The 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel Robert Parson Cummins, former Somerset County Sheriff, enrolled 935 officers and men in 1862. Companies C, D & F were raised in Somerset County. The regiment took part in over twenty . . . — — Map (db m23097) HM
On Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 31) at Center Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 601), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Laid out the north half of the settlement renamed Somerset in 1795. Schneider and his brother Jacob conducted the first store in Somerset. It stood on this site. — — Map (db m23096) HM
On Patriot Street (Pennsylvania Route 281) at Park Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Patriot Street.
Set aside for burial ground and place of worship on the original plat of Milfordstown by Ulrich Bruner, 1787, and by Peter Ankeny in 1789 when he laid out the south side of the settlement renamed Somerset in 1795. — — Map (db m23093) HM
On North Center Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 601) at East Union Street, on the right when traveling north on North Center Avenue.
To the perpetual memory of the defenders of the Union, 1861–1865. Erected Sept. 17, 1888, by the surviving soldiers and citizens of Somerset County, Pa.
Grand Army of the Republic 1861–1866 Veterans, R.P. Cummins Post No. 201, Dept, Pa.
— . . . — — Map (db m199554) WM
On East Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
This log frame home is considered
the oldest in town. Harmon Husband,
the first permanent settler in Somerset,
originally occupied the property.
Husband, a pioneer, farmer,
pamphleteer, politician, and surveyor,
is remembered as a hero of both . . . — — Map (db m203956) HM
On Union Street east of Center Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
The County's first permanent jail was built on this sight [sic] in 1802. A new jail was constructed in 1856 in combination with the residential portion. The growing population soon led the jail to be overcrowded and escapes were very common. . . . — — Map (db m199569) HM
On Union Street at Center Street (Pennsylvania Route 601), on the left when traveling east on Union Street.
Serving as the county seat of Somerset County this court house sits at elevation of 2,190 feet above sea level making it the highest county seat in Pennsylvania. The copper-sheathed dome rises 135-feet above the street making it visible . . . — — Map (db m199574) HM
On West Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 31) 0.1 miles east of South Edgewood Avenue.
In a log cabin located on this site, Charles Frederick Goeb printed a Bible in 1813. It was the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny Mountains. — — Map (db m55525) HM
On Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 31) at Edgewood Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Roll of Honor
Dedicated to the
two hundred fifty two
members of Edgewood
Aerie 1801 F.O.E. who
served and to the sacred
memory of these who gave
their lives in World War II
Howard A. Baldwin
John Banyor
Wallace J. Bishop . . . — — Map (db m23105) HM
On Union Street at Center Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 601), on the right when traveling east on Union Street.
The home of the county's oldest national bank, the First National Bank was founded in 1889. The elegant features of this building are a reflection of the county's rapid growth and prosperity during the 1920s. The building displays many elements . . . — — Map (db m199572) HM
On East Union Street west of North Kimberly Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This Colonial Revival style home was built around 1917 for George R. Scull, son of Edward Scull, publisher of the Somerset Herald who owned the property adjacent to the site. Edward had his home moved westward to allow his son to construct . . . — — Map (db m199549) HM
On Main Street/Glades Pike (Route 31) at Plank Road, on the left when traveling east on Main Street/Glades Pike.
Leader of North Carolina revolt against the British, he fled under an assumed name in 1771. Somerset's first settler; lived at Coffee Springs farm some years. Became a pamphleteer and active in the Whiskey Rebellion. Died in 1795. — — Map (db m21568) HM
On North Center Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
This brick building was completed in 1889 after an
earlier building was destroyed by fire. This is the third
home of the Somerset Lodge of the Independent Order
of Oddfellows #438 originally established in 1851.
The building exhibits many . . . — — Map (db m203957) HM
On East Union Street west of North Kimberly Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This home was owned by Edward Scull,
attorney, Congressman, banker and publisher
of the Somerset Herald. He acquired the
home, from the estate of Andrew Jackson Ogle.
It is thought to have been constructed in the
1820s by the Ogle . . . — — Map (db m199545) HM
On Industrial Park Road at Drum Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Industrial Park Road.
In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service. During the next five years, with federal support, 14 consumer-owned cooperatives were formed in this State. Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative, serving four counties in . . . — — Map (db m142108) HM
On Center Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 601) at Union Street, on the right when traveling north on Center Avenue.
In honor of the gallant men and women of
Somerset County
who served in the World War and in memory of
the following who made the supreme sacrifice
1917-1919
November 11, 1925 — — Map (db m22381) HM
On Main Street at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
In the spring of 2018, Somerset Trust Company rededicated the former H.F. Schell House to become the G. Henry Cook Enrichment Center. As the fifth generation of the Scull family to lead the bank, Henry has always championed lifelong learning and . . . — — Map (db m199577) HM
On West Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
This two-story brick building is one of three similar
residential structures erected on West Main Street
shortly after Somerset's catastrophic fire of 1876.
Despite some alterations to adapt this late nineteenth-
century residential building to . . . — — Map (db m203959) HM
On Haupt Road (Local Route 623) 0.1 miles west of Somerset Pike (Pennsylvania Route 985), on the right when traveling west.
On July 28, 2002, nine coal miners, trapped for four days due to flooding of the Quecreek Mine, were saved via a rescue shaft drilled here. Combined efforts of local, state, and federal agencies, mining and other industries, local mine workers, . . . — — Map (db m24163) HM
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America.
Following World War II, the National Council of State Garden Clubs designated certain national roads as "Blue Star Memorial Highway", as a living memorial to "all . . . — — Map (db m307) WM
On North Plaza Access Road north of Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 70), on the right when traveling west.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, four commercial airliners were hijacked in a premeditated terrorist attack against the United States. Two of the planes were intentionally flown into the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City; a . . . — — Map (db m116368) HM WM
On North Center Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 601) at North Pleasant Avenue, on the left when traveling south on North Center Avenue.
This fountain and the adjoining Gilmour Bypass are dedicated in memory of Robert A. Gilmour by his widow, Romaine Lohr Gilmour. Mr. Gilmour, born October 14, 1896, in Vintondale, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, came to Somerset Borough in 1926 and . . . — — Map (db m220327) HM
In August 1973, the U.S. Congress designated a cross-country stretch of Interstate as the “Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway,” in tribute to President Eisenhower’s early recognition of the need for a national network of highways to enhance . . . — — Map (db m7239) HM
Windmills on the horizon
Wind is an abundant resource, which can be used to generate pollution-free electricity. On the distant horizon is the Somerset wind farm which is one of several wind farms of Pennsylvania. This wind farm has six . . . — — Map (db m116485) HM
