General Overview

Fayette County was officially established on September 26, 1783.  It was delineated from a portion of Westmoreland County in an area of Southwestern Pennsylvania that, although rural in nature, had already experienced its share of historic events.  The region that would come to be known as Fayette County was the domain of American Indians as much as one thousand years ago[1].  In addition to building “fort”[2] settlements throughout the Monongahela River Valley, Native Americans established the earliest trade and travel routes.  Indian trails, most notably Nemacolin’s Trail, became the catalyst for bringing people, especially white traders and French-Canadian fur trappers, into the area in the late 1600’s.  Nemacolin’s Trail was the most prominent path in the Monongahela Valley region, crossing the Monongahela River in a southeast to northwest direction at the town of Brownsville[3].  It earned its name from Nemacolin, a well-known Delaware Indian, who was recruited by white traders to mark a pathway in the early 1750’s.  These transportation routes were later used by a succession of people for their efficiency and reliability in moving throughout a new frontier.  Today, former Indian trails and abandoned railroad lines are being used for recreational purposes such as hiking and biking.  The Catawba Trail, Youghiogheny River Trail, and Sheepskin Trail are three such multi-use trails, which are bringing new opportunities for recreation, tourism, and economic development in Fayette County.

 

Due to its location in the Monongahela River Valley, the soon-to-be land of Fayette County was a hotbed for territorial disputes and military entanglements between the French and British.  Many military men crossed through the region during this period, most notably George Washington and General Edward Braddock, who were allied with British military efforts[4].  The 1744 Lancaster Treaty, struck between the British and the tribes of the Iroquois Nation, officially pulled the local Indians into the escalating and highly political land disputes.  The regional conflicts came to a crest in 1754 with the onset of the French and Indian War.  General Braddock’s army was defeated by the French and Indians after a surprise attack along the Monongahela River.  Braddock was mortally wounded in the battle and died along Braddock’s Road in Fayette County on his way back to Cumberland, Maryland.  The site is recognized as Braddock’s Grave National Historic Site. 

By the year 1783, when Fayette County was officially named in honor of the Marquis de la Fayette, the French and Indian War had ended and the wholly agrarian society had begun to shift from subsistence agriculture to a market-based economy (1790-1815).  Immigration was on the rise and frontier life was slowly giving way to small towns, especially along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers.  The first estates were cropping up at this time.  Christopher Gist, a scout of George Washington, established a plantation known as the Meason House that is a National Historic Landmark.  In 1789 Jacob Bowman built Nemacolin’s Castle as a simple trading post in Brownsville, but later he constructed the castle as it is viewed today: a twenty-two room palatial estate representing several architectural trends from the past two hundred years.  Nemacolin’s Castle is Brownsville’s most widely recognized historic landmark.  An estate that was even more exceptional for the time was Friendship Hill, built by Albert Gallatin in 1788 on 640 acres of land near New Geneva in southern Fayette County.  Gallatin, a Swiss immigrant, became a successful businessman and later an important U.S. politician and diplomat.  The elegant Friendship Hill estate was used as a resort by political leaders during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson (Baldwin, 1939).  Today Friendship Hill is a National Historic Park.

 

Blessed by an abundance of natural resources, Fayette County developed progressively into a manufacturing economy, using its two prominent rivers to move local goods throughout the region and into the markets of Pittsburgh.  Small riverboats were an essential part of moving settlers and goods to various markets.  Boats at this time were mostly single-trip vessels to be dismantled at their destination point, with the exception of keelboats, which were pushed upstream by men setting poles into the mud and shoving the boats along.  Settlers were also entering the region via Nemacolin’s Trail, which was renamed Braddock’s Road after he improved the route for better military access.  Mills, tanneries, and distilleries were high growth industries in the late 1700s, as were glass and ceramics.  Hammondville, Albany, Nilan, and South Connellsville are examples of places that were identified as having a historical association with the glass industry (Fayette County Historic Resource Reconnaissance Survey, 1996).  Greensboro and New Geneva were known for their stoneware pottery (Schaltenbrand, 1996)[5].  Scattered remains of the early nineteenth century iron industry can be found along the Chestnut Ridge, where iron ore was readily mined.

