RE: Tunnels Below Uniontown Just this weekend I visited with an old friend, a very honest man. He is in his 80s and just as alert as any intelligent young person. He was showing me Victoria Dutko's newest local history book. Can't remember the name, but it had many old pictures and good text and stories of Oldtime Fayette County. Anyway, we began to speak of old JV Thompson, original owner of the mansion that is now Mt. Macrina. A very well liked man, community-minded and benevolent to the city of Uniontown. There is a huge building in downtown (book says it is still the largest in this area). The face of it curves from Pittsburgh Street around to Main Street/Route 40 in downtown. Anyway, across the street from this building was first built a beautiful bank building with, at that time, much wealth. My elderly friend said that when finances got tough, the economy downturned for a bit, Mr. JV Thompson was so respected and liked that during the building of this huge Thompson structure, a tunnel was dug from the bank building, under Main Street, to the big building. It was a convenient, safe way to transfer money from the bank to JV Thompson and other businesses in the building. I can't wait to buy Ms. Dutko's newest book!
Tell me how I may purchase Ms. Dutko's Fayette County history books. My dad was raised in Continental # 3 mining town, and I love reading the history of the Uniontown area. Thanks.
Tunnels Below Uniontown Back in High School I recall a teacher going into depths about a network of tunnels that are below Uniontown. My memory may be real fuzzy but I recall even hearing of an attempted subway type train below the city... Anyone know anything about this?
Just this weekend I visited with an old friend, a very honest man. He is in his 80s and just as alert as any intelligent young person. He was showing me Victoria Dutko's newest local history book. Can't remember the name, but it had many old pictures and good text and stories of Oldtime Fayette County. Anyway, we began to speak of old JV Thompson, original owner of the mansion that is now Mt. Macrina. A very well liked man, community-minded and benevolent to the city of Uniontown. There is a huge building in downtown (book says it is still the largest in this area). The face of it curves from Pittsburgh Street around to Main Street/Route 40 in downtown. Anyway, across the street from this building was first built a beautiful bank building with, at that time, much wealth. My elderly friend said that when finances got tough, the economy downturned for a bit, Mr. JV Thompson was so respected and liked that during the building of this huge Thompson structure, a tunnel was dug from the bank building, under Main Street, to the big building. It was a convenient, safe way to transfer money from the bank to JV Thompson and other businesses in the building. I can't wait to buy Ms. Dutko's newest book!
Tunnels Below Uniontown Back in High School I recall a teacher going into depths about a network of tunnels that are below Uniontown. My memory may be real fuzzy but I recall even hearing of an attempted subway type train below the city... Anyone know anything about this?
The tunnels ran from the Fayette bank building to the buildings along main street. I believe they carried steam heat, but don't quote me on that. The sidewalks under main street were actually above them and they had to be filled in when the Main Street renovation occured.
Back in High School I recall a teacher going into depths about a network of tunnels that are below Uniontown. My memory may be real fuzzy but I recall even hearing of an attempted subway type train below the city... Anyone know anything about this?
Has the old log structure known as Fort Gaddis been reassembled? In 1992 the fort had been dismantled and the logs numbered for future reconstruction at a new location. Fort Gaddis was originally built around 1770 by Thomas Gaddis, about two miles south of Uniontown on the Morgantown Road where it stodd for over two centuries.
