Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1783
Parent county: Westmoreland

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general
Seat: Uniontown (1784–)

Land area: 790 square miles

Population (2020): 128,804

Population (historic): 13,318 (1790); 27,285 (1820); 39,112 (1850); 58,842 (1880); 110,412 (1900); 198,542 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1940; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; 16 boroughs; 25 CDPs; 24 townships

National Register listings: 68

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 20,775 (32.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 29.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,019
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,224
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,267
Average farm size (1920): 54.9 acres
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Uniontown

Namesake: Unclear

Founding: 1776 (platting); 1795 (post office); 1796 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,984

Population (historic): 624 (1800); 1,710 (1840); 2,503 (1870); 7,344 (1900); 19,544 (1930)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): pre-1800–1810; 1840s; 1870–1940
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *George Graham House (c. 1835). 3558 West Crawford Avenue. Dunbar. Federal.
2. *Mount Braddock / Isaac Meason Farm (1802). 203 University Drive. Dunbar. Federal.
3. *John Coldren Log House. Grange Road, east of Sumey Road. German. Razed.
4. *Jacob Johnson Farm (c. 1855). 303 Hartley Hill Road. German.
5. *Benjamin Lardin Farm (1877). 1892 McClellandtown Road. German. Italianate.
6. *Andrew Rabb House (1773). 122 Shortcut Road. German.
7. *Thomas Brown Inn (c. 1826/1882). 5340 National Pike. Henry Clay.
8. *Gibson Binns House (c. 1860). 694 Fayette City Road. Jefferson. Greek Revival.
9. *John Coe Farm (c. 1880). 542 Laureldale Road. Jefferson. Italianate.
10. *Log House. 639 Banning Road. Lower Tyrone. Razed.
11. *Newcomer House (c. 1830). 105 Bethel Church Road. Lower Tyrone.
12. *Linden Hall / Sarah Cochran Estate (1909–1911). 432 Linden Hall Road. Lower Tyrone. Tudor Revival.
13. *Clement Krepps Farm (c. 1850). 115 Krepps Lane. Luzerne. Greek Revival.
14. *Abel Colley Inn (c. 1835). 7083 National Pike. Menallen.
15. *Ephraim Walters House (c. 1850). 761 Fairview Hill Road. Nicholson.
16. *Bryson Farm. 795 Bute Road. North Union.
17. *Oak Hill / Josiah Thompson Estate (1903). 500 West Main Street. North Union. Classical Revival.
18. *Levi Springer House (c. 1817). Northgate Highway, across from Fan Hollow Road. North Union. Razed.
19. *Abraham Layton House (c. 1845). 619 North Liberty Street. Perry. Greek Revival.
20. *William Colvin House (1798/1820s). 266 Colvin Run Road. Redstone.
21. *Hugh Laughlin House (c. 1790/1805). 555 Davidson Road. Redstone.
22. *William Hastings House (c. 1850). 6480 National Pike. Redstone. Greek Revival.
23. *Peter Colley Inn (1796). 6594 National Pike. Redstone.
24. *Robert Johnson Inn (c. 1817). 6771 National Pike. Redstone. Federal.
25. *Thomas Gaddis Log House (c. 1770). Morgantown Road, south of Brownfield Road. South Union.
26. *Friendship Hill / Albert Gallatin House (1789/1798/1823). 223 New Geneva Road. Spring Hill. Federal.
27. *Abraham Stauffer House (c. 1830). 205 Dexter Road. Upper Tyrone.
28. *Edward Cook House (c. 1775). 347 Cook Road. Washington.
29. Levi Stephens House. 902 Fayette City Road. Washington.
30. *John Brown Farm (c. 1845). 258 Harmony Church Road. Washington. Greek Revival.
31. *Nathaniel Ewing Inn (c. 1830). 3440 National Pike. Wharton. Federal.