 

The role of cottage industries in the economy of Fayette County gave farmers a newfound sense of pride and financial stability during the era of early trade and manufacturing (1790-1815).  A prime example of the newly established economic presence that was permeating the countryside was the rise of whiskey as a valuable commodity and important trading item throughout the States of the Union.  The notorious Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, a social uprising against the taxes imposed upon whiskey, indicates the degree of emotion that was centered on local cottage industries.  The Whiskey Rebellion challenged the U.S. Constitution for the first time and pitted countrymen against the urban elite, resulting in violent demonstrations and secretive backroom meetings by so-called ‘whiskey rebels’ to organize against government taxation[6].  Today, Fayette County is recognized as one of the most outspoken and heated areas in the country during the 1794 protest[7].  Several taverns, homes, and backroom meeting places for whiskey rebels are recognized as historic landmarks in Fayette County.  The Black Horse Tavern in Brownsville is one such example.

In western Pennsylvania, the coal industry expanded steadily from the 1760s to 1860s as a primary source of energy used in manufacturing.  This had the effect of drawing more settlers and an even greater need for a formal road across the mountains and into southwestern Pennsylvania.  The famed National Road, a federally funded project, was the first route to overcome the mountains and open the west for settlement.  From 1818 to the 1850s the National Road was the lifeline of social and commercial development.  The demand for overland movement was so strong that stage lines were running three times a week within its first year of operation (Day, 1996).

 

Steel manufacturing entered the local scene after Henry Bessemer discovered a way to make steel out of pig iron in 1856.  The demand for coal grew exponentially.  Blessed by an exceptionally high quality seam of bituminous coal, Fayette and Westmoreland Counties became the top two producers of coal in western Pennsylvania, giving rise to company-owned towns and more immigration (National Park Service, 1992).  The interconnectedness of mining, river trade, railroad development, and coking of coal to make steel redefined the vernacular landscape.  Changes could be seen in the population of Fayette County, its demographic composition, the social and cultural and economic character of the county, and its influence on state and national politics.

 

The process of making coke was one of the first technological innovations of the second industrial revolution.  By the 1840s it was recognized that the coal extracted around Connellsville, Fayette County was particularly good for coking and thus as early as the 1860s the era of Big Steel was in bloom.  The advent of Big Steel greatly influenced the lay out of the land[8].  Beehive coke ovens, bank ovens, block ovens, and rectangular ovens peppered the landscape.  Steel production also enabled rapid railroad development, which in turn edged out the National Road as a primary means for transporting products and people.  As coal and coke operations flourished, railroad lines expanded to serve the network of mines and coking operations.  Connector lines were the essential link to small coal patch towns throughout Fayette County.  The expansion of the rail lines increased significantly with the opening of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1852, but it was the successful completion of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad that had the most local repercussions because of its direct links to the east and west.  Aside from the basic movement of goods and resources, the expansion of railroad lines following the Civil War created a vibrant niche for job opportunities, which in turn attracted large numbers of southern blacks and Europeans, primarily eastern and southern, into the area.

 

The waves of African-American and European immigrants depended quite heavily on housing provided by the coal mining companies.  Specially constructed coal towns, colloquially referred to as coal patches, were located next to mines and coke works, and usually consisted of fifty to one hundred square, frame dwellings.  The towns were built, owned, and controlled by a coal or coke company and the homes generally contained two apartments per structure[9].  Homes were laid out in rows in a grid pattern (sometimes on a hillside) with the houses set at the front of long narrow lots.  Outhouses and sheds were generally placed at the back of the lot near the alley (Fayette County Historic Resource Reconnaissance Survey, 1996).  The impact of coal mining and its associated industries was so profound in Fayette County that it dominates the county’s historic profile today.

