Ligonier, Pennsylvania Ligonier, Pennsylvania Official name: Borough of Ligonier School District Ligonier Valley School District Ligonier, Pennsylvania is positioned in Pennsylvania Ligonier, Pennsylvania Location of Ligonier in Pennsylvania Ligonier is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Another tourist attraction is Fort Ligonier Days, a parade and craft market that takes place every fall over the course of three days, and the Ligonier Market in the summer months.
Ligonier is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ligonier is the site of a ongoing standard of Fort Ligonier, an example of a frontier fort of the French and Indian War.
Ligonier is also known for its downtown square, the Diamond, which has a bandstand in the middle.
The fort was titled Fort Ligonier after John Ligonier, a British noble of French origin who held the project of Field Marshal in the British Army.
Eventually, the name of the settlement that interval up around the fort was shortened to Ligonier.
Fort Ligonier was a logical place for travelers to break their journey, and with such commercial opportunities in mind, a small-town resident titled John Ramsay (sometimes spelled Ramsey) laid out the street plan, including the space now known as the Diamond.
On April 10, 1834, Ligonier was incorporated as a borough.
However, in 1852 the Pennsylvania Railroad was completed, which avoided Ligonier and passed through Bolivar and Latrobe instead.
Ligonier appreciateed a new impetus when the Ligonier Valley Railroad was instead of in 1877, linking the improve to Latrobe where connections to the Pennsylvania Railroad were possible.
The Ligonier Valley Railroad enabled lumber, coal, and quarried contemporary to be transported out of the Ligonier Valley, which spurred evolution of the town.
Also, the barns made it easier for Pittsburgh inhabitants to visit Ligonier, causing the town to precarious as a summer resort.
A large hotel, the Hotel Breniser, was assembled in 1900 where the town hall presently sits. In 1909-1910, the Ligonier Valley Railroad assembled an ornate station and command posts building, which still stands at 339 West Main Street.
In 1952, the Ligonier Valley Railroad ceased operation, due to a combination of overlogging, diminish of the coal industry, and the loss of passenger traffic to motor vehicles.
The Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad also served Ligonier from 1899 to 1916, although it did not appreciate the success of the Ligonier Valley Railroad.
Ligonier has three listings on the National Register of Historic Places: the Fort Ligonier site at 216 South Market Street; the Ligonier Historic District, which encompasses the Diamond and the earliest parts of the borough; and the completed Ligonier Armory. Ligonier and its encircling countryside are firmly associated with the Mellon banking family, which still owns considerable tracts of territory in the area.
The Huntland Downs estate, near Ligonier, comprises some 30,000 acres (100 km2) of territory and is the centerpiece of the Mellon territory holdings in the region.
Fort Ligonier The Borough of Ligonier is entirely surrounded by Ligonier Township, which is a separate municipality.
Ligonier Valley.
"National Register of Historical Places - Ligonier Historic District" (PDF).
"Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association".
Latrobe and the Ligonier Valley.
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