Place

Frame and Stone House - Second Floor

Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site

A carpeted landing with two chairs and a vertical vinyl banner — Landing in front of the elevator

Audio Description, Benches/Seating, Elevator, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information, Junior Ranger Activity, Wheelchairs Available

19. Second Floor of the Frame and Stone Houses

With a growing family and new wife, forgotten founding father Albert Gallatin needed more space. The solution for that was to add the Frame House in 1798, and the Stone House in 1823. James and Albert Rolaz, Gallatin's two sons, would've played, slept and possibly studied in the Frame House bedroom.

Gallatin met and married his second wife, Hannah Nicholson, in 1793. They would have six children together, but only three of them would live to adulthood. Although they were married for 55 years, Hannah never grew to love Friendship Hill as much as Gallatin, so the family did not spend much time here.

The Stone House was added when the Gallatins were returning to the United States after spending seven years in Paris. Albert Rolaz, the middle child, over saw the construction, but did not follow his father's orders about the style or orientation of the newest addition. In 1825, while visiting western Pennsylvania on the final leg of his grand tour of the United States, Major General Marquis de LaFayette would actually come and spend the night in one of the bedrooms on the second floor of the Stone House.

The Stone House is currently closed for preservation work, but the foot print for the second floor is identical to the first floor which can still be explored at this time.