Kingston House

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Kingston House
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Kingston House, July 2012
Kingston House is located in Pennsylvania
Kingston House
Location U.S. Route 30, northeast of Youngstown, Unity Township, Pennsylvania
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Area 1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built c. 1815, 1830
Built by Johnson, Alexander
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 83002286[1]
Added to NRHP June 30, 1983

Kingston House, also known as the Johnston House, is a historic inn and tavern located in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1815, and is a 2 1/2-story, rubble stone building, five bays wide. It has a center hall plan in the Federal style. Attached to the house is a 1 1/2-story, masonry wing built in 1830. It was built by Alexander Johnston, who was innkeeper and host to guests including presidential candidates William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor. His third son William F. Johnston (1808-1872) served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1848 to 1851.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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