 

A decline in the coal and coke industry occurred following WWII when it became apparent that the domestic market could not sustain a long-term demand for steel production at WWII levels.  It was also a time to evaluate the extent of damage done to the environment during the approximately one hundred years known as the Coal and Coke Era (1860s-1960s).  The intensity of these industrial operations in Fayette County degraded the rivers and riverbanks, most severely the Monongahela River, and scarred the landscape.  Undermining, strip mining, coal processing, and the eventual abandonment of mines has caused a plethora of environmental issues that are an on-going challenge for Fayette County, its local municipalities, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). 

 

Nevertheless, the issues facing Fayette County are not limited to environmental remediation.  The decline of the coal and coke industries in Fayette County strained the economy on a number of fronts.  Local municipalities, coal patch towns, and even the cities of Connellsville and Uniontown are working to develop new ways to strengthen and expand their economic base.  Local initiatives are underway to capitalize on the history, culture, and natural resources of the county.  Examples of such initiatives include: converting abandoned railroad lines to multi-use recreational trails (e.g., Youghiogheny River Trail and Sheepskin Trail), recognizing the historical and cultural significance of coal patch communities, conducting a National Heritage Inventory of the county, addressing issues of acid mine drainage and mining-related concerns, and developing an up-to-date Land Use Plan for the county.

 

The history of Fayette County is one that is intrinsically connected to its natural resources.  The beautiful rivers and their tributaries, the Laurel Highlands (home to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater), Chestnut Ridge, abundant agricultural land, and resource deposits have attracted a mosaic of people throughout the centuries.  As it enters the Twenty-first Century, Fayette County can draw upon its rich historical legacy and the lessons of its past to re-establish a county that is diverse, prosperous, and appreciative of its natural and historic resources.

 

Unique Historical Resources

Although all of the County’s resources are valued and appreciated, there are a number of historical resources in Fayette County that are of special interest.  A few of these resources are highlighted here to emphasize the potential for reuse of historic resources in new and creative ways.

 

Trails

Trails are quickly becoming historical resources with a new significance in Fayette County.  With help and guidance, old passages are being converted into valuable recreational resources.  Whether they held a place in history as former Indian trails or abandoned railroad lines that were instrumental in the coal and coke era, the development of trails is a creative way to breath new life into underutilized resources.

 

One of the oldest trails the Catawba or Cherokee Trail spanned the eastern United States from Florida to Canada.  It was the main route from New England to the Carolinas, said to make warriors out of the young men of each tribe (Greene County Conservation District, 1997).  It traversed Western Pennsylvania, and a portion of this historic trail, from Rices Landing south through West Virginia, was preserved for recreational hiking.

 

The Youghiogheny River Trail (YRT) is a multi-use recreational trail designed for hikers, bikers, cross-country skiers, fishermen, and horseback riders.  During 1996, the YRT drew just over 200,000 people and in 1997, more than 300,000 users were expected (Regional Trail Corporation [RTC])[10].  In 1997, 28 miles of trail were completed between Connellsville and Boston, with the remaining 15 miles expected to be complete by the year 2000.

 

The Sheepskin Trail is the newest addition to recreational trails in Fayette County.  Formerly part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Sheepskin Trail will eventually span approximately 34 miles in Fayette County from Dunbar Borough to Point Marion, and will include eight (8) spur trails with one connecting to the Youghiogheny River Trail.  The Sheepskin Trail is currently in the final phases of planning and development.

 

Sites of Military Importance

There are a number of sites within Fayette County that are recognized for their involvement in military battles.  Others are recognized for their contact with famous military leaders, such as George Washington and Edward Braddock.  Places of military importance include taverns and homes, battle sites, and river crossings.  Three sites in particular are National Historic Areas: Jumonville Glen (Washington’s skirmish), Braddock’s Grave, and Fort Necessity National Battlefield.

