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.
Historic Houses
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Born in Northumberland County on December 15, 1792, to Irish immigrants John and Mary Fullerton Irvine, Guy C. Irvine arrived in Brokenstraw Township in 1817.
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.
Providence Meeting House memorializes this region's Quaker pioneers and early settlers. The highly respected Society of Friends has been uniquely identified with our state since the day of its founder, William Penn.
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.
Baker Mansion initially was the home of Elias Baker and his family. It now hosts the museum, the county historical society, and a library with a historical archive.
This modest five-room farmhouse in Springdale, Pennsylvania, is the birthplace and childhood home of Rachel Carson, the ecologist whose groundbreaking 1962 book Silent Spring awakened global awareness of environmental responsibility.
The Hyde Murphy Company built this home for William Carman after the turn of the century. William Carman was the son of Hiram Carman, who founded Carman, PA, along the Clarion River. The village is now only a ghost town located near where Portland Mills, PA is today.
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.