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By Richard Grigonis — March 31, 2012
York County, Pennsylvania, is a land of mild climate and rich soil long farmed by the Pennsylvania Dutch. The town, now city, of York, PA was the capital of the fledgling United States when the Continental Congress met there from September 1777 to June 1778. Later, it called itself the “Factory Tour Capital of the World.” York has also gone by the name of “Muscletown USA,” thanks to the existence of the York Barbell Company and its adjacent USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame building.
Skylighted Central Gallery of the York Barbell Museum and USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame. (Photo © Richard Grigonis)
The York Barbell Museum and USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame—affiliated with the United States Weightlifting Federation and the American Amateur Union’s Physique bodybuilding division—was originally called the Bob Hoffman Weightlifting Hall of Fame upon its grand opening in 1958; it changed its name and moved to its current facility in the Spring of 1981, built at a cost of $1.1 million.
Photo from outside of the lobby of the York Barbell Museum & USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame, guarded by a 7.5-foot bronze statue of york barbell founder robert c. hoffman.
If you’ve ever engaged in the art and science of “pumping iron,” the name “York” should ring a bell—the York Barbell Company’s name has been embossed on barbells and other weightlifting equipment since its origins go back to 1935 when the venerable though bankrupt Milo Barbell Company was purchased by Robert Collins Hoffman (1898–1985), a Georgia native and World War I hero who moved to York, Pennsylvania and started a prosperous oil burner business in the 1920s. READ MORE
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