Walker-Ewing-Glass Log House
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| Walker-Ewing-Glass Log House | |
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| Location | Pinkerton Run Road in Settlers Cabin Park, North Fayette Township, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Coordinates | 40°25′4.85″N 80°10′9.41″W / 40.4180139°N 80.1692806°W |
| Built | circa 1780s |
| Architect | John Henry |
| Architectural style | Vernacular |
| Designated | 1970[1] |
  Location of the Walker-Ewing-Glass Log House in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania  Walker-Ewing-Glass Log House (the United States) | |
The Walker–Ewing–Glass Log House is a historic log dwelling located on Pinkerton Run Road in Settlers Cabin Park, North Fayette Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The house is believed to date from the late 18th century, possibly the 1780s, on land acquired in 1785 by brothers Isaac and Gabriel Walker, early Euro-American settlers in the area.[2][3] It is traditionally associated with an earlier settler, John Henry, who is sometimes credited as the original builder. [4] The structure is named for the Walker, Ewing, and Glass families, who owned and occupied the property over several generations. It is regarded as an example of 18th-century frontier housing in western Pennsylvania and is the structure that gives Settlers Cabin Park its name.[2] In 1970 it was listed as a Historic Landmark by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation under the name "Settler's Cabin (Walker–Ewing–Glass house)".[5]. It was restored in 1971 with the consultation of architect and preservationist Charles Morse Stotz. [6]
The log house stands on land owned by Allegheny County within Settlers Cabin Park and is managed by Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. A long-term lease granted in the late 1990s brought the southwestern portion of the park into the Garden's grounds. A 2013 amendment to the lease expanded the lease area to include the log house and its immediate setting. [2] Today, the interior is fitted out as an interpretive space illustrating 18th- and early-19th-century domestic life, and it is periodically opened for guided tours and programs by Pittsburgh Botanic Garden.[7]