Inne at Watson's Choice
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Historic Dawson
Attractions
Addison
Toll House
Bear Run Nature
Reserve
Braddock's Grave
Chalk Hill Farm
Museum
Christmas Shoppe
Coal & Coke Heritage
Ctr
Country Charm
The Cross
CW Klay Winery
Dunlap Creek Bridge
Fallingwater
Flat Iron Building
Fort Mason Museum
Fort Necessity
Friendship Hill
Hazelbaker
Historic Brownsville
Historic Connellsville
Historic Dawson
Historic Perryopolis
Historic Uniontown
Historic Hopwood
Inne at Watson's Choice
Jumonville Glen
Jumonville Methodist
Youth Ctr
Kentuck Knob
Laurel Caverns
Linden Hall
Meason House
Mt Saint Macrina
National Road
Nemacolin Castle
Nemacolin Woodlands
New Geneva Stoneware
Ohiopyle State Park
Pennsylvania Room
Point Lookout
Scenery Hill
Searight Toll House
State Theatre
Stone House
Summit Inn
Touchstone Center for Arts
Village of Shoaf
Washington Grist
Mill
Washington Tavern
West Overton Museums
Wharton Furnace
Youghiogheny
River / Lake
Youghiogheny
River Trail
Youghiogheny Station
Themes
Antiques
Architecture
Biking
Coal and Coke Era
Early Local History
Fall Foliage
Fishing
French & Indian
War 250th Anniversary
Genealogy
Glass
Golfing
Hiking
Hospitals
Gen. George C Marshall
Morgantown WV
Mountain Area
National
Road
Nature
Opulence of Coal &
Coke Era
Pittsburgh
Skiing
Trivia
Geo. Washington Slept
Here
Whitewater Adventures
Historic DawsonDawson is a quaint little village along the Youghiogheny River that saw its peak during the heyday of the Coal and Coke Era. Here you can get a glimpse of the opulence of the Coal and Coke Era by visiting the former residences of coal barons, including that of "Little Jim Cochran," now a bed and breakfast. "Little Jim" was the pioneer and prototype of all the coal and coke barons. Along with a brother and uncle, he made the first commercial sale of coke outside this region, floating two boatloads down the rivers to Cincinnati in 1843 and selling it for seven cents a bushel. He developed mines and cokeyards in his native Dawson area and became the largest operator of the early boom times when he built the Washington Run (Star junction) mine with 999 coke ovens. He was the father of Philip Cochran, whose wife Sarah built Linden Hall and the Philip G. Cochran Memorial Methodist Church. Tours daily 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. phone 724-529-2368. Main and Railroad Streets. National Bank Historic Room A collection of photos and maps of Dawson area from the turn of the century until the present. Located in Bank and open to visitors daily 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Phone 529-2933. Main Street (Route 819).
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Directions from the Inne at Watson's ChoiceWe strongly advise using a map from going from attraction to attraction in this area. The following directions are fine if Dawson is your first stop from the Inne at Watson's Choice.
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Cochran House 12-room Victorian Style house being refurbished for
use as a Bed and Breakfast Inn. Former home of James Cochran's brother,
William. Reservations only. Tours available. Phone 724-529-2726
or 724-438-8711. Railroad and Griscom Streets.
Phillip
G. Cochran Memorial Methodist Church Built in 1927 at a cost of
about $325,000 in memory of Phillip and James Cochran, this gothic
sanctuary and social auditorium, made of Beaver and Indiana County
limestone, features hand made tile in the nave, stained glass windows
by Henry Hunt, a copy of the Sistine Madonna by L. Sturn, and a
pipe organ especially designed for it. It is a National Register
site. Howell and Griscom Streets.