Compass Inn
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Compass Inn
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Compass Inn, August 2011
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Location | Jct. of US 30 (Lincoln Hwy.) and California Ave., Ligonier Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1799, c. 1825 |
NRHP Reference # | 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-story, 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]
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
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Categories:
- Commercial buildings completed in 1799
- Hotel buildings completed in 1862
- Commercial buildings completed in 1862
- History museums in Pennsylvania
- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- Museums in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- 1799 establishments in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania museum stubs