Jct. of US 30 (Lincoln Hwy.) and California Ave., Ligonier Township, Laughlintown, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Westmoreland.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 24, 1995. NRIS 95000124.
1 contributing building.
Compass Inn is a historic inn and tavern 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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1995. Portions of the film The Pale Blue Eye were shot at the inn.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996191