Street north of Station Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
