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Washington County
14 places. A county full of stories.
Discover local legends, historic places and the stories of sites you can explore virtually.
Explore this county on the map →Bentworth Elementary Center
Bentworth Elementary Center in Bentleyville opened in 1997. A story associated with its construction says a roofer fell to his death and continued to…
Inns & businessesCentury Inn
Century Inn in Scenery Hill began as Hill’s Tavern, built by George and Stephen Hill in the late eighteenth century. Its long history of lodging and…
Inns & businessesClara at Tim’s Secret Treasures
Tim's Secret Treasures in Charleroi filled a former funeral home and an adjoining building with antiques and curiosities. Owners Tim Bradburn and…
Historic homesEdward G. Acheson House
The Edward G. Acheson House at 908 West Main Street in Monongahela is remembered for both an important invention and a much quieter visitor. Acheson…
Former Rolling Hills Country Club
The former Rolling Hills Country Club in Peters Township, Washington County, incorporated an older farmhouse into its clubhouse. Successive additions…
Historic homesGinger Hill Road and PA 136
The former Anna George mansion stood on the Love family's farm at Ginger Hill in Washington County. Built for Major Robert Love, the white brick…
Horn Cemetery
Horn Cemetery near Marianna in Washington County is associated with a woman in white and a black cat. In the local story, she floats across a field…
Historic homesJohn Blythe House
The John Blythe House at 808 West Main Street in Monongahela once housed Collectiques, an antiques shop operated by Donna Baran. Its ghost stories…
Inns & businessesMain Street Antiques
Main Street Antiques occupies the Victorian house at 800 West Main Street in Monongahela. Inez Gilotty bought the twelve-room house for her antiques…
SchoolsMellon Hall
A portrait of the Reverend John McMillan, one of Washington & Jefferson College’s founders, was once at the center of a ghost story in Mellon Hall on…
OutdoorsMouth of Chartiers Creek at the Ohio River
The mouth of Chartiers Creek, where it meets the Ohio River near McKees Rocks, is the starting point of a grim tale Charles M. Skinner published in…
Pigeon Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Pigeon Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery lies on Church Road near Dunningsville in Washington County, beside a church building dating to 1829.…
Steele Hall
Steele Auditorium at what is now PennWest California carries the name of Robert McCurdy Steele, president of the school from 1928 to 1952. Students…
Stone Church Road opposite James Chapel Methodist Church
Stone Church Road near Finleyville is the setting of a driver's account of a black horse that vanished beside a moving car. The witness, who signed…