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Typical Home in Norvelt, Garage and Outbuilding, Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County,
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A small white house with two dormers and a chimney on the roof. There are three shuttered windows on the side of the house. A one car, detached, garage sits to the side of the house. Attached to the garage is a roofed bay area. There is one small out building in the back.

Credit: Special Collections and Archives, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Westmoreland received over 1,850 applications for just 250 slots. The first 1,200 residents were broadly representative of the region's ethnic and racial diversity.

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