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.
Historic Houses
Have you ever wondered where the first colonial settlement in northwest Pennsylvania was located? Well, look no further than Meadville.
Most of us are familiar with the story of Johnny Appleseed—the barefoot, bearded, coffee-sack-and-tin-pan-hat-wearing wanderer who traversed the American wilderness in the early 1800s, casting seeds and giving rise to umpteen apple trees across the Midwest.
On April 22, 1976, the Marshall House became the first building in Armstrong County to be added to the Pennsylvania Inventory of Historic Places. In May 1976, it was also placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Birthplace and childhood home of ecologist and author Rachel Carson (1907-1964), whose 1962 book Silent Spring helped to launch the environmental movement. Guided tours and classes are available.
Go back over a hundred years and take a new look at a period in Pittsburgh’s history often characterized by the extremes of late 19th-century America: fabulous wealth and grinding poverty.
The Palace Theatre has been a significant force in Westmoreland County's cultural scene for generations.
In the late 19th century, the economic boom created by coal and Greensburg's growing importance as a retail and industrial center convinced the Pennsylvania Railroad to build the Train Station at Greensburg. The railroad commissioned architect William Cookman to design the new station.
The Greensburg Garden and Civic Center was built by philanthropist Katherine Mabis McKenna and donated to the City of Greensburg in 1969 as a memorial to her son, Mennel M. Smith.
The Elizabeth Township Historical Society owns and maintains the historic 220-year-old Greenock Log House on Greenock Buena Vista Road. Conservation of this landmark building provides a distinctive opportunity to learn about rural life in this place as early as 1790.
The Lawrence mansion is maintained as a house that evokes the elegant lifestyle of the Lawrences rather than a museum. It houses an excellent collection of original English and American antiques.
The museum which portrays the life and career of George Westinghouse, is focused on his career, accomplishments and inventions.
The Heinz Memorial Chapel began as a gift. Henry John Heinz, the founder of the Heinz Company established the building as a gift to his mother, Anna Margaretta Heinz. After Heinz’s death, his three surviving children added to his bequest to memorialize their grandmother and honor their father.
The original cabin, built by the Cooper family in 1810, was used as a county homestead. It was enlarged after the Civil War, and family descendants remained in it until 1963. In 1976, Cooper Cabin was deeded to the Butler County Historical Society.
The Vicary Mansion is named after its owner and builder, Philadelphia sea captain William Vicary, who began construction of his mansion in 1826 and finally completed it three years later in 1829.
David Bradford was a successful lawyer, businessman, and Deputy Attorney General of Washington County Pennsylvania when his house was completed in 1788.David Bradford and his family lived in this house from 1788 to 1794.
This house has sheltered five generations of the Marshall Family. The mid-Victorian period home offered the residents more conveniences than many homes of the times, for example, running water.
The Fayette County Historical Society is a non-profit organziation established in 1971. The mission and purpose of the organization is to find, collect and preserve the materials which portray the history of the county and the society.
The Compass Inn is a place to receive an informative and entertaining tour by costumed docents that tells the story of transportation and everyday life in the early 1800's. The tour delivers "history with a smile" by incorporating a generous sprinkling of etymology (word and phrase origins).
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life, preserves the history of life on the land in Western Pennsylvania over the past 16,000 years. Meadowcroft is one of Western Pennsylvania's wonderful, off-the-beaten-path destinations.