 

Coal Patch Towns

Unique in their development and role in immigrant housing, Coal Company built and operated coal patch towns are not only special within the context of county history, but also unique in the problems and issues that are facing them today.  The remaining coal patch towns are deteriorating and are faced with issues of isolation, multiple ownership, lack of initiative and funds for preservation.  The wide range of coal patch towns existing in Fayette County embodies a unique aspect of local culture, ethnicity, and county history.  A list of fourteen (14) coal patches (1880-1920) that are considered as candidates for preservation/rehabilitation were identified by representatives from the Patch/Work Voices Coal and Coke Project of the Penn State Fayette Campus.  The most favorable locations were Shoaf and Lemont Furnace.  The total list follows:

 

1.      Smock, currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places

2.      Shoaf, currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places

3.     Youngstown

4.      Lemont Furnace, currently on the Bureau of Historic Preservation’s Determined Eligible List

5.      Allison

6.      Leisenring #1

7.      Phillips

8.      Keisterville, currently on the Bureau of Historic Preservation’s Determined Eligible List

9.      Footedale

10.   Whitsett, currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places

11.   Star Junction, currently on the Bureau of Historic Preservation’s Determined Eligible List

12.    Palmer

13.    Ronco

14.    Coal Brook

 

Boat Building

Boat building was a unique part of Fayette County’s history and economy in the 1800s.  Riverboat towns were economic and cultural hubs of the boat-building craft.  Some of the boat-building centers in Fayette County were home to craftsmen recognized for their skill as far away as New Orleans.  In fact, shipyards on the Monongahela grew to a scale of production that exceeded both the Ohio and Allegheny Rivers.  The second steamboat in history, The Comet, was built in Brownsville, Fayette County in 1813.  Another steamboat, the Enterprise, built in 1814 in Brownsville, was the first to go on power from Brownsville to New Orleans and back again.  Brownsville continued to operate a successful boat-building industry for more than a century and was the first and most important center for steamboat building on the Monongahela.  Accessory industries flourished to feed the boat-building economy during the early to mid 1800’s.  Currently, there is a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a Steamboat Museum in Brownsville.

 

Bridges

Due to the heavy emphasis on transporting coal and coke throughout the region, Fayette County has numerous bridges that are recognized as historical landmarks.  Brownsville, Fayette County is home to the first cast iron bridge in America, which traverses Dunlap Creek and is still in use today.  Another National Register structure in Brownsville is the Brownsville Intercounty Bridge, constructed in 1914.  Bridges in Fayette County take different shapes and sizes and were built and reserved exclusively for trains.  The decrease in railroad use over the past fifty years has left some of these historical landmarks vacant.

 

The Whiskey Rebellion (1794)

The Whiskey Rebellion was a significant event in national history because it challenged the U.S. Constitution for the first time and pitted countrymen against the urban elite.  The conflict was a result of what were interpreted as gross injustices imposed on countrymen through the taxing of one of their most valued commodities – whiskey.  Southwestern Pennsylvania played a major role in the rebellion, particularly the counties of Greene, Westmoreland, and Fayette.  For this reason, the resources that represent this period of social uprising are unique in Fayette County because they secured a place in our nation’s history.

 

Key Transportation Corridors

 

The National Road

The story of the National Road is about the evolution of transportation and America’s movement westward.  The construction of the National Road incorporated many unique bridges and highway markers, some of which remain today.  There are two remaining tollhouses along the length of the National Road, as well as taverns and mile markers.  The National Road remains one of the few active traces of America’s movement westward and is conserved as the National Road Heritage Park in Pennsylvania (Rhodeside & Harwell, Inc., 1994).  A Management Action Plan for the National Road Heritage Park was completed in 1994 and outlines strategies for preserving and enhancing this unique county resource.  Some of the resources that were identified as the best candidates for preservation by a representative of the National Road Heritage Park are:

 

Site	Municipality	Age	Relevance
Peter Cooley’s Tavern	Brier Hill	1798	Tavern along the National Road
Grace Schoolhouse		1847-1927	One of the last school houses along the National Road
Old West Schoolhouse	Uniontown	1800s	One of the last remaining schoolhouses
Wilkes Brown Tavern	Redstone Two	1817	The ruins need to be stabilized
Brier Hill Post Office	Brier Hill		Last small Post Office
Rush House Tavern	Farmington	1830	Significant tavern of National Road Era
Honor Roll	Brier Hill		World War II significance
Service Station	Brier Hill	c.1920	Near Jackson Farm
Main Street	Uniontown		Important to the National Road Era
Route 40 Diner
Basil Brown House	Redstone Twp	c. 1800

 

The Rivers

Fayette County has two large and scenic rivers: the Monongahela and the Youghiogheny.  Not only are the rivers and their tributaries important transportation corridors, they are important to commerce, recreation, and quality of life.  The rivers have played a major role in the history of Fayette County and many of the historic resources in the county are inherently related to the rivers.  Some examples include: the remnants of coal mining seen in now abandoned coal tipples and conveyors; abandoned ferry terminals and crossing; old river dams; and bridges.

To reflect the importance of rivers in Southwestern Pennsylvania’s industrial past, the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation created Rivers of Steel, a multifaceted program to promote tourism and economic development.  The program is based on the region’s historical industrial saga, including the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers, and is recognized as a National Heritage Park.  Landing sites are proposed at points along the rivers as gateways into the local communities that will allow for the opportunity to interconnect the on land historical resources with those of the river, namely industrial towns, railroads, ethnic churches, union halls, coke ovens, etc.  The Rivers of Steel Management Action Plan explains the strategy for achieving its vision as a National Heritage Park.  It is anticipated that the Brownsville Landing site, for example, will lead to a renaissance of the town and surrounding areas.

 

Fayette County Survey of Boroughs and Unincorporated Settlements

The reconnaissance survey of boroughs and unincorporated settlements was undertaken to identify concentrations of historic buildings that appear to meet the National Register of Historic Places criteria.  Following BHP staff review in 1997, it was determined that there are 48 potentially eligible historic districts in Fayette County which could be nominated for consideration to be listed in the National Register.  They are indicated as follows:

            Boroughs:        

 

1.     Belle Vernon Borough

2.     Dawson Borough (Draft NR nomination received by BHP 1997)

3.     Dunbar Borough

4.     Everson Borough

5.     Fairchance Borough

6.     Masontown Borough

7.     Newell Borough

8.     Ohiopyle Borough

9.     Point Marion Borough

10.  Smithfield Borough

11.  South Connellsville Borough

12.  Vanderbilt Borough

 

Townships

 

   Connellsville Township:

13.          North Connellsville (Poplar Grove)

 

Dunbar Township:

14.          Juniata (Juniataville)

15.          Leisenring

16.          Liberty

17.          Monarch (Leisenring No. 2)

18.          Trotter

19.          West Leisenring

 

Georges Township:

20.          Newcomer (Continental No. 3)

21.          Oliphant Furnace

 

German Township:

22.          Edenborn

23.          Footdale

24.          Leckrone No. 1 and 2

25.          Ralph

 

Jefferson Township:

26.          Grindstone (Old Hill Section)

 

Luzerne Township:

27.          Allison No. 1 and 2

28.          Merritstown (Newtown)

29.          Thompson No. 2/Tower Hill No. 2

 

Menallen Township:

30.          New Salem

31.          Searights

32.          Buffington

 

Nicholson Township:

33.          Martin

 

North Union Township

34.          Butte (Bute)

35.          Jumonville

36.          Lemont Furnace

37.          Oliver

38.          Youngstown (Strambaugh)

39.          Phillips

 

Perry Township:

40.          Star Junction

 

Redstone Township:

41.          Republic

42.          Rowes Run (Colonial No. 3)

43.          Royal (Chestnut Ridge, including Rainey Coke Ovens)

44.          Filbert/Herbert

 

Saltlick Township

45.          Melcroft

 

South Union Township

46.          Continental No. 2

47.          Leith

 

Springhill Township

48.          Lake Lynn (Cheat Haven)

 

National Register of Historic Places

There are approximately forty-three structures/sites and eight districts currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  See Table 1.

