List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Westmoreland County

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Location of Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania

This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Westmoreland County.

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This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available. There are 45 historical markers located in Westmoreland County. [1]

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Historical markers

Marker titleImageDate dedicatedLocationMarker typeTopics
Arthur St. Clair ArthurStClairOfficialPortrait-restored.jpg December 10, 1946U.S. 30, 6.5 miles NW of Ligonier
40°17′07″N79°19′15″W / 40.2854°N 79.3209°W / 40.2854; -79.3209 (Arthur St. Clair)
RoadsideAmerican Revolution, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Military
Arthur St. Clair (1737-1818) ArthurStClairOfficialPortrait-restored.jpg October 28, 1995St. Clair Park, N. Main St. near E Otterman St., Greensburg
RoadsideAmerican Revolution, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Military
Banana Split, The Banana split 1.jpg August 23, 2013805 Ligonier St., Latrobe
40°19′00″N79°23′07″W / 40.31666°N 79.38534°W / 40.31666; -79.38534 (The Banana Split)
RoadsideEntrepreneurs, Invention
Brush Creek Salems Church TransparentPlaceholder.png May 26, 1952U.S. 30 near Adamsburg, near Bush Run Markers (Missing)
RoadsideReligion
Bullet's Defeat TransparentPlaceholder.png June 10, 2003Old Forbes Road, SR1010 50, Ligonier
RoadsideForts, French & Indian War, Military
Bushy Run December 10, 1946U.S. 30 at Lowry Ave., S end of Jeanette
40°18′39″N79°37′08″W / 40.31087°N 79.61892°W / 40.31087; -79.61892 (Bushy Run)
RoadsideEarly Settlement, Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American, Transportation
Bushy Run EdgeHillBushyRunPA.jpg December 10, 1946Pa. 66 at Pittsburgh St. (old U.S. 22), Delmont
40°24′51″N79°34′21″W / 40.41412°N 79.57252°W / 40.41412; -79.57252 (Bushy Run)
RoadsideEarly Settlement, Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American
Bushy Run Battlefield Bushy Run monument.JPG September 14, 1964At site, Pa. 993, 1 mile E of Harrison City
40°21′21″N79°37′32″W / 40.35577°N 79.6256°W / 40.35577; -79.6256 (Bushy Run Battlefield)
RoadsideForts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American
Christian B. Anfinsen (1916-1995) Christian B. Anfinsen, NIH portrait, 1969.jpg October 1, 19993rd & Donner Avenues, Monessen
CityEducation, Invention, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations
Colonel Edward Cook Col. Edward Cook House.jpg October 29, 1994Intersection near Rehoboth Church
RoadsideEarly Settlement, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Military, Professions & Vocations, Whiskey Rebellion
Dagworthy's Camp TransparentPlaceholder.png July 17, 1946U.S. 30, 8.3 miles E of Greensburg (Missing)
RoadsideForts, French & Indian War, Medicine & Science, Military
Darr Mine Disaster TransparentPlaceholder.png September 14, 1994Olive Branch Cemetery, Pa. 981 between Pa. 51 and Smithton
40°09′16″N79°45′20″W / 40.15452°N 79.75562°W / 40.15452; -79.75562 (Darr Mine Disaster)
RoadsideBusiness & Industry, Coal, Ethnic & Immigration, Labor
Eddie Adams (1933-2004) Eddie Adams (1969).jpg May 29, 2016Ninth St & Fourth Ave., New Kensington
40°33′54″N79°45′59″W / 40.56503°N 79.76649°W / 40.56503; -79.76649 (Eddie Adams (1933-2004))
RoadsideArtists, Military Post-Civil War, Professions & Vocations, Publishing & Journalism
Fairview Park Fairview Park (Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania).jpg August 19, 2017Pittsburgh St./Old Wm. Penn Hwy. near Turner Ln., Delmont
40°24′22″N79°33′06″W / 40.40614°N 79.55154°W / 40.40614; -79.55154 (Fairview Park)
RoadsideAfrican American, Religion, Sports & Recreation
Fanny Sellins TransparentPlaceholder.png September 3, 1989Front of Union Cemetery, Pa. 366, Arnold
