Monessen is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,720 at the 2010 census. In 1940, 20,257 people lived there. In 1990 the population was 13,026. Monessen is the most southwestern municipality of Westmoreland County. Steel-making was a prominent industry in Monessen, which was a Rust Belt borough in the "Mon Valley" of southwestern Pennsylvania that became a third-class city in 1921. It is near Charleroi and Donora, two similar places with similar histories.
History
Monessen, named for the Monongahela River and the industrial German city of Essen, was created by land speculators fairly late in the history of the Mon Valley, after neighboring towns had already been settled. The East Side Land Company bought land from various farmers, laid out the streets, and then sold the lots to prospective residents and employers. James M. Schoonmaker, who had made his fortune in coke, owned a controlling interest in the land company. Other investors in the land company who were also immortalized in street names include Philander C. Knox, James H. Reed, H. Sellers McKee, George O. Morgan, and George B. Motheral. In May 1897, National Tin Plate Company, founded by William Donner, began building its mill, thus becoming Monessen’s first employer. Sales of lots began on July 27, 1897, for the general public and other employers. Monessen became a borough on September 3, 1898.
Once hailed as an "Aladdin-like town of the times," today Monessen, Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the rustbelt struggle.
Despite heavy population loss, and a historic downtown in decay, a young mayor is determined to turn things around in this city on a hill in the Monongahela Valley.
SMALL TOWN SPIRIT is an original series of documentary shorts, shot on location in communities across America. Each episode profiles a different town, uncovering local characters and stories of resilience, innovation, and courage.
One story at a time, one town at a time, Small Town Spirit chronicles the fight to preserve and revitalize small town America.
Directed by John Paget
Produced by First+Main Films
First+Main Films is the creative studio focused on stories for cities, towns and neighborhoods thr...
published: 31 Jan 2021
New Program To Revitalize Monessen Forgives Back Taxes For Buyers Who Promise To Fix Blighted Buildi
If you promise to fix up a vacant building, the City of Monessen will forgive all of the back taxes. It’s a new program with an aim to bring back a struggling mill town.
published: 18 Mar 2021
Teen dies after shooting in Monessen
The Monessen teenager who was shot on Tuesday night has died.
published: 30 Nov 2022
Buildings destroyed by fire in Monessen
Westmoreland County 911 confirms that firefighters and emergency medical personnel were called at 9:10 a.m. to the 400 block of Donner Avenue.
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published: 27 May 2023
Monessen Showroom Video
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published: 19 Sep 2018
Several crews respond to fire in Monessen
Multiple structures are on fire in Monessen on Donner Avenue. KDKA's Chris DeRose has the breaking details from the scene.
published: 27 May 2023
Monessen® Artisan Series Vent Free Gas Fireplace
The Artisan brings the ambiance of a fireplace to your space. This vent free gas fireplace is one of a kind, forever changing how you look at hearths. Adding modern heat to your home is simple and effective with no venting required. The Artisan enhances your fireside experience with clean, contemporary lines and gorgeous flames. For more information http://bit.ly/2ptHplk
published: 05 Dec 2019
Monessen schools superintendent and her partner charged for lewd incident in parking lot
The superintendent of Monessen City Schools is facing charges after police said they caught her and a man involved in an alleged sex act in a North Charleroi apartment complex parking lot; KDKA's Erika Stanish reports.
published: 31 May 2022
Building collapses in Monessen during storm
A building collapsed in Monessen during a storm.
published: 05 Sep 2022
Man Dies In Monessen Sewer Drain
Investigators in Monessen are trying to figure out how a man ended up in a storm drain and died; KDKA's Ross Guidotti reports.
Once hailed as an "Aladdin-like town of the times," today Monessen, Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the rustbelt struggle.
Despite heavy population loss, and a h...
Once hailed as an "Aladdin-like town of the times," today Monessen, Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the rustbelt struggle.
Despite heavy population loss, and a historic downtown in decay, a young mayor is determined to turn things around in this city on a hill in the Monongahela Valley.
SMALL TOWN SPIRIT is an original series of documentary shorts, shot on location in communities across America. Each episode profiles a different town, uncovering local characters and stories of resilience, innovation, and courage.
One story at a time, one town at a time, Small Town Spirit chronicles the fight to preserve and revitalize small town America.
