{"nrhp_refnum":"72001180","name":"Old Hannastown, Site of","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"4 mi. NE of Greensburg","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensburg","county":"Westmoreland County","state":"PA","lat":40.34298230850007,"lon":-79.50528134463669,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The site of Old Hannastown, the former county seat village in Westmoreland County near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, founded around 1768-1769 and laid out with about 30 log houses, two taverns and a palisaded garrison fort. The site is now farmland occupied by a mansion house, barn, farm buildings and a tenant house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the site is significant for the Hannastown Resolves of May 16, 1775, which pledged military action against British policy, and for the first court west of the Allegheny Mountains, held in 1773. It also cites the town's role as the frontier defense center and its burning by British and Seneca forces on July 13, 1782, described as possibly the last battle of the Revolution. Its lack of later rebuilding is presented as preserving archaeological value.","narrative":"Old Hannastown was a frontier village laid out around 1768-1769 in what is now Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with about 30 log houses arranged on a plan with named streets, two taverns and a palisaded garrison fort. From 1773 until 1787 it served as the first English court west of the Allegheny Mountains, and its jurisdiction reached across much of southwestern Pennsylvania. In May 1775 its citizens adopted the Hannastown Resolves, which pledged military action against British policy, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence. The town was attacked and burned by British and Seneca forces on July 13, 1782, and was never rebuilt. Because the ground has remained largely undisturbed, archaeological work has been considered valuable for understanding the frontier settlement.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1768-1787","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","D"],"status_note":"Site is undisturbed farmland, never rebuilt after 1782, and partly occupied by farm buildings; archaeological excavation by the Carnegie Museum was underway.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.289968-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001180.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001180/e1943462ea-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001180/e1943462ea-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SITE_OF_OLD_HANNASTOWN,_WESTMORELAND_COUNTY,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SITE_OF_OLD_HANNASTOWN,_WESTMORELAND_COUNTY,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995863","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_of_Old_Hannastown","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7531786"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-county/old-hannastown-site-of-72001180/"}