Josiah Frost House

	Josiah Frost House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Southern side of U.S. Route 40, west of Searight's Corners, Menallen Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′18″N 79°48′21″W / 39.95500°N 79.80583°WCoordinates: 39°57′18″N 79°48′21″W / 39.95500°N 79.80583°W
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Federal
MPS	National Road in Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	96001209
Added to NRHP	October 24, 1996

Josiah Frost House is a historic home located at Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1816–1819, and is a two-story, rectangular, sandstone dwelling measuring 48 feet by 24 feet. It is in a vernacular Federal style. It was built as part of the Searight Tavern complex at Searight's Corners, an important stop for 19th-century travelers on the National Road.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

The house pictured is opposite the site of the demolished Frost house, also known as the Searight House. The Frost house was on the north side of Route 40.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Adam Baacke (May 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Josiah Frost House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-23.
^ Thomas B. Searights, The Old Pike, Uniontown, 1894 page 244, 247. Joseph E. Morse & R. Duff Green (ed.), Thomas B. Searight's The Old Pike: An Illustrated Narrative of the National Road, Orange Virginia, Green Tree Press, 1971, pages 54 & 56

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Adam Baacke (May 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Josiah Frost House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-23.

[3] Thomas B. Searights, The Old Pike, Uniontown, 1894 page 244, 247. Joseph E. Morse & R. Duff Green (ed.), Thomas B. Searight's The Old Pike: An Illustrated Narrative of the National Road, Orange Virginia, Green Tree Press, 1971, pages 54 & 56

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