Compass Inn
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Compass Inn | |
 Compass Inn, August 2011 | |
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| Location | Jct. of US 30 (Lincoln Hwy.) and California Ave., Ligonier Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°12′43″N 79°11′57″W / 40.21194°N 79.19917°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1799, c. 1825 |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000124[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1995 |
Compass Inn is a historic inn, tavern, and stagecoach stop located in Laughlintown, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It is a 2 1/2-storey, five bay log and stone building in a vernacular Georgian style. The original section was built in 1799, and it is three bays wide. The two bay stone section was added in the 1820s. A clapboarded frame section was added in 1862. It was restored in 1970, and operated as a local history museum. The property includes a rebuilt barn and blacksmith shop.[2]
Compass Inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1995.[1] It is notable for representing the history of highway inns, travel, and commerce in southwestern Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1862.[2]
Portions of the film The Pale Blue Eye were shot at Compass Inn in 2021.[3]