Table 1

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Bureau of Historic Preservation

National Register of Historic Places

Individual Properties and Districts in Fayette County

as of June 17, 1997

Historic Name	Municipality	Address	Date
Bowman’s (Nemacolin Castle)	Brownsville	Front Street	03-03-75
Brownsville Bridge	Brownsville	L.R. 268 over Monongahela River	06-22-88
Brownsville Commercial Historic District	Brownsville	105-128 Brownsville Ave. & 1-145 Marke	08-02-93
Brownsville Northside Historic District	Brownsville	Front St., Broadway, Shaffner Rd, and	08-02-93
Dunlap’s Creek Bridge	Brownsville	Over Dunlap’s Creek, National Road (Old)	07-31-78
Church of  St. Peter	Brownsville	Church Street at Shaffner	10-15-80
Mount Vernon Furnace	Bullskin	TR 819 (Eutsey Road) near Wooddale	09-06-91
Carnegie Free Library	Connellsville	South Pittsburgh Street	10-08-81
Connellsville Armory	Connellsville	108 W. Washington St.	11-14-91
Connellsville U.S. Post Office	Connellsville	114 N. Arch St.	06-24-93
Cochran, Philip G. Memorial United Methodist	Dawson	Howell & Griscom St.	06-04-84
Meason, Isaac House Christopher Gist Plantation	Dunbar	U.S. Rt. 119 North, Mount Braddock	01-25-71
Smock Historic District	Franklin	Redstone Cemetery, Colonial Mine No. 1	06-03-94
Shoaf Historic District	Georges	Nos. 1-170 First St., Second St.	06-03-94
Rabb, Andrew House	German	Off Rt. 166 N. of Masontown	11-12-92
Francis Farm Petroglyphs Site	Jefferson		05-10-84
Linden Hall at St. James Park	Lower Tyrone	Rural Route 26051	10-11-89
Brown-Moore Blacksmith Shop	Luzerne	0.1 Miles West of SR 4020	05-07-92
Penn-Craft Historic District	Luzerne	LR 26004, S. or SR 4020 & E. of Juncture	05-18-89
Searights Tollhouse	Menallen	U.S. 40, 1-¾ mi. North of Haddenville	06-19-73
Abel Colley Tavern	Menallen	U.S. Rt.  40 Near Searights Crossroads	11-27-95
Frost, Josiah House	Menallen	U.S. 40 Near Junc. W/LR-26154	10-24-96
Springer, Levi Farm	N. Union	Rt. 31, ¼ mi. E. of Fan Hollow Rd.	07-23-82
Deffenbaugh Site	Nicholson		05-14-84
New Geneva Historic District	Nicholson	PA Rt. 166 at New Geneva	08-20-96
Layton Bridge	Perry	LR 26191 Over Youghiogheny River	06-22-88
Alliance Furnace/Iron Works	Perry	Jacob’s Creek E. of Tunnel Hill, 1 mi. O	09-06-91
Whitsett Historic District	Perry	T495 Along Youghiogheny River	07-21-95
Searights Fulling Mill	Perryopolis	Cemetery Road	06-19-73
Brier Hill	Redstone	On U.S. 40, South Side	07-02-73
Colley, Peter Tavern, and Barn	Redstone	U.S. 40, Brier Hill	07-24-73
Laughlin, Hugh House	Redstone	T-422	04-30-87
Johnston-Hatfield Tavern	Redstone	U.S. Rt. 40 Near Brier Hill	11-27-95
Wallace/Bailey Tavern	Redstone	U.S. Rt. 40 Near Brownsville	11-27-95
Gaddis, Thomas Homestead	S. Union	Off U.S. 119, S. of Uniontown	04-26-74
Hair, German Tavern	S. Union	Main & Paul Sts., Hopwood	11-27-95
Miller Tavern	S. Union	Main St., Hopwood	11-27-95
Monroe House	S. Union	Main St. & Furnace Rd., Hopwood	11-27-95
Gallatin, Albert House (Friendship Hill)	Springhill	Rt. 166, 3 mi. N. of Point Marion	10-15-66
Fallingwater	Stewart	Off PA Route 381	08-04-74
Conn Family Home	Uniontown	84 Ben Lomond St.	07-28-88
Douglas, John S. House	Uniontown	136 North Gallatin Ave.	02-04-94
Nutt, Adam Clarke Mansion	Uniontown	26 Nutt Ave.	10-25-90
Uniontown Downtown Historic District	Uniontown	Main St., Morgantown St., E. Church St.	05-19-80
Cook, Colonel Edward House	Washington	R.D. #3, Box 94, E. of Belle Vernon	03-29-78
Locus 7 Site (36 PA 395)	Washington		03-20-80
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Wharton	On U.S. 40	10-15-66
Rush House	Wharton	Corner Rt. 40 & Rt. 381, Farmington	03-08-78
Wharton Furnace	Wharton	Wharton Furnace/Hull Rd., S.R. 2003 1 mi	09-06-91
Downer House	Wharton	U.S. Rt. 40 at Chalk Hill	11-27-95
Fayette Springs Hotel	Wharton	U.S. 40, 5 mi. E. of Chalk Hill	11-27-95

