Near Greensburg in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Fort Allen

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 22, 2012

1. Fort Allen Marker

Inscription. Built and commanded by Colonel Christopher Truby, officer of the revolution, was located 150 yards to the south of this marker. A frontier Fort of Dunmore's War 1774, the Indian War, and the War of the Revolution, It was also known as Truby's Blockhouse. From here a petition to Governor John Penn sent by eighty inhabitants of Westmoreland County headed by Wendel Oury asked for aid in the threatened Indian uprising of 1774

Erected 1929 by Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Citizens of Westmoreland County.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1774.

Location. 40° 16.746′ N, 79° 35.502′ W. Marker is near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It can be reached from the intersection of Saint Johns Church Road and Baltzer Meyer Pike. Located at St. John's Harrold United Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 103 Saint Johns Church Road, Greensburg PA 15601, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies

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: Sion Church-Herolds Settlement (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Fort Allen (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hempfield Township (approx. 1.2 miles away); Westmoreland County Memorial Park Veterans Monument (approx. 1.6 miles away); Hempfield Township Roosevelt Club Veterans Memorial (approx. 2 miles away); 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Toll House (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensburg.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 22, 2012

2. Fort Allen Marker

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 22, 2012

3. Fort Allen Marker

at St. John's Herrold United Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,647 times since then and 73 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 22, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.