Directed by John Paget
Produced by First+Main Films
First+Main Films is the creative studio focused on stories for cities, towns and neighborhoods through films that foster civic pride, build community and spark imagination.
Allied Member of Main Street America.
Once hailed as an "Aladdin-like town of the times," today Monessen, Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the rustbelt struggle.
Despite heavy population loss, and a historic downtown in decay, a young mayor is determined to turn things around in this city on a hill in the Monongahela Valley.
SMALL TOWN SPIRIT is an original series of documentary shorts, shot on location in communities across America. Each episode profiles a different town, uncovering local characters and stories of resilience, innovation, and courage.
One story at a time, one town at a time, Small Town Spirit chronicles the fight to preserve and revitalize small town America.
Directed by John Paget
Produced by First+Main Films
First+Main Films is the creative studio focused on stories for cities, towns and neighborhoods through films that foster civic pride, build community and spark imagination.
Allied Member of Main Street America.
If you promise to fix up a vacant building, the City of Monessen will forgive all of the back taxes. It’s a new program with an aim to bring back a struggling m...
If you promise to fix up a vacant building, the City of Monessen will forgive all of the back taxes. It’s a new program with an aim to bring back a struggling mill town.
If you promise to fix up a vacant building, the City of Monessen will forgive all of the back taxes. It’s a new program with an aim to bring back a struggling mill town.
Westmoreland County 911 confirms that firefighters and emergency medical personnel were called at 9:10 a.m. to the 400 block of Donner Avenue.
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Westmoreland County 911 confirms that firefighters and emergency medical personnel were called at 9:10 a.m. to the 400 block of Donner Avenue.
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Think you can’t have a fireplace in your home because it’s too expensive or too much of a hassle to renovate? Think again. Check out www.monessenhearth.com and ...
Think you can’t have a fireplace in your home because it’s too expensive or too much of a hassle to renovate? Think again. Check out www.monessenhearth.com and find out why, with Monessen, it’s always Love at First Light.
Think you can’t have a fireplace in your home because it’s too expensive or too much of a hassle to renovate? Think again. Check out www.monessenhearth.com and find out why, with Monessen, it’s always Love at First Light.
The Artisan brings the ambiance of a fireplace to your space. This vent free gas fireplace is one of a kind, forever changing how you look at hearths. Adding mo...
The Artisan brings the ambiance of a fireplace to your space. This vent free gas fireplace is one of a kind, forever changing how you look at hearths. Adding modern heat to your home is simple and effective with no venting required. The Artisan enhances your fireside experience with clean, contemporary lines and gorgeous flames. For more information http://bit.ly/2ptHplk
The Artisan brings the ambiance of a fireplace to your space. This vent free gas fireplace is one of a kind, forever changing how you look at hearths. Adding modern heat to your home is simple and effective with no venting required. The Artisan enhances your fireside experience with clean, contemporary lines and gorgeous flames. For more information http://bit.ly/2ptHplk
The superintendent of Monessen City Schools is facing charges after police said they caught her and a man involved in an alleged sex act in a North Charleroi ap...
The superintendent of Monessen City Schools is facing charges after police said they caught her and a man involved in an alleged sex act in a North Charleroi apartment complex parking lot; KDKA's Erika Stanish reports.
The superintendent of Monessen City Schools is facing charges after police said they caught her and a man involved in an alleged sex act in a North Charleroi apartment complex parking lot; KDKA's Erika Stanish reports.
Once hailed as an "Aladdin-like town of the times," today Monessen, Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the rustbelt struggle.
Despite heavy population loss, and a historic downtown in decay, a young mayor is determined to turn things around in this city on a hill in the Monongahela Valley.
SMALL TOWN SPIRIT is an original series of documentary shorts, shot on location in communities across America. Each episode profiles a different town, uncovering local characters and stories of resilience, innovation, and courage.
One story at a time, one town at a time, Small Town Spirit chronicles the fight to preserve and revitalize small town America.
Directed by John Paget
Produced by First+Main Films
First+Main Films is the creative studio focused on stories for cities, towns and neighborhoods through films that foster civic pride, build community and spark imagination.
Allied Member of Main Street America.
If you promise to fix up a vacant building, the City of Monessen will forgive all of the back taxes. It’s a new program with an aim to bring back a struggling mill town.
