Westmoreland County history

Sloan's plans were more comprehensive and more expensive, and this required another contract which was made in 1851 by the terms of which the county was to pay $46,700, and a further sum for such improvements or changes as they should make.

The court house which by our present generation is known as �the old court house," was built in 1854.

Manor Borough was incorporated January 1890 and has now reached its 125th+ Anniversary.

It was for many years the largest room in, Greensburg, but by political meetings, public lectures and even during the trial of important or sensational cases, was frequently crowded to overflowing. It was used until the business of the county again outgrew it, and then after several presentments from grand juries practically condemning it, it was finally razed to the ground in the summer of 1901.

Manor First M.E. Church circa 1923

Pitt-Greensburg Library Annual Report 1963/64 In this hand-typed document, Eileen Rathgeb, first Pitt-Greensburg librarian, describes the first year of a new campus in downtown Greensburg from the perspective of the library and its activities.

In 1964 the Charles McKenna Lynch Estate, known as Starboard Light, was purchased by the University as the new permanent site of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.

After extensive remodeling, Lynch Hall was open for business in 1967.

Transcribed January 2001 by Nathan Zipfel for the Westmoreland County History Project Contributed by Nathan Zipfel for use by the Westmoreland County Genealogy Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/westmoreland/) Westmoreland County Genealogy Project Notice: