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Friendship Hill National Historic Site

223 New Geneva Road, Point Marion, PA 15474
724-725-9190
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Type: Historic Sites, National Parks
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Morgantown, West Virginia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 April 2013

I enjoy walking at Friendship Hill you can walk at your on pace and the land is keep up with. Love watchuing the deer in the evening, relaxing place to visit

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2013 via mobile

The views from the outlook are beautiful. The house tour was interesting. The guide was friendly and informative. The park is peaceful and pleasant.

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Smithfield
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 April 2013

Albert Gallatin's home makes for a great tour and the property is beautiful to walk on. There are plenty of trails and the natural beauty is worth the hike.

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Avon, Ohio
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Reviews in 128 cities Reviews in 128 cities
213 helpful votes 213 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 December 2012

The Frontier Home of our Swiss Founding Father Friendship Hill is the frontier home and tells the story of our little known Swiss founding father Albert Gallatin who, among other contributions, served many years as Treasury Secretary helped in the paying down of the national debt from the Revolution and financing the early US Federal Government. Here he built a... More

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West Virginia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 August 2012

Conveniently located to the Morgantown WV area, and offering some lovely riverfront and hillside trails, wildflower and mushroom photography, and just pure Appalachian beauty to hike amidst. Some relics and old stone foundations of structures long gone to be found and pondered, and some existing history to be enjoyed in the old Albert Gallitan house and museum. A great day... More

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Warrenville, IL
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Reviews in 46 cities Reviews in 46 cities
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 August 2012

We are national park enthusiasts, and therefore made Friendship Hill a stop. It was a free site for all to see. I do wish that they would have had a guided tour of the home, rather than the self-guided for sometimes it is easier to listen than to read all the small print. Nevertheless, the ranger on site was very... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 April 2012

We go here about once a month to walk our dogs. The trails are very easy to get around and there are large fields where we track our dogs. It seems to be a under used park which is great for us!

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Gans, Pennsylvania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 January 2012

Great park, awesome Festifall celebration! Nice tours and great trails to have a scenic hike.

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benbrook, tx
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 June 2011

I enjoyed visiting Friendship Hill but they really need to offer a guided tour. I felt like I saw some items and I did read the information when it was available - but I left feeling that I had missed out on the big picture by just having a self guided tour. The home at Friendship Hill was built in... More

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Pittsburgh
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 May 2011

On this Saturday afternoon, the volunteers at the visitor center were very eager to give everyone a tour of the mansion built by Albert Gallatin, a Swiss immigrant and the US treasury secretary,who arranged the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition. He chose this corner of Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River because he believed its direct river access... More

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