The Historical Society, founded in 1925, is a private, non-profit cultural organization that operates and maintains the Historical Museum and Local History Library and is involved with other historic sites throughout the County. Among these other sites are the W.A. Young Machine Shop & Foundry, Rice's Landing, PA., and the Thomas Hughes House, Jefferson, PA.
The Historical Society always needs funds and volunteers to help preserve the valuable collection of historical items in Greene County.
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Address
918 Rolling Meadows Rd,
Waynesburg, PA 15370
Waynesburg, PA 15370
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Phone number
(724) 627-3204
Museums or Landmarks
The Museum, built in the 1850s, was a typical Greene County farmhouse made of locally fired brick. In the late 1800s, several wings were added, and it became the Poor Farm to house the county's indigents. They planted crops and raised farm animals that fed them.