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Latrobe is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States and is a home to many firsts. It is the home to the largest Benedictine monastery in the Western Hemisphere (Saint Vincent Archabbey), the original brewer of Rolling Rock beer (the Latrobe Brewery), the first Benedictine Monastery in the US (Saint Vincent College) and the place where banana split ice-cream was invented in 1904 AD. Once through with visiting these historical places of interest, you can march forward to spare sometime in the city’s historical societies, museums, nation's first coast-to-coast highway (Lincoln Highway Experience) and a mid-19th century gristmill.
Saint Vincent College is a four-year, coeducational, Catholic Benedictine liberal arts college in Latrobe. It was founded as the first Benedictine monastery in the United States by a German monk, Boniface Wimmer in 1846 and is now operated by the Benedictine monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey. Owing to its immense religious and historical significance to the city’s identity, a basilica inside it was completely restored in 1996 to commemorate 150th anniversary of the founding of the college.
Lincoln Highway ExperienceAhead of being America’s first coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway revolutionized the traditional way the country looked at vacations as it let them think beyond the traditional methods and means of holidaying. Early motorists decided to explore this highway and to firsthand experience the beauty of nature- a trend that continues even to this day. The Lincoln Highway Experience is a museum has seamlessly captured the essence of that miraculous feat through numerous old photographs, an award-winning film and some artifacts regarding the same happiness.
St. Vincent Archabbey Gristmill (or the Gristmill)Benedictine monks have been milling flour and grains in the St. Vincent Archabbey Gristmill since 1854 AD. This historic gristmill was built by Saint Vincent founder Boniface Wimmer and was later appended to consist of a four-story frame structure that measured 45 feet by 40 feet. There is also a general store nearby from where you can buy bread that is made by using the Saint Vincent bread recipe.