Allegheny County Workhouse and Inebriate Asylum (Blawnox, PA)

Oakmont Historical Society
Speaker Series 2023
Allegheny County Workhouse and Inebriate Asylum (Blawnox, PA)
by Gary Rogers
Starting in the mid 1800s and lasting until the mid 1900s, Blawnox, PA housed a prison for Allegheny County, PA. Intended for soft crimes, the prison existed as a part of the community with a self sufficient farm, products and stories. With only walls remaining,, the Allegheny Workhouse in Blawnox, PA is still remembered today.