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Walker-Ewing Log House

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began circa 1762 and was completed circa 1790. The home of Gabriel Walker, the structure was built on property that was originally part of a 437-acre tract of land that had been rendered as payment for military service performed during the
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As of 2020, the loghouse and land were owned by the Allegheny Land Trust with oversight responsibility for the property's building preservation and conservation easement held by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
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in 2020 with oversight responsibility for the building's preservation and easement given to the
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Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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The house, which is located roughly two miles northwest of present-day
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Gabriel Walker, who had relocated with his brother, Isaac Walker, from
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National Register of Historic Places in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks
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Architects designed way to spruce up Oakdale's 260-year-old log cabin
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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is an historic, eighteenth century loghouse located in
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF

Walker-Ewing Log House is located in Pennsylvania
Walker-Ewing Log House is located in the United States
Oakdale
Collier Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
USA
40°24′40.29″N 80°9′36.39″W / 40.4111917°N 80.1601083°W / 40.4111917; -80.1601083
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Collier Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny Land Trust
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
log cabin
American Revolution
Lancaster County
Revolutionary War
Whiskey Rebellion
Rennerdale, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places
List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks



"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009

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