A stone tavern

Lemon House

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

  • 10 - 30 minutes
  • 4 tour stops

By 1834, Samuel Lemon built this substantial stone house east of the summit of the Allegheny Mountains. He and his family lived in the Lemon House from 1834 to 1847 and operated a tavern serving passengers of the newly built "Allegheny Portage Railroad" as well as the wayfarers of the "Northern Turnpike."

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