Property Determined Eligible by the Bureau of Historic Preservation

There are approximately seventy-one structures/sites and four historic districts currently considered eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.  See Table 2.

 

Table 2

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Bureau of Historic Preservation

National Register of Historic Places

Properties Determined Eligible by the Bureau of Historic Preservation

as of 6-17-97

Historic Name	Municipality	Address	Date
101-102 Main Street	Belle Vernon	101-102 Main Street	07-30-86
Belle Vernon Coke Works	Belle Vernon	Rt. 906	06-30-92
Monongahela Hotel	Brownsville	Market St.	12-10-90
Monongahela Railway Brownsville	Brownsville	Along Monongahela River	04-19-90
Monongahela Railway Freight	Brownsville	Near Market Street	04-26-91
Near Brownsville Avenue	Brownsville	Near Brownsville Avenue	05-31-90
Prospect Street School	Brownsville	Prospect St.	10-21-91
Thompson House	Brownsville	815 Water Street
Across Dunlap Creek at Jackson	Brownsville	Across Dunlap Creek at Jackson St.	05-31-90
Brashear Tavern	Brownsville	519 Market St.	10-24-90
Three Kegs Tavern	Brownsville	710 Lewis St.	08-15-85
Central Auto Co.	Brownsville	141 Market St.	12-10-90
Max Goldman’s Modern Garage	Brownsville	418 Market St.	12-10-90
400 Market St.	Brownsville	400 Market St.	12-10-90
McDonough Restaurant	Brownsville	National Pike East & Union Street	12-10-90
Gas Station/Tax Parcel 03-	Brownsville	National Pike East Near Union Street	12-10-90
National Pike Garage	Brownsville	301 National Pike East	12-10-90
Fairmont, Morgantown, & Pittsburgh Branch	Connellsville	Connellsville to Point Marion	04-28-92
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad	Connellsville	900 West Crawford Ave.	06-30-94
Third Ward School	Connellsville	301-321 Jefferson St.	06-14-94
Troutman Building	Connellsville	E. Crawford St.	04-25-86
Dawson Borough Historic District	Dawson		05-17-96
Britt, Robert House	Georges	Northside of TR 375	04-07-93
Gaskill, Elwood House	Georges	Southside of TR 331	04-07-93
Gates, John Log House	Georges	Southside of T-311	04-07-93
Swaney Clark House	Georges	T-365, 200 Feet E. of I-375	11-24-92
Poisel, Jules House	Georges	E. Side S.R. 0857	01-15-93
Lardin House	German	2 mi. NW of Masontown on PA Rt. 21	03-12-90
Leckrone Coal Company	German	PA 3012	07-15-91
Mt. Sterling Coke Ovens	German	T-708 near Masontown	12-04-91
Brown’s Tavern (Old Trail Inn)	Henry Clay	U.S. Rt. 40 Near Markleysburg	11-19-82
Leber’s Log Cottages	Henry Clay	U.S. Rt. 40 at Flat Rock	12-10-90
Little Redstone/Red Lion V.	Jefferson	Rts. 4019, 4040, 201	04-29-93
Isabella Coal River Barge	Luzerne	T-364	10-05-93
