Gilfillan Farm

Gilfillan Farm Gilfillan Farm is an 1850's farmstead and a registered National Historic Place. Gilfillan Farm is owned and operated by the Historical Society of Upper St.

Clair. The Township of Upper St. Clair owns and operates the outer 60 acres including the trails. Gilfillan Farm is a volunteer run, 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Horses with Hope (www.horseswithhope.org) is the farmer on the property. Gilfillan Farm is open by appointment only. John Fife Gilfillan (1826-1885) was the son of John and the grandson of Alexander who settled the 400 acres in Upper

St. Clair in the 1770’s. John married Eleanor Ewing in 1849 and purchased Adam Paterson’s land grant property of 135 acres of land. They lived in the log house of the Patterson’s located at the corner of Ft. Couch and Washington Road until the house was built in 1855-1857. The lumber was cut from this property and the bricks were hand-molded and fired on site. The window glass was hand-rolled locally. An addition was added when indoor plumbing became available in 1900. It appears that gas was available on the property. The spring house is the only structure remaining from the Patterson Farm. John and Eleanor Gilfillan had 5 children: Margaret, Loretta, Jane Lyle (who dies at 3 years), Alexander and Eleanor. Margaret and Eleanor never married and lived their entire lives in the farmhouse. Loretta married Robert Fraser, an attorney. Alexander married Annie Martha Boyd in 1897 and they built a house at 123 Orr Road. Alexander and Annie had 3 children, John, Margaret and Alexander. When Annie died of pneumonia in 1903, Alexander moved with his 3 children to the farmhouse with the 2 maiden aunts who cared for the children. John and Alexander followed in the footsteps of their father and grandfather, becoming attorneys. Margaret graduate from Chatham (then Pennsylvania College for Women) and remained at home to care for her brothers after the deaths of their aunts. None of them married. Margaret, the last survivor, passed away in May 2001 at 100 years of age. She left 15 acres, the house and the farm building to the Historical Society of Upper St.

06/13/2026

Thanks to all of the 2026 Gilfillan Farm Farmstead Families and Friends! Your support for the farm is greatly appreciated!!

Here is a sweet way to support Gilfillan Farm. Barnyard Beer Benefit sponsor Blume Honey Water has provided the codes be...
06/04/2026

Here is a sweet way to support Gilfillan Farm. Barnyard Beer Benefit sponsor Blume Honey Water has provided the codes below to help raise our total raised for the 2026 BBB.

Want to help us get to $70,000?

Through June 30, 2026 Blume Honey Water will give you a discount and give Gilfillan Farm a donation for every case of honey water sold using the codes below.

06/03/2026

Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers and attendees for their support of Barnyard Beer Benefit and the ongoing preservation and restoration of Gilfillan Farm

So appreciative of our student volunteers! One very small way to say thank you…..opening the farm for prom photos. Thank...
06/02/2026

So appreciative of our student volunteers! One very small way to say thank you…..opening the farm for prom photos. Thanks for letting be part of your prom celebration.

05/15/2026

Here's a different way to support GIlfillan Farm!

Forecast for Sunday, May 17? Fashion with a high chance of fun! Stop by 1580 Hollow Tree Drive, Upper St. Clair, anytime between 1p and 5p to shop this unique mobile boutique. Fifteen percent (15%) of all sales will be donated to restore smoke-damaged artwork by Margaret Gilfillan, who left Gilfillan Farm to the Historical Society of Upper St. Clair in 2001.

Join us for this family friendly event on Saturday, May 16 from 12-4 to celebrate Our Local America from 250 years ago. ...
05/15/2026

Join us for this family friendly event on Saturday, May 16 from 12-4 to celebrate Our Local America from 250 years ago.

Learn about early settlers, enjoy early American music, taste some local honey, plant a flower, make some art, rings some bells, go for a wagon ride, meet the sheep, tour the house (recommended for 8 years and older), sit for story time and buy a smash burger for lunch.

Thanks to all of our friends for making this possible.

Horses with Hope: Discovery, Growth and Learning Programs TOSS Pizza And Wings Snappin' Bug Upper St. Clair School District McMurray Art League Upper St. Clair Library Misty Lane Farms Performance Horses Live Oak Kids Bethel Presbyterian Church Historical Room, Bethel Fife & Drum DAR, Gilfillan Farm Beekeepers, SHIM garden volunteers, Washington Spinners and Weavers, Historical Society of Upper St. Clair volunteers

05/14/2026

Don't forget to come hungry on Saturday, May 16 from 12-4. TOSS Pizza And Wings will be at the farm with their new produ...
05/12/2026

Don't forget to come hungry on Saturday, May 16 from 12-4. TOSS Pizza And Wings will be at the farm with their new product, Smash Burgers!

They will also have boneless wings/chicken tenders, hot dogs, chips, treats and drinks.

Spinin’ Pizzas, Flippin’ Wings, and Smashin' Burgers

Cash and Credit accepted

We had an early morning heat sensor issue in one of the barns. All is well at Gilfillan! Thanks to the Upper St. Clair P...
05/11/2026

We had an early morning heat sensor issue in one of the barns. All is well at Gilfillan! Thanks to the Upper St. Clair Police Department and The Upper St Clair Volunteer Fire Department for coming to make sure everything was ok!!

Join us this Saturday, May 16 from 12-4 at Gilfillan Farm for Township of Upper St. Clair and Upper St. Clair School Di...
05/11/2026

Join us this Saturday, May 16 from 12-4 at Gilfillan Farm for Township of Upper St. Clair and Upper St. Clair School District Community Day.

To celebrate Our Local America 250 we will have history of original settlers along with family friendly activities.

Thanks to help from TOSS Pizza And Wings, McMurray Art League, Horses with Hope: Discovery, Growth and Learning Programs, ' Bug, Live Oak Kids , Daughters of the American Revolution National Headquarters, Misty Lane Farms Performance Horses, Upper St. Clair Library, Bethel Cemetery Historical Room and Washington Spinners and Weavers.

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110 Orr Road
Pittsburgh, PA
15241

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(412) 835-2050

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