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Area
  
1.4 acres (0.57 ha)

Built by
  
Johnson, Alexander

NRHP Reference #
  
83002286

Built
  
c. 1815, 1830

Architectural style
  
Federal

Kingston House

Location
  
U.S. Route 30, northeast of Youngstown, Unity Township, Pennsylvania

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.

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

References

Kingston House Wikipedia


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