Tower Hill No. 2 South Mine	Luzerne	PA 4020	01-31-90
Keisterville Historic District	Menallen	Keisterville	03-08-93
Searights Garage	Menallen	U.S. Rt. 40 at LR 26154	12-10-90
Searights Service Station	Menallen	U.S. Rt. 40 at LR 26030	12-10-90
House	Menallen	192 Buffington	09-04-95
Oakhill Estate (Mt. Saint)	N. Union	U.S. Rt. 40 Near Uniontown	04-13-87
McKean, Thompson House	N. Union	Jumonville Rd.	10-08-91
Lamont Coke Ovens	N. Union	West of Lamont Furnace	08-03-95
Hugh Rankin House	N. Union	30 Vances Mill Road	05-25-95
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad	Newell	Adjacent to Monongahela River, Just N.E.	03-13-90
T-374	Nicholson	T-364	12-19-94
Providence Quaker Cemetery	Perry	Quaker Church Rd., Near Intersection SR	04-29-93
Star Junction Historic District	Perry	Along Rt. 51, E. & W. Sides	05-20-92
Karolcik Building	Perryopolis	Liberty St.	09-23-92
Sisley Blacksmith Shop	Perryopolis	Corner of Federal & Columbia Sts.	09-23-92
Youghiogheny Bank of Penns	Perryopolis	Liberty St.	06-16-93
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic	Perryopolis	Liberty St. at Railroad St.	09-23-92
Campbell Farm Site 36FA26	Redstone	LR 26162 near Brownsville	02-08-84
Rainey, W.J. Coke Company	Redstone	LR 260222	02-17-88
Tipple & Shafts	Redstone	LR 26005, 1 mi. SW of Village of Tower	02-17-88
Zeager, Jacob Farm	Redstone	200 Simpson Rd.	12-09-92
Coke Ovens, Rainey, W.J.C.	S. Union	1 mi. E. of Village of Revere	02-17-88
Barnes Estate	S. Union	S. Side of Rt. 40	11-07-88
Clement House/Shipley Hotel	S. Union	Main St., Hopwood	10-24-90
Melcroft Coal Mine Trestle	Saltlick	Intersection of Rts. 711 & 1007	04-28-93
Conn, John L. Farm	Springhill	Eastside of TR-303	04-07-93
Darby, Noah House	Springhill	Northside of SR 3004	04-07-93
Stauffer, Abraham House	U. Tyrone	205 Dexter Rd.	09-01-93
First National Bank Bldg.	Uniontown	Corner of Pittsburgh and W. Main Sts.	10-31-88
Gallatin School	Uniontown	155 North Gallatin Ave.	01-08-93
State Music Hall	Uniontown	27 E. Main St.	01-17-85
Thompson-Ruby Building	Uniontown	Main & Morgantown	09-03-85
White Swan Hotel	Uniontown	111-123 W. Main St.	12-10-90
147 E. Main St.	Uniontown	147 E. Main St.	12-03-90
221 E. Main St.	Uniontown	221 E. Main St.	12-10-90
PRR Freight Station	Uniontown	157 Pittsburgh St.	05-25-95
Southside Historic District	Uniontown	S. Beeson Ave., Charles St.	01-18-96
Braddock Inn	Wharton	U.S. Rt. 40, 1 mi. E. of Chalk Hill	12-10-90
Fraser, Samuel Tavern	Wharton	U.S. 40 at Farmington	10-24-90
Rush Service Station	Wharton	U.S. Rt. 40 at Farmington	12-10-90
Ft. Necessity Monument	Wharton	U.S. Rt. 40, 1 mi. W. of Farmington	12-20-90