Apollo in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Drake Log Cabin
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025
1. Drake Log Cabin Marker
National Register
of Historic Places
in 1983
by the United States
Department of the interior
Erected 2019 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 279.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1983.
Location. 40° 34.75′ N, 79° 33.923′ W. Marker is in Apollo, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is on Williams Alley just east of Kiski Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 408 Kiski Avenue, Apollo PA 15613, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Laurel Highlands and in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oral History of Apollo Mosaic Mural (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pittsburgh-To-Harrisburg Main Line Canal Greenway (approx. 0.2 miles away); Leonard C. Miller (approx. 0.2 miles away); Nellie Bly (approx. half a mile away); East Vandergrift Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); St Gertrude Roman Catholic Church
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Regarding Drake Log Cabin. Built about 1816, it is a 1+1⁄2-story, one-room, rectangular log cabin measuring 18 feet by 22 feet. It has a gable roof and interior end stone chimney. The cabin was restored in 1971 and opened to the public by its owner, the Apollo Area Historical Society. It was added to the list of National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1983, reference No. 83002214.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025
2. Drake Log Cabin Marker
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025
3. Drake Log Cabin
Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 133 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 22, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
