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==Landmarks== [[Decker's Chapel]] has been called the smallest chapel in America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prater |first=Tonya |title=21 Incredible Faith-Based Attractions in the United States |url=https://travelinspiredliving.com/faith-based-attractions-in-the-united-states/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107071839/https://travelinspiredliving.com/faith-based-attractions-in-the-united-states/ |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Travel Inspired Living}}</ref> It is located on South St. Marys Road. [[St. Joseph Monastery (St. Marys)|St. Joseph Monastery]], home of the Benedictine Sisters of Elk County, was the oldest [[Benedictine]] women's [[religious order]] in the United States, founded in 1852. In 2013, the sisters voted unanimously to dissolve the community.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 15, 2014 |title=Oldest Benedictine convent in US closing in NW Pa. |url=https://www.pottsmerc.com/2014/01/15/oldest-benedictine-convent-in-us-closing-in-nw-pa/ |access-date=January 23, 2024 |work=The Mercury}}</ref> [[Straub Brewery]], was founded in St. Marys in 1872 by Peter Straub (1850–1913) of Felldorf, Württemberg, Germany, who purchased the Benzinger Spring Brewery from his father-in-law, Francis Xavier Sorg. Brewing continuously since that time, Straub is the third oldest brewery in the United States and considered an American Legacy Brewery™.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} It is still owned and operated by the founding family, now in its seventh generation. Straub is also the smallest pre-[[Prohibition]] brewery still in business in the United States. The Bucksgahuda and Western Railroad is a {{RailGauge|2ft|lk=on}} [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steamlocomotive.info/state.cfm?state=Pennsylvania|title=Steamlocomotive.com - Pennsylvania|website=steamlocomotive.info|access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> railroad run by enthusiasts.
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