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Admiral Wm. Sims

Huntingdon County · dedicated 1995 · Valley St. (PA 994) just S of Spring St., Rockhill, W of Orbisonia

Commander of the American naval forces in European waters in the first World War, naval writer and critic, entered the U.S. Naval Academy from this community in 1876. From 1883 to 1902, Sims family occupied the house opposite.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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