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.
Historic Houses
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.
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 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.
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 its Train Station in Greensburg. The railroad commissioned architect William Cookman to design the new station.
The Hyde Murphy company completed this home in 1900 for the Cartwright family. Mr. Cartwright had previously owned much of the real estate in the Shawmut Valley. He amassed his fortune in both the lumber and masonry businesses.
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.
In 1832, George Dickinson moved to Ridgway and settled along the Clarion River. He owned and operated two lumber mills and a mercantile store.