Old Stone Tavern (Pittsburgh)

Old Stone Tavern
City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure
Location:	434 Greentree Road (West End), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates:	40°26′06″N 80°02′03″W / 40.435039°N 80.034167°W / 40.435039; -80.034167Coordinates: 40°26′06″N 80°02′03″W / 40.435039°N 80.034167°W / 40.435039; -80.034167
Built/Founded:	circa 1756 ?
City designated:	October 6, 2009[1]

The Old Stone Tavern (also called Coates Tavern, and the Old Stone Inn) at 434 Greentree Road in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, may have been built circa 1756. Its original date of construction can not entirely be confirmed. There is an old date listed on the cornerstone of the Inn that indicates the year 1756, which would make it the oldest building in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, if that is true. Not only that, but it would make it the oldest building west of the Allegheny Mountains if it is really older than the Fort Pitt Blockhouse by 8 years. It may not only be fascinating for that reason, but also for the possibility that it may be the only structure that still exists from the French settlement days of Pittsburgh before the English came and built Fort Pitt. There are supposedly account ledgers from the Inn that have been found at the Carnegie Library from 1793 to 1796.^[2] That seems to suggest that the tavern was around by the late 1700s. It was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on October 6, 2009.^[1]

"John Woods was in the tavern and used the owners' ferry the night before the raid on John Neville's estate" (July 16, 1794).^[2]

Reference

1. ^ ^{a b} "Local Historic Designations". Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. http://www.phlf.org/historic-plaque-program/local-historic-designations/. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Diana Nelson Jones, "Old Stone Inn may be oldest building in the city - 1793 accounts ledger indicates 1756 date on cornerstone may be accurate", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sunday, May 03, 2009.