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The John Irwin House was the site of a
busy stage coach inn over 170 years ago.
Today, in Irwin’s same entrepreneurial spirit,
the house is home to a variety of small
businesses and shops.
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Penn Hebron Garden Club Barn and
Summer Musical Performances
237 Jefferson Road, Penn Hills;
pennhillscdc.org
Enjoy a variety of free musical performances
in the charming Penn Hebron Garden Club
Barn, hosted by Penn Hills Community
Development Corporation. Built in 1834,
the barn was purchased by the garden club in
1927. Visit the website for upcoming musical
performances.
Sample School House
2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry
Township; [email protected]
The 1874 Sample School House is an original,
one-room school. It’s a glimpse of when
students in eight grades were taught in one
room by one teacher, using slate tablets, rather
than the electronic kind.
Harmony Museum
218 Mercer Street, Harmony;
724.452.7341, harmonymuseum.org
Discover over 250 years of important events.
The museum includes more than 8 properties,
featuring an 1809 main museum building, the
Harmony Society Cemetery and Mennonite
meetinghouse and cemetery. Learn about the
Lenape Indian settlement, Murdering Town
and Major George Washington.
Depreciation Lands Museum
4743 S Pioneer Rd, Allison
Park; 412.486.0563,
depreciationlandsmuseum.org
Turn back the clock to 1792 at the
Depreciation Lands Museum. Re-enactors
bring this time period to life as they perform
their daily rituals while living in a small,
colonial village.
the mysterious
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Chessie, The Ghost Cat
Mars Area History and Landmark
Society, Inc.1, Brickyard Road, Mars;
marshistory.org
Legend has it that a cat named Chessie
would accompany his owner to the Mars
Railroad Station where he worked in the
late 1800s. The site is now the home of the
Mars Area History and Landmark Society,
Inc. Over 100 years since the cat’s demise,
but Chessie’s spirit is still seen around the
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station occasionally. Find out more on a ghosthunting adventure to the old train station and
see a plethora of artifacts from the late 19th
century on display.
“Welcome to Mt. Lebanon” Mural on
the Former Dyke Auto Supply Building
427 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon;
pghmurals.com/welcome-to-mtlebanon-146.cfm
Flying Saucer in Mars Town Square
Grand Avenue and Pittsburgh Street,
Mars, 724.625.1858
View the vibrant and detailed 44 ft. wide by
14 ft. high mural that welcomes visitors to
Mt. Lebanon. Painted by Ashley Hodder, it
resembles a giant postcard.
Thanks to the Mars Area History and
Landmarks Society and other contributors,
a flying saucer landed in the town square in
1988 and has never left. Sergei Krikalev, a
Russian cosmonaut and Mario Renco, an
American astronaut, even signed the saucer at
a 1989 event!
Indian Springs - The Mysterious,
Bowl-Shaped Spring in Evergreen
Community Park
3430 Evergreen Road, Ross Park;
412.931.7055, or ross.pa.us/parks
Discover a Native American couple whose
love was so strong it formed a mysterious
spring! Located in beautiful Evergreen Park,
the spring is said to have been the miraculous
answer to a lover’s prayer.
The Murals by Maxo Vanka at St.
Nicholas Croatian Church
24 Maryland Avenue, Millvale;
412.821.3438, stnicholascroatian.com
The 22 murals of Maxo Vanka that adorn
the walls of St. Nicholas Church have been
described as beautiful, thought-provoking
and even disturbing. Some claim to have
seen a ghostly priest in the church sanctuary
while the murals were being created. Listed
on the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks
Foundation registry, St. Nicholas is one of
the first Croatian churches to be built in the
U.S.
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