Braddock's Field Historical Society

The Braddock's Field Historical Society is housed within the Braddock Carnegie Library (the first Carnegie Library built in the United States in 1889, second in the world after a Carnegie Library was built in Andrew Carnegie's home town of Dunfermline, Scotland in 1881) at 419 Library Street, Braddock, PA 15104. Robert T. Messner, Historical Committee Chair and Director, is the WPMC contact and can be reached at 412.261.7536 via phone, 412.391.2498 via fax, or at rmessner@attbi.com via email.

The Historical Society focuses on the events at Braddock's Field on July 9, 1755. General Edward Braddock, leading an army comprised of British regulars and Colonial recruits, was enroute to capture Fort Duquesne, at the mouth of the Ohio River. Braddock's army, consisting of approximately 2000 officers and men (about 500 of whom were colonials) was in the final stage of a difficult 110 mile march from Fort Cumberland, Maryland. A sizable number of wagoneers and aides de camp accompanied the army, along with more than 40 women.

After twice crossing the Monogahela River, Braddock's troops encountered opposition consisting of approximately 650 Indians and 250 French and Canadians who had rushed out from Fort Duquesne to engage Braddock's forces enroute to the Fort. A three hour battle ensued. The defeat of the British and colonial forces by the Indians and French shocked both the colonies and Europe. It was here that the legend of George Washington's leadership began and where colonials concluded they had overestimated the prowess of the British military. Both factors contributed to the American Revolution twenty years later. The alumni of Braddocks Expedition comprise a who's who of colonial history.

For additional information and an online walking tour, please visit www.einpgh.org/ein/braddock

The Braddock's Field Historical Society
Braddock Carnegie Library
419 Library Street
Braddock, PA 15104.
Phone: 412.261.7536
FAX: 412.391.2498
Email: rmessner@attbi.com via

Butler County Historical Society Office

Four sites:

• Cooper Cabin (1810)
• Shaw House (1828)
• Little Red Schoolhouse (1838)
• Butler County Heritage Center

Each tells a unique story of early county life. Group tours by arrangement.

National City Bank Building
Corner of Main and Jefferson
Butler, PA 16001

724.283.8116

Open May - September

Admission Fee

Web site: www.butlercountyhistoricalsociety-pa.org

Clarion County Historical Society

The CCHS administers the Sutton-Ditz House Museum & Library, in the heart of Clarion Borough across from Clarion County Memorial Park. The Sutton-Ditz House was erected in 1850 by Thomas Sutton, a young attorney who settled in Clarion county when it was established on March 11, 1839. The two-story rough brick frame structure is located across from the park and County Courthouse in the center of Clarion Borough. Through the years the house has seen a number of owners until 1908 when it was purchased by John A. Ditz, a Clarion Borough hardware store owner. The Ditz family operated a tourist home in the 1940's and 1950's and it remained in the family until 1975 when it was sold to the Clarion County Historical Society and established as the Sutton-Ditz House Museum & Library. The home still retains its grand late Victorian ambiance.

The Museum & Library feature:

A Victorian parlor, bedroom and kitchen.
Changing exhibitions using artifacts from the museum collections and illustrating the history of Clarion County.
Annual Victorian Holiday Open House.
Permanent Exhibits illustrating the iron, lumber and glass industries, Purinton pottery, an old-time country store, and Clarion County military.
1,500 volumes including county, regional and family histories, census indexes, newspapers, church records, maps, photographs, manuscripts, and other ephemera.

Sutton-Ditz House Museum & Library
18 Grant Street
Clarion, PA

814.226.4450
Fax: 814.226.7106
E-Mail: cchs@csonline.net

Open all year

Tuesday - Saturday
10 am to 4 pm
Other times by appointment

$1.50 Adults
$1.00 Students and Senior Citizens
$0.50 Children
Members Free

Web site: www.orgsites.com/pa/clarioncountyhistoricalsociety

Crawford County Historical Society

Organized in 1880, the Crawford County Historical Society collects, preserves,and interprets the county's history. The Society is one of the oldest and most comprehensive repositories for genealogical resources in northwestern Pennsylvania. Serving patrons throughout the United States and Canada, the Society's holdings focus on Crawford County history. The genealogical collection, however, also includes materials from other counties in northwestern Pennsylvania, as well as Ohio and New York.

411 Chestnut Street
Meadville PA 16335
814-724-6080
email: crawfordhistorical@zoominternet.net
website: crawfordhistorical.org
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 1 - 5; Thursday 1 - 8 PM and
Saturday 9 - 3.

Elizabeth Township Historical Society

Approximately 14,000 items on display in six rooms. Reference library includes much local information for genealogical purposes. One block off state Route 48 at Boston Bridge.

5811 Smithfield Street
Boston, PA 15135

412.754.2030

Open September - June

Complete accessibility

Web site: www.15122.com/ETHS/info.htm

Greene County Historical Society Museum

The museum is home to exhibits and displays of local artifacts dating from the early native Monongahela culture to the early 20th Century. The Historical Society operates and maintains the historical museum and local history library and is also involved with other historic sites thoughout the county. Among these other sites are the W.A. Young Machine Shop & Foundry in Rices Landing, PA., and the Thomas Hughes House in Jefferson, PA. The Hughes House is currently being restored by the State of Pennsylvania

918 Rolling Meadows Road
Waynesburg, PA 15370

724.627.3204
E-Mail: museum@greenepa.net

Open May 1 - August 31
Wednesday - Friday, 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 12 Noon - 4 pm

Currently not on a map.