40°34′56″N79°45′28″W / 40.5821°N 79.75783°W / 40.5821; -79.75783 (Fanny Sellins)
RoadsideLabor, Women
Forbes Road TransparentPlaceholder.png July 13, 1960U.S. 22, 1.2 miles E of Murrysville (Missing)
RoadsideFrench & Indian War, George Washington, Military, Roads
Forbes Road TransparentPlaceholder.png November 11, 1967Murrysville
RoadsideFrench & Indian War, George Washington, Military, Roads
Forbes Road TransparentPlaceholder.png n/aU.S. 22, 1.2 miles E of Murrysville
40°25′23″N79°39′49″W / 40.42308°N 79.66362°W / 40.42308; -79.66362 (Forbes Road)
RoadsideFrench & Indian War, George Washington, Military, Roads
Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - 12 Mile Run Encampment (PLAQUE) TransparentPlaceholder.png 1930Rt. 30 next to Latrobe Airport runway (?)
PlaqueFrench & Indian War, Military, Roads
Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Fort Ligonier (PLAQUE) TransparentPlaceholder.png 1930301 E Main St., half block from public sq., Ligonier
PlaqueForts, French & Indian War, Military, Roads
Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Turtle Creek Defile (PLAQUE) TransparentPlaceholder.png 1930Rt. 22 at Priority Ln., at Post Office, Murrysville
PlaqueFrench & Indian War, George Washington, Military, Roads
Fort Allen TransparentPlaceholder.png December 10, 1946Pa. 136 at SR 3097, Hempfield Twp, SW of Greensburg
40°17′01″N79°35′33″W / 40.28348°N 79.5924°W / 40.28348; -79.5924 (Fort Allen)
RoadsideAmerican Revolution, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Forts, Military, Native American
Fort Allen - PLAQUE TransparentPlaceholder.png May 1, 1929At church, SR 3097 & St. Johns Church Rd., .5 mile S of PA 136 SW of Greensburg
40°16′45″N79°35′30″W / 40.27905°N 79.59163°W / 40.27905; -79.59163 (Fort Allen - PLAQUE)
PlaqueAmerican Revolution, Forts, Dunmore's War, Military
Fort Ligonier Fort Ligonier3.jpg December 10, 1946Main & Market Sts., Ligonier
40°14′28″N79°14′06″W / 40.24123°N 79.23505°W / 40.24123; -79.23505 (Fort Ligonier)
RoadsideForts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American
Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003) Fred Rogers and Tatiana Vedeneyeva on Set of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (cropped 2).jpg June 11, 2016James H. Rogers Park at Main & Jefferson Sts., Latrobe
40°18′58″N79°23′08″W / 40.31601°N 79.38547°W / 40.31601; -79.38547 (Fred McFeely Rogers)
RoadsideTelevision, Popular Culture, Celebrity
Hannastown TransparentPlaceholder.png December 6, 1946U.S. 119 at SR 1032 (Forbes Rd.) N of Greensburg (Missing)
RoadsideAmerican Revolution, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American
Henry Clay Frick Henry Clay Frick.jpg December 10, 1946Pa. 819 at SR 3089 (old U.S. 119) N end of Scottdale
RoadsideBusiness & Industry, Coal, Professions & Vocations, Steel
Idlewild Park TransparentPlaceholder.png October 6, 2012Rt. 30E, at park exit gate, Ligonier Twp.
40°15′50″N79°16′47″W / 40.26378°N 79.27981°W / 40.26378; -79.27981 (Idlewild Park)
RoadsideBusiness & Industry, Railroads, Sports & Recreation
John W. Geary Gearysfmayor.jpeg August 23, 1951S. Diamond St. & Union Alley, Mount Pleasant Veterans Park
RoadsideCivil War, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Governors, Military
Johnston House Kingston House Johnston House Pa 2011.jpg December 10, 1946U.S. 30, 7 miles NW of Ligonier
RoadsideBuildings, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Governors, Houses & Homesteads
Loyalhanning TransparentPlaceholder.png December 10, 1946U.S. 30 just SE of Ligonier
40°14′13″N79°13′50″W / 40.23707°N 79.23042°W / 40.23707; -79.23042 (Loyalhanning)
RoadsideEarly Settlement, Native American
Mammoth Mine Explosion TransparentPlaceholder.png September 29, 2000St. John's Cemetery, along Rt. 819, Scottdale
40°05′35″N79°36′09″W / 40.09303°N 79.6024°W / 40.09303; -79.6024 (Mammoth Mine Explosion)
