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Josiah Frost House

Coordinates: 39°57′18″N 79°48′21″W / 39.95500°N 79.80583°W / 39.95500; -79.80583
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Josiah Frost House
Josiah Frost House is located in Pennsylvania
Josiah Frost House
Josiah Frost House is located in the United States
Josiah Frost House
LocationSouthern side of U.S. Route 40, west of Searight's Corners, Menallen Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′18″N 79°48′21″W / 39.95500°N 79.80583°W / 39.95500; -79.80583
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleFederal
MPSNational Road in Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.96001209[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 1996

The Josiah Frost House is an historic American home that is located in Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

History and architectural features

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Built roughly between 1816 and 1819, this historic structure is a two-story, rectangular, sandstone dwelling that measures forty-eight feet by twenty-four feet. It was designed in a vernacular, Federal style, and was built as part of the Searight Tavern complex at Searight's Corners, an important stop for nineteenth-century travelers on the National Road.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

The house pictured opposite the site of the demolished Frost house, also known as the Searight House. The Frost house was on the north side of Route 40.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-25. Note: This includes Adam Baacke (May 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Josiah Frost House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  3. ^ Thomas B. Searights, The Old Pike, Uniontown, 1894 page 244, 247. Joseph E. Morse & R. Duff Green (ed.), Thomas B. Searight's The Old Pike: An Illustrated Narrative of the National Road, Orange Virginia, Green Tree Press, 1971, pages 54 & 56