Web site: www.greenepa.net/~museum

Historical Society of Carnegie

1 West Main Plaza
Box 826
Carnegie, Pa 15106
412-276-7447

Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~pahsc/index.html

Jefferson County Historical Society

In 2004 the Society moved into the preserved Nathan Greene Edelblute Building on Historic Brookville's Main Street where exhibits, research room and library, shop, and offices are now located. The Society maintains an active program of research, changing exhibits, public programs, and publications related to Jefferson County and the Lumber Heritage Region of the Commonwealth.

The Society is open:

Tuesday-Saturday Noon to 5 pm
Sunday 2-5 pm

Calling ahead is advised.

Jefferson County Historical Society
172-176 Main Street
Brookville, PA 15825.
Phone: 814.849.0077
Email: jchc@alltel.net


Website: www.orgsites.com/pa/jeffersoncohistsoc

Johnstown Heritage Discovery Center

The Center, developed by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association (JAHA), examines the story of life in industrial America and will place the visitor in Johnstown Pennsylvania in the early 20th century. It preserves and interpretes the nationally significant historic heritage of the Greater Johnstown Area through its museum facilities, historical collections and educational programs. Its themes include Johnstown's identity as an industrial and transportation center, the community's social and cultural history including ethnicity and the legendary Johnstown Flood.

Since 1993, JAHA has been conducting historical research and architectural planning to create the Johnstown Heritage Discovery Center and its permanent exhibit, "America: Through Immigrant Eyes."

Route 56 Broad Street and Seventh Avenue Johnstown, Pennsylvania

814.539.1889
E-Mail: rburkert@jaha.org

Open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM

Web site: www.jaha.org/DiscoveryCenter/virtualtour.html

Lawrence County Historical Society

Local history museum in a turn-of-the-century mansion that features finely crafted woodwork and leaded beveled glass. Changing exhibits include Shenango China. Tours welcomed.

408 North Jefferson Street
New Castle, PA 16103

724.658.4022

Open all year

Admission Fee

Web site: www.lawrencechs.com

The Leechburg Area Museum and Historical Society

Located in the David Leech house -- the oldest house in Leechburg..

Leechburg Area Museum and Historical Society (LAMHS)
P.O. Box 156
Leechburg, PA 15656-1167

Web site: home.alltel.net/lamahs

Victorian Vandergrift Museum & Historical Society

The Victorian Vandergrift Museum & Historical Society is situated in the Old Sherman School, located at 184 Sherman Avenue in Vandergrift, which is currently undergoing massive renovations for its use.

The Victorian Vandergrift Historical Society houses one of Vandergrift's largest collection of local history references. In this collection there are books, maps, microfiche and other articles of interest to the historian and the genealogist. There are copies of the census of Westmoreland County from 1790 -1920 and the Federal census of Armstrong County from 1790 -1920, both on microfilm. There is also an extraordinary collection of helpful books pertaining to the area.

Hours are 10 AM to 3 PM, Monday through Saturday.

VVMHS
PO Box 183
Vandergrift, PA 15690
Phone: 724.568.1990
Email: staff@vvmhs.com

Web site: www.vvmhs.com

Washington County Historical Society

The Society is housed in the Le Moyne House, the 1812 home of Dr. F. Julius LeMoyne, physician, abolitionist, and humanitarian and a stop on the Underground Railroad. Artifacts display the many humanitarian efforts of Dr. LeMoyne. Administers the LeMoyne Crematory, the first in the U.S. Library and archives.

49 East Maiden Street
Washington, PA 15301

724.225.6740
Fax: 724.225.8495
E-Mail: info@wchspa.org

Open February - mid-December
Tours of LeMoyne House: Monday - Friday: 8 am - 4 pm
Saturday & Sunday: noon - 4 pm
Office: Monday - Friday: 8 am - 4 pm
Call for tours of crematory

Admission Fee

Limited accessibility

Web site: www.wchspa.org

Westmoreland County Historical Society

Administers Old Hannas Town, a reconstructed revolutionary war ear Western Pennsylvania town. The site of the first English courts west of the Allegheny mountains, and Westmoreland Countys first county seat. The historical society contains a research library. Old Hannas Town: Rte. 119, 3 miles north of Greensburg.

951 Old Salem Road
Greensburg, PA 15601 Westmoreland County

724.836.1800
Fax: 724.836.1653
E-Mail: history@wchspa.com

Tuesday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm
Saturday: 10 - 1 / Monday: by appointment
Old Hannas Town: May 1 - October 31
Tuesday - Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm / Sunday: 1 pm - 4 pm

Admission Fee

Web site: www.starofthewest.org

Zelienople Historical Society

Buhl House (1805), homes of Zelienople's founders, house the historical society, a library and artifacts. Tours May-October and by appointment. Genealogy.

243 South Main Street
Zelienople, PA 16063

724.452.9457
E-Mail: zhs@fyi.net

Open all year

Web site: www.fyi.net/~zhs