RoadsideBusiness & Industry, Labor
Morewood Massacre TransparentPlaceholder.png September 29, 2000Rt. 119 overpass on Rt. 981 (Moorewood Rd.), E Huntington Twp.
RoadsideBusiness & Industry, Labor
Murrysville Gas Well TransparentPlaceholder.png July 13, 1960US 22, between Trafford Rd. and Reed Blvd., Murrysville
40°25′37″N79°41′51″W / 40.42702°N 79.69762°W / 40.42702; -79.69762 (Murrysville Gas Well)
RoadsideBusiness & Industry, Oil & Gas
Norvelt TransparentPlaceholder.png September 8, 2002Mt. Pleasant Road (LR 6406), on V.F.D. property, Norvelt
40°12′34″N79°29′51″W / 40.20942°N 79.4974°W / 40.20942; -79.4974 (Norvelt)
RoadsideBusiness & Industry, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor
Rural Free Delivery TransparentPlaceholder.png June 26, 2001135 West Pennsylvania Ave., New Stanton
40°12′58″N79°36′36″W / 40.216°N 79.6099°W / 40.216; -79.6099 (Rural Free Delivery)
RoadsideGovernment & Politics 19th Century, Government & Politics 20th Century, Transportation
St. Vincent Saint Vincent College and Basilica.jpg December 10, 1946U.S. 30, 6.6 miles E of Greensburg at College (Missing)
RoadsideEducation, Religion
St. Xavier's TransparentPlaceholder.png December 10, 1946US 30 at St. Xavier's Rd., 6 miles E of Greensburg at Academy
40°16′57″N79°24′59″W / 40.28263°N 79.41637°W / 40.28263; -79.41637 (St. Xavier's)
RoadsideEducation, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion, Women
Standard Shaft Mine & Coke Works TransparentPlaceholder.png April 14, 2007Along State St. (SR 2007), Mt. Pleasant Twp.
RoadsideBusiness & Industry, Coal, Ethnic & Immigration
Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014) Stephanie Kwolek at Spinning Elements by Harry Kalish.TIF October 1, 2016734 7th St., New Kensington
40°33′45″N79°45′42″W / 40.56256°N 79.76159°W / 40.56256; -79.76159 (Stephanie Kwolek)
RoadsideScience & Medicine, Military, Police and Safety, Professions & Vocations, Women
Toll House TransparentPlaceholder.png May 28, 1955E. Pittsburgh St., east of Stark St., Greensburg
40°18′10″N78°28′11″W / 40.3028°N 78.4696°W / 40.3028; -78.4696 (Toll House)
CityRoads, Transportation
Toll House TransparentPlaceholder.png May 28, 1955Mount Odin Park, Tollgate Hill Rd. (Bus. Rt. 30), Greensburg
40°18′22″N78°25′50″W / 40.3062°N 78.4306°W / 40.3062; -78.4306 (Toll House)
CityRoads, Transportation
Twelve Mile Camp TransparentPlaceholder.png December 10, 1946Junction U.S. 30 & Pa. 981, 7.1 miles E of Greensburg
RoadsideFrench & Indian War, George Washington, Military
Vandergrift Washington Avenue in Vandergrift.jpg May 17, 1990Municipal Bldg. E lawn, Washington Ave. Near Custer Ave. (Rt. 56), Vandergrift
40°36′15″N79°33′53″W / 40.60407°N 79.56483°W / 40.60407; -79.56483 (Vandergrift)
CityBusiness & Industry, Cities & Towns
West Newton BuildingAdventureGalley.jpg December 10, 1946W Main St. (PA 136) at Youghiogheny River bridge, West Newton
40°12′41″N79°46′13″W / 40.21138°N 79.77033°W / 40.21138; -79.77033 (West Newton)
RoadsideGovernment & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century
Westmoreland County Greensburg-pennsylvania-courthouse.jpg November 25, 1981NE corner, Courthouse Square, Main & Otterman Sts., Greensburg
40°18′11″N78°27′20″W / 40.303°N 78.4555°W / 40.303; -78.4555 (Westmoreland County)
CityGovernment & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century
William Findley William Findley.jpg October 28, 1994Route 981 near Route 30, Latrobe
RoadsideGovernment & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Whiskey Rebellion
Willie Thrower (1930-2002) TransparentPlaceholder.png October 24, 2003Valley High School, 703 Stevenson Blvd., New Kensington
40°33′56″N79°45′18″W / 40.5656°N 79.75495°W / 40.5656; -79.75495 (Willie Thrower)
RoadsideAfrican American, Football, Sports

See also

References

  1. "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-02-20.