Update on Westmoreland House Photo

House built in 1826.

It has been brought to my attention that this house that Fred Yenerall took 1971 is now up for sale. It's nice to know that it's still standing. The realtor's website also gave some fantastic information on this house.

Historic Facts about the house From the website of the Realtor:

• The area known as Youngstown was settled in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Believed to be on a road cut through the area during the war between England and France in 1755-60, a number of taverns and inns operated in the area at the turn of the century.
• The area became even more popular with travelers when the Greensburg Turnpike, part of the road running between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, was authorized in 1815.
• It wasn’t until the construction of Rt. 30 north of Youngstown that it became a quite residential community.
• As would be expected from an area settled this early, many local homes, churches, schools, and businesses have a rich and long history.
• But perhaps no individual’s history is as well known in the area as Arnold Palmer, who was born in 1929 in Latrobe and frequented the Latrobe Country Club with regularity as early as age 5.
• Arnold and his brother, Gerry, not only both still own homes in Latrobe, they are your neighbors.
• The home for sale, 207 Arnold Palmer, was built in 1826 and was the home of Jacob Brindle.
• Jacob’s grandfather, Lawrence Brindle, came to Youngstown in the early 1800s and purchased a large tract of land, where he operated a farm with his two sons, John (Jacob’s father) and George.
• George moved to Ohio while John, and later Jacob, inherited the farm.
• Jacob and wife Peggy Aukerman and they had three decendents.
• One son, E. Lewis Brindle, moved to Latrobe in his twenties and engaged in the grocery business.
• Another son, John, continued to operate the farm with his wife and seven decendents
  One of them, Jacob, ran the farm and worked the coal deposits on the property for 25 years until he moved his farm to Latrobe.
• This home has a rich history as both the site of an inn and a stagecoach shop.
• Even more intriguing, a hidden compartment in the attic and local lore lead the current owners to believe it was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

I love getting updated on these photos, and knowing that these places are still standing, and Tina, who brought this house to my attention, (she is the one that own's the round-house in a previous entry) also found updated photos of this house and forwarded them to me. It appears that the house still looks the same now as it did back then, or at least the front of the house does.

If you would like to be the new owner of this historic house, or see the virtual inside tour of the house and property you can Contact or visit the website of Tidwell Realty .