House Museums

The David Bradford House

Administered by the Bradford House Association. Restored 18th century home of David Bradford, successful lawyer, businessman, and Deputy Attorney of Washington County. Furnishings are those used in the 18th century in Pennsylvania that would reflect Bradfords wealthy status

724.222.3604
E-Mail: mthart@pulsenet.com

Web site: www.bradfordhouse.org
 

Fallingwater

World famous house by Frank Lloyd Wright. Voted American's most architecturally significant building. Dramatically sited over a waterfall in the Laurel Highlands. Reservations essential.

Route 381
Mill Run, PA 15464

724.329.8501

April - November

Admission Fee

Web site: Fallingwater
 

The Frick Art and Historical Center

A six-acre site comprising:

• Clayton, the restored Frick family home.
• Carriage Museum.
• Art Museum.
• Greenhouse.
• Museum Shop.
• Educational Center.
• Cafe.

Fee for Clayton tour.

7227 Reynolds Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15208

412.371.0600

Open all year

Complete accessibility

www.frickart.org
 

Hartwood

Equestrian estate of 629 acres featuring a Tudor mansion, fully furnished with English and American antiques; stable complex; and gate lodge designed by Alfred Hopkins. Reserve for tours.

215 Saxonburg Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15238

412.767.9200

Open April - December

Admission Fee

Web site: www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/hwfac.aspx
 

The Kerr Memorial Museum

Go back over a hundred years in time and take a new look at a period in Pittsburgh's history often characterized by the extremes of late 19th Century America: fabulous wealth and grinding poverty. Between the millionaires of industry and the great masses of often-impoverished immigrants existed a middle class that is easily overshadowed, yet whose story has great relevance to 21st Century America.

Experience the warmth and charm of life as it was lived by a small-town doctor, his wife and daughter in their gracious home in Oakmont, a quaint suburban town that provided an escape from the often-harsh conditions of life in the city. The Kerr House, commissioned by Dr. Thomas R. Kerr in 1897, stands as a fine example of a late 19th century Queen Anne style home. The house functioned not only as the residence of Thomas and Jessie Kerr and their only child Virginia, but also as the location of Dr. Kerr's medical office. Restored to its original glory, the house contains an extensive collection of Kerr family memorabilia and documents, providing a wonderful illustration of a professional family at the beginning of the 20th century.

402 Delaware Avenue
Oakmont, PA 15139

412.826.9295
E-Mail: info@kerrmuseum.com

Web site: www.kerrmuseum.com
 

Nemacolin Castle

In 1789, Jacob Bowman, a pioneer merchant from Hagerstown, Maryland, built a frontier trading post on the approximate site of Old Fort Burd. Active in business and commerce, Bowman was an important figure in the early development of Brownsville. In the years that followed, a mansion was built around the simplistic trading post. For several generations, the castle was home to the Bowman family. Today, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is open to the public.

Within the spacious interior are twenty-two furnished rooms which reflect early life in America from Colonial times to the late Victorian era. Included in the collection are many original Bowman family furnishings.

Located off of historic route US 40
Front Street and Third Avenue
Brownsville 15417

724.785.6882
E-Mail: info@nemacolincastle.org

11 am - 5 pm, Saturday and Sunday

Web site: www.nemacolincastle.org
 

Woodville Plantation

"Woodville," the John and Presley Neville house, is Southwestern Pennsylvania's principal link to the late 18th century, interpreting the time period of 1780-1820 and documenting the lives of the three families that resided there, the Nevilles (1775-1815), the Cowans (1815-1835), and the Wrenshalls (1835-1975).

Home (c. 1785) of John Neville, friend of Washington and Lafayette, Commander of Fort Pitt, Revolutionary war hero. Involved in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.

1375 Washington Pike
Bridgeville, PA 15017

412-221-0348 or 412-531-0559

Open Sundays, May - September

Admission Fee: $5.00 per person, $10.00 for family of parents and children under age 18


Web site: www.woodvilleplantation.org