TOWN MEETS GOWN: WASHINGTON, PA
May 31 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$25.00
Saturday, May 31
10:00 a.m. to Noon
$25 per person
This tour is limited to 20 participants.
Purchase a ticket below. Tickets will not be available after 11:30 p.m. on May 30.
Located about 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, the city of Washington, PA is perhaps best known as a key site in the Whiskey Rebellion in the 1790s and as the home of Washington & Jefferson College. It also is the seat of Washington County—the first county in America to bear the president’s name—and the home of the country’s first National Historic Landmark of the Underground Railroad. Our tour will take in a bit of both town and gown, starting with a handful of Washington & Jefferson College’s most historic buildings. On walking to downtown Washington, we will visit, among other buildings, the LeMoyne House of 1812 and the George Washington Hotel—designated a Historic Hotel of America by the National Trust for Historic Preservation for “faithfully maintain[ing its] historic integrity, architecture, and ambiance.” You will leave Washington with a new appreciation of this city on the National Road, America’s first highway constructed (beginning in 1811) entirely with federal funds.
Tour meeting point: Old Main, campus of Washington & Jefferson College, 30 S. College Street, Washington, PA 15301. Meet on the City sidewalk, at the walk leading to Old Main.
Tour ending point: City sidewalk in front of Old Main.
Please arrive 15 minutes before start time in order to ensure that the tour gets underway on time.
Accessibility: The two-block walk from the Washington & Jefferson campus to Downtown involves a hill. Several buildings have steps into or out of them, and some are wheelchair-accessible only with difficulty. If you will need assistance, please contact Mary Lu Denny (marylu@phlf.org or 412-471-5808, ext. 527) by May 28, so we can make necessary arrangements.
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All tour participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Children under the age of 13 may attend tours free of charge. By purchasing a ticket for this tour, you acknowledge that you are physically able to undertake the tour, assume all personal risk during the tour, consent to being photographed during the tour, and permit PHLF to use your image in our communications.
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