The Goodridge Freedom Center is not on a corner in York. But it stands at the intersection of three major pre-Civil War moments.

Rhoda Hawkins is one of many people remembered as important in the lives of Codorus Street residents. She operated a shop on Codorus Street.

William Shelton, a WWII veteran, was interred in York's City Cemetery because he could not afford a proper burial. He was moved to Indiantown Gap in 1985 with full military honors.