Historic House Tour 2012 - September 21 and 22
By: WHCS
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Pollins Farmstead Main House |
Giffen House - c. 1840 in Mt. Pleasant Township is a red clay brick featuring fine walnut woodwork throughout. A baking demonstration at an outdoor beehive oven and butter churning on the front porch will introduce visitors to 19th century farmlife. Guests will also get a taste of freshly baked peasant bread.
The George House - c. 1846 in Latrobe is a traditional Pennsylvania style farmhouse. Tea, cookies, scavengar hunt with przes and a display of photos by the Latrobe Historical Society will be enjoyed by visitors to this house.
The Pollins Farmstead - 1852 in Unity Township - retains nearly all its supportive outbuildings which will be part of the tour. Many extras will delight the visitor to this house. Also, if weather permits, artist Sue Pollins will be on site painting - perhaps the magnificent view of the Chestnut Ridge that this property affords.
The Conrad Semler House on Spring Street in Latrobe is an rambling Tudor Revival home built in 1926 for the manager of the Pittsburg High Voltage Co. in Derry which was soon to be bought out by Westinghouse. In the circular driveay of this elegant home a 1933 Ford Model BB Roadster will be parked, and - weather-permitting - a miniature garden railroad train will be running in the extensive gardens surrounding the house.
The James Hughes House, designed by architects Paul Bartholomew and Brandon Smith in 1925, features many uinique architectural details including a small door from a front reception room to the kitchen. Guests will be greeted with a toast of sparkling water at the custom oak bar in this area and an hors d'oeuvre passed through from the kitchen.
At the Citizens National Bank Building in Latrobe, guests will see the marvelous restoration completed for QuatriniRafferty Law Firm. The building is an excellent example of adaptive re-use and in 2002 was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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