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

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.

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