The New Thomson House, situated at the intersection of the two principal thoroughfares in Kane and directly opposite the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, is the most prominent building in the community.
Historic Houses
Mount St. Peter Roman Catholic Church is rectangular in shape and is constructed of concrete block faced with red Michigan sandstone. The narthex is a series of small blocks, increasingly larger in size as one enters into the nave. The Mount St.
The Anthony Wayne Cook Mansion is set in a large landscaped yard approached by three stone gates. Anthony Wayne Cook's heirs are restoring the Queen Anne-style, hipped-roof, frame Mansion.
The Sutton-Ditz House was erected in 1850 by Thomas Sutton, a young attorney who settled in Clarion County when it was established on 11 March 1839. He was accepted into the Bar Association in 1841 and quickly became a respected and admired attorney in the Clarion area.
The B.F. Jones Memorial Library is a restrained Italian Renaissance-style limestone structure built in 1928.
Constructed in 1826 for an extended family of entrepreneurs, the Waugh House is Greenville, Pennsylvania's earliest documented standing residence. Its exterior appearance and original plan remain in a perfect state of integrity.
Originally called the Woodlawn Station, this building was constructed in 1910, making it one of the P. & L.E. Railroad Company's later passenger stations.
Bonifels is a large, two-and-a-half-story stone mansion located on a hilltop overlooking the town of Ridgway. The house is T-shaped in plan, with small, one-story wings at the inner corners of the T. It has hipped roofs with hipped roof dormers, a conical tower, and a crenelated square tower.
The Cashier's House was designed and built in 1837-1839 by Philadelphia architect William Kelly. It was built as the home for the chief executive officer of the Bank of the United States, Erie Branch, which was located directly beside the house.
Built about 1855, the Gibson House was the home of Dr. William Gibson and his wife, Susan. Dr. Gibson settled in Jamestown in 1836 and established a flourishing medical practice. Besides serving as the town's physician, Dr.
The St. Gertrude Church was built in 1911 by the Dusquesne Construction Company on land purchased by the Arch Abbott Boniface Wimmer, the founder of St. Vincent's College and Seminary. The church is a basilica plan with a central pavilion that slightly projects from twin campaniles.
The Karolcik Building was built and managed by Michael (Mike) Karolcik (1890-1978), whose parents came from Slovakia; his father settled in the Frick Company coal town of Leisenring, Fayette County, where he worked as a miner. Mike Karolcik worked at the Krell Store in nearby Whitsett as a boy.
The Youghiogheny (or Youghogeni) Bank of Pennsylvania (also known as Old State Bank) was built circa 1817 as one of the first formally organized banks in the western part of the state. The opening of this bank reflects the optimism of this fledgling community.
Searight's Fulling Mill is an early fulling mill of Western Pennsylvania. It was built around 1810 and measures approximately 20 feet by 30 feet. It is a 2½ story, gable-roof structure constructed of sandstone.
George Washington’s Gristmill Park includes the following:George Washington’s 1776 GristmillThe original foundation was restored in 1992; the 3-story framework was rebuilt in 1999.
In 1754, Jonathan Hill lived in the Fayette County area and was one of its earliest settlers. He first owned property in what is now known as Smock in 1785. He owned 105 acres, two horses, and one cow. He also owned one of the first grist mills in 1790, with his location on Redstone Creek.
Kane Armory was built in 1922 for the 112th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard, with a front administrative section added later, in 1929. It is one of at least thirty-seven armories in Pennsylvania laid out on a T plan. The armory was designed by W. G. Wilkins Company and Joseph F.
The original residential portion of the Club was built for Warren businessman Myron Waters (1817- 1901), who was said to have been the third wealthiest man in Warren when he built his new mansion on Market Street in 1872. Waters had come to Warren ca.
The Tarentum Station was built in 1892 and moved to its present location in 1913. It has welcomed many important visitors, including Kit Carson, William Jennings Brian, Carrie A. Nation, and President Willaim Howard Taft.
The Drake Log Cabin is an 18' x 22' rectangular-shaped, one-room log cabin. Its hand-hewn shaped logs alternate with layers of mud mortar. A split-shingle-covered, gable roof with an interior end stone chimney tops the IH story cabin.
Located in Meadville, the Baldwin-Reynolds House was once home to Supreme Court Justice Henry Baldwin (1780-1840) and, at other times, two of Meadville's mayors. Purchased by the Meadville Historical Society, the house now includes an ice house, tannery, garden, and spring-fed pond.
Abel Colley was a son of Peter Colley who had an early tavern (Peter Colley Tavern) on the National Road nearly two miles northwest of this building in Redstone Township. Reputedly, Abel Calley's tavern-keeping enabled him to accumulate a fortune.
Have you ever wondered where the first colonial settlement in northwest Pennsylvania was located? Well, look no further than Meadville. In 1787, at the age of 36, David Mead and his brother, John, went scouting the northwestern Pennsylvania wilderness for a new location to settle.