Josiah Frost House

Josiah Frost House is a historic home located at Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1816–1819, and is a two-story, rectangular, sandstone dwelling measuring 48 feet by 24 feet. It is in a vernacular Federal style. It was built as part of the Searight Tavern complex at Searight's Corners, an important stop for 19th-century travelers on the National Road.[2]

Josiah Frost House
LocationSouthern side of U.S. Route 40, west of Searight's Corners, Menallen Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′18″N 79°48′21″W
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleFederal
MPSNational Road in Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.96001209[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 1996

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

The house pictured is opposite the site of the demolished Frost house, also known as the Searight House. The Frost house was on the north side of Route 40.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Adam Baacke (May 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Josiah Frost House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  3. Thomas B. Searights, The Old Pike, Uniontown, 1894 page 244, 247. Joseph E. Morse & R. Duff Green (ed.), Thomas B. Searight's The Old Pike: An Illustrated Narrative of the National Road, Orange Virginia, Green Tree Press, 1971, pages 54 & 56


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