Latrobe Area Historical Society

Latrobe's Showalter Opera House played host to some of Broadway's finest productions. Famous politicians appeared there.

The electro-mechanical age from 1840 to 1940 led to ways to harness electricity for useful purposes. Life before and after was very...

Star coupe deluged by brick and concrete block fallen from apartment above. Miraculously Mr. Foote who was getting out of the car was...

Latrobe Area Historical Society Building on Weldon Street in 2019 After Remodel of Front. History of Latrobe Area Historical Society The...

John Kinports Brallier in Washington & Jefferson football sweater Latrobe: Home of Professional Football? The following articles were...

Latrobe Hospital addition of 1943 with new entrance. Original 1910 building with 1928 Metzger annex is on left. History of Medicine in...

Latrobe Main Street 300 block looking west in 1907. A sign on the left promises the coming of the Cole Bros. 3-ring circus and...

The Grand Theater at 207 Main Street. Other theaters in Latrobe in 1918 were the Paramont at 225 Main and the Olympic 317 Main.

Christopher Gist crossed the Allegheny mountains around 1750 as a surveyor and was the first to give a detailed description of the area.

“Hey, we’ve got a problem here." Among those on the receiving end of this fateful message was mission director Chester Maurice Lee.

The real growth of Latrobe began when the Latrobe Steel Works began operating in what would become Latrobe's Fifth Ward.

Oliver Barnes 1851 plan for the layout of the new town of Latrobe changed country roads into streets. Many names have been added or changed.

The first non-stop airmail pickup between Pittsburgh and Huntingdon, West Virginia, took place just outside Latrobe on May 12, 1939.

In 1851 Oliver Barnes laid out the streets and lots for a new town, which he named after a long-time friend and associate, Benjamin Latrobe

Christopher Gist crossed the Allegheny mountains around 1750 as a surveyor and was the first to give a detailed description of the area.

Latrobe Borough grew as more areas of Derry and Unity Townships were incorporated and expanded from three to six wards in 1906.