West Overton Historic District

Frick Ave., East Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Westmoreland.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 18, 1985. NRIS 85001572.

19 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

West Overton, Pennsylvania

West Overton is a historic village located approximately 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is on PA 819 between the towns of Mount Pleasant and Scottdale. Its latitude is 40.117N and its longitude is -79.564W. Known as the birthplace of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, it is also the original site of the distillery founded by his great-grandfather, Henry Overholt, and later operated by his grandfather, Abraham Overholt. This distillery is famous for producing Old Overholt rye whiskey.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995341

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