Compass Inn

Compass Inn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Compass Inn, August 2011
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Location	Jct. of US 30 (Lincoln Hwy.) and California Ave., Ligonier Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°12′43″N79°11′57″W / 40.21194°N 79.19917°W / 40.21194; -79.19917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1799, c. 1825
NRHP reference No.	95000124 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 24, 1995

Compass Inn is a historic inn and tavern located in Laughlintown, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It is a 2 1/2-storey, five bay log and stone building in a vernacular Georgian style. The original section was built in 1799, and it is three bays wide. The two bay stone section was added in the 1820s. A clapboarded frame section was added in 1862. It was restored in 1970, and operated as a local history museum. The property includes a rebuilt barn and blacksmith shop. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1995. ^[1] Portions of the film The Pale Blue Eye were shot at the inn.

See also

• Contributing property
• Cultural landscape
• Historic preservation
• Keeper of the Register
• List of heritage registers
• Property type (National Register of Historic Places)
• United States National Register of Historic Places listings
• State Historic Preservation Office

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Walter C. Kidney and Frederick L. Richards (July 1994). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Compass Inn. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 12, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

• Compass Inn Museum website