Jenner Crossroads, a small town in the southeastern part of the township, was a tavern stand on the Old Pennsylvania Road. Prior to the laying out of this village the land on which it is built was owned by Jonas Ankeny, Jesse Griffith and Frederick Althouse. Felix Launtz erected the first building in 1845. As far back as 1825, however, John Shopwood had kept hotel at this point. In 1836 Samuel Elder started the first store at the crossroads. The first church was built by the United Brethren in 1849. The first settled physician in the place was Dr. William Craig, succeeded by Dr. Joseph Covode, who still practices here. Benjamin Enos has been in business ar Jenner Crossroads since 1869 as a contractor and builder. He is also the proprietor of a planning-mill. Edmund Kiernan, a native of Franklin county, moved here around 1836 and was in the mercantile business until 1875. James M. Cover has been engaged in the mercantile business at Jenner Crossroads since 1877. A. B. Kautz has been manufacturing carriages here since 1859. His son J. F. is now in partnership with him and the firm is named A. B. Kautz & Son.
Jenner Crossroads is an enterprising village. It is situated on the Pittsburgh turnpike, ten miles north of Somerset. The summary of its business interests is as follows: One hotel, one store, one planing-mill, one cabinetshop, one wagonshop, one shoeshop, three blacksmithshops, one saddler’s shop. There are two physicians, one church and one school in the place.
(Source: partially extracted from History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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