Property offers over 67 acres; Civil War items to be sold
Point Marion’s Emmenegger Home, which dates back to 1830, the house’s contents and surrounding 67-plus acres, will be auctioned Saturday by Joe R. Pyle Complete Auction & Realty Service.
The Morgantown Road home is on the site of Swearingen’s Fort in Springhill Township. There is a historical marker dating back to 1911, marking the site of the fort, built in the 1780s.
More than 600 lots will be sold at the auction, said Ethan Moore, assistant general manager of the Shinnston-based auction house. The real estate will be sold separately. The property’s surface and sub-surface oil and gas rights will be offered separately, or in combination, Moore said.
It’s rare that a farm with mostly flat land is sold. Joe R. Pyle, owner of the auction house, will be the auctioneer Saturday.
“It’s perfect for a small horse farm,” Moore said.
A large collection of Blue Decorated Southwestern Pennsylvania stoneware is among the items to be sold. Other items to be sold are Civil War items, including a canteen, a Civil War diary and muster sheets, tin type photographs, antique furniture, clothes dating back to the late 1800s, and items from an old on-site printing shop, including screens, type and racks.
Other items of note are several glass canes, some of which were made by defunct Beaumont Glass Co. in Morgantown, as well as a small chest and liquor set brought from Germany in 1794 by Adolph Eberhart. There is also a letter signed by Albert Gallatin, a Fayette County politician who served under John Quincy Adams, James Madison and James Monroe.
The home, whose red bricks and timber are said to come from Fayette County itself, includes four bedrooms and two bathrooms and a two-story addition that includes an upstairs bathroom and a newer kitchen. There is a wraparound front porch.
Also in the property is a three-level building that was used as a workshop, as well as a barn and outside cellar. In addition, there are two natural springs and a pond on the property.
Marcia Romine, daughter of owner Mary Jo Uphold, said her mother is now in a personal care facility and told her to sell everything. The property has been in the Uphold family since 1889.
“She wanted all of this taken care of,” Romine said.
Registration for the auction, which will be held at the Emmenegger Home at 4810 Morgantown Road, is at 8 a.m. The auction itself is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.
Online buyers will pay a 15% premium, while on site buyers will pay a 10% premium.
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