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.
Historic Houses
The rehabilitation of the 1911 Homewood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh marks the first step in a system-wide plan to update the library's image and standardize its services across the eighteen branches.
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.
Mercer County's great steel magnate, Frank H. Buhl, founded the Sharon Steel Corporation, which then became the primary source of income for the Shenango Valley. After graduating from the university, Frank came to Sharon and fell in love with Julia Forker.
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 Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging has provided services to senior citizens since 1979. Looking for new office space, the Agency investigated a 14,000 square foot vacant 1875 building known as the Parker P.
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. By 1794, he had become a prominent figure in the "Whiskey Rebellion".
Decker's Chapel played its role as a locally important facet of the religious and ethnic heritage of this European Roman Catholic-derived community, and for its position as the last remaining of the several wayside chapels built on private property around the community in the mid-nineteenth centu
The Fayette County Historical Society is a non-profit organization established in 1971. Its mission and purpose are to find, collect, and preserve materials that portray the history of the county and the society.
The O. B. Grant House is described in a 1896 local publication as one of the finest homes in the town. The residence, dating from the last third of the nineteenth century, also reflects remodelings from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
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).
Brush Creek Salem Church possesses distinctive architecture among churches constructed in western Pennsylvania before 1850. It is the only known example of a brick church with Georgian ornamentation built in western Pennsylvania before the mid-nineteenth century.
Albert kept his discovery of Native Peoples at the Rockshelter a secret for over 18 years after the discovery. He waited, searching for the right archaeological team to excavate his land properly.
Jonas J. Pierce House is a large, stylish Second Empire residence that is a full-blown and early example of the architectural style. This house retains most of its original interior and exterior architectural detail.
The Kane Depot was built in 1873. An extension was made to the original building in 1890. The first railroad to operate through the depot was the Philadelphia/Erie Railroad.
The early nineteenth century was a time of settlement and commercial development in Western Pennsylvania. Kingston House played a significant role in that activity. Built along a heavily traveled east-west highway, the house served as a stop for numerous settlers, traders, and travelers.
Anoatok was built in 1896-97 for Dr. Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane as a residence for her and her two sons, Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane and Dr. Thomas L. Kane, and their families. In terms of its architectural style, history, and physical location, it is the most prominent residence in Kane.
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 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.
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 B.F. Jones Memorial Library is a restrained Italian Renaissance-style limestone structure built in 1928.
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.
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.