Lemon House

A historic tavern on the mountain summit of the Allegheny Portage Railroad, now part of a National Historic Site in Pennsylvania.

Gallitzin, PA

About Lemon House

The Lemon House sits at the summit level of the Allegheny Portage Railroad, a rail line that crossed the Allegheny Mountains. In its working years it served as a tavern where travelers on the summit could stop. Today visitors can walk through the first floor of the building as part of Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, run by the National Park Service.

#historic site
#tavern
#railroad history
#Allegheny Mountains
#National Park Service

What's around here?

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