Preserving the 1910 Landscape

Friendship Hill changed greatly after Albert Gallatin sold the property in 1832. For Gallatin, the property reflected his dream of agricultural pursuits and the establishment of industry, but over time and through later ownership it became a place of relaxation and entertainment. A gazebo built in the late 1890s exemplifies those changes in the landscape. Overlooking a westward vista, it is one of the few remaining structures from the period when Friendship Hill buzzed with excitement over fox hunts and gala events. Severe erosion and other geological forces caused structural damage, leaving the gazebo in danger of sliding off the bluff into the Monongahela River. To preserve the landscape, the gazebo was moved back from the cliff edge and restored in a joint project by the National Park Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Greensboro, Pennsylvania · United States