Below is information on businesses, services and churches on or near Route 30 in Laughlintown, compiled for persons considering living in the Borough, those who are new to the community and long-time residents. NOTE: This page is under construction. Please be patient at the time it will take to complete this list. Please contact me to add or amend the information below. —Carolyn 724 238 3493 or lmborolmpark@yahoo.com.
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Westmoreland County was formed from Bedford County in 1773*. On January 10, 1982, Laurel Mountain Park successfully seceded from Ligonier Township to form its own government, Laurel Mountain Borough (LMB).
It is one of 960 boroughs (more…)
Laurel Mountain Park, Inc.
Fall Meeting, September 24, 2006
Minutes:
Board members present: President Sue Crouse, Treasurer Craig Miller, Vice-President Gretchen Griffith. Resident members present: Daneen Kinsey, Ann Woodall, Amy O’Brien, George Gerneth, Glenn Scott, Gladys Light, G. F., Mary Jane Snyder, Kathy Schneider and Patricia Hays.
Proxies for Susan Crouse- Kenneth Eckert, Donald Adair, Thomas Adair; for Craig Miller- Alison Stright, Carolyn Ryan and for Daneen Kinsey- Rosena Jordan.
The fall meeting of Laurel Mountain Park, Inc. was opened by (more…)
MARCH 19: Dan O’Brien was sworn in as a council member just before its monthly meeting tonight. He was appointed to replace John, who declined being sworn in due to his work situation.
The clay tennis courts, another Park attraction, were built “probably in 1931 or ’32,” Harwig reports. “They were among the finest in the area,” Rose said. “The lines were painted daily and the courts were rolled every morning to compact them. Players had to wear particular shoes.” They were used continuously, from eight a. m. until dark, signed up by the hour on a weekly schedule. Rose had the nine a. m. time slot years.
Rose noted tennis tournaments in the Park drew players from all over Pittsburgh, “people like Joe Kristofe, who was number one at Pitt and _________ Marker, number one at the University of West Virginia.”
Park residents declared Harwig the best player there, and claimed (the late) Homer Hoffman was good too. “You had better know what you were doing if you played here,” Allshouse said. “There was excellent tennis all the time.”
Harwig, who “lived on the tennis courts,” won his Wilkinsburg High School WPIAL title in 1939. “I became the number one player at Carnegie Institute of technology,” he admitted.
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Darr, Hegan and Lohr, interested in attracting summer people and selling real estate, had a brilliant idea for attracting clientele—putting in recreational facilities. Add a swimming pool and tennis court and people would come… (more…)
The Park entrances had stone pillars at the entrances off State Road and Route 30. Initially it was protected by gates which Lohr “opened the first day school was out and closed on Labor Day,” according to Allshouse.
“If you look closely at the pillars, (more…)
When brothers-in-law Lawrence William (Bill) Darr and Charles B. Hegan purchased Ligonier Township acreage at the bottom of Laurel Mountain in 1926 some people asked: “Why are you building houses there? No one will ever want to live in rock pile!”
Eighty-two years later there are one hundred cottages exist in the community. Most have been remodeled and added to repeatedly and over 60% have changed (more…)
