Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site
Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site | |
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| Nearest city | Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°15′46.41″N 79°54′57.77″W / 40.2628917°N 79.9160472°W |
| Built | 1794 |
| MPS | Whiskey Rebellion Resources in Southwestern Pennsylvania MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001501[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1992 |
| Designated PHMC | June 10, 1948[2] |
Lobb's Cemetery, a.k.a. Lobb's Run Cemetery, is an historic cemetery that is located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It takes its name from Lobb's Run, a minor tributary of the Monongahela River, which flows by the entrance to the cemetery.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
History[edit]
The former Yohogania County Courthouse was once located close to this cemetery. Several of the rebels involved in the Whiskey Rebellion were buried in this cemetery circa 1794.[3]
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Yohogania Courthouse – PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ^ "The Whiskey Insurrection." Monongahela, Pennsylvania: The Republican, November 16, 1894, p. 4 (subscription required).