Westmoreland County 911 confirms that firefighters and emergency medical personnel were called at 9:10 a.m. to the 400 block of Donner Avenue.
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Get more Pittsburgh news: http://www.wtae.com
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Think you can’t have a fireplace in your home because it’s too expensive or too much of a hassle to renovate? Think again. Check out www.monessenhearth.com and find out why, with Monessen, it’s always Love at First Light.
The Artisan brings the ambiance of a fireplace to your space. This vent free gas fireplace is one of a kind, forever changing how you look at hearths. Adding modern heat to your home is simple and effective with no venting required. The Artisan enhances your fireside experience with clean, contemporary lines and gorgeous flames. For more information http://bit.ly/2ptHplk
The superintendent of Monessen City Schools is facing charges after police said they caught her and a man involved in an alleged sex act in a North Charleroi apartment complex parking lot; KDKA's Erika Stanish reports.
Monessen is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,720 at the 2010 census. In 1940, 20,257 people lived there. In 1990 the population was 13,026. Monessen is the most southwestern municipality of Westmoreland County. Steel-making was a prominent industry in Monessen, which was a Rust Belt borough in the "Mon Valley" of southwestern Pennsylvania that became a third-class city in 1921. It is near Charleroi and Donora, two similar places with similar histories.
History
Monessen, named for the Monongahela River and the industrial German city of Essen, was created by land speculators fairly late in the history of the Mon Valley, after neighboring towns had already been settled. The East Side Land Company bought land from various farmers, laid out the streets, and then sold the lots to prospective residents and employers. James M. Schoonmaker, who had made his fortune in coke, owned a controlling interest in the land company. Other investors in the land company who were also immortalized in street names include Philander C. Knox, James H. Reed, H. Sellers McKee, George O. Morgan, and George B. Motheral. In May 1897, National Tin Plate Company, founded by William Donner, began building its mill, thus becoming Monessen’s first employer. Sales of lots began on July 27, 1897, for the general public and other employers. Monessen became a borough on September 3, 1898.
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A Monessen man was acquitted of sexual assault charges on Wednesday ... The accuser claimed Griest, a maintenance man at her apartment building, befriended her and invited himself to her home in August 2022 to watch television ... “No means no ... ....
IsaacEllsworth poured in seven 3-pointers in scoring a game-high 25 points as Uniontown maintained its grip on first place in Section 1-AAAAA with a 82-73 win at Gateway in boys basketball action Tuesday night ... Calvin Winfrey III added 14 points ... Mt ... .
The lawyer for a Monessen man told a Westmoreland County jury that a sexual relationship between his client and a Rostraver woman more than two years ago was consensual.
Throughout his athletic and professional career, Scott Nedrow received many accolades ... 10 at the 63rd AnniversaryLetters Club Award Dinner ... Nedrow explained the process ... How was Nedrow notified? ... “We still keep in touch.” ... The Jan ... .
From youth levels to the Olympics, Westmoreland County athletes shined in 2024 with a common denominator. a chase for gold ... The trips were worth it ... 10 ... 9 ... 8 ... 7 ... Roebuck was 45 ... 6 ... 5 ... 4 ... • LorenzoGardner of Monessen scored 62 points in a basketball game.
Morgan Gesinski was the WPIAL girls soccer leader in goals scored, was the only area player to be named to the All-State team and helped lead Mount Pleasant to another section championship and a playoff win ...Player of the Year ... Coach of the Year ... .
Smile. You’re promoting peace. “It is such a simple thing that we can all do,” Monessen native Stephanie Urchick said. “When you smile at somebody, you acknowledge they exist. You’re recognizing their humanity.” ... ....
Collin Barkley. Derry, OL/DL, Sr. The senior is considered by his coach the best overall player on the squad ... Macallister Bresnahan. Franklin Regional, TE/DE, Sr ... Samir Crosby ... AndrewDevola ... Monessen, RB/QB/DB, Jr ... Rodney Johnson, Monessen, DT, Jr ... Monessen.
Tessa Dellarose reminisced about her days as a youth soccer player in Brownsville and all the hard work and time she put in over the years, and contemplated ...North Carolina hung on from there and Dellarose’s dream was fulfilled ... She earned it.
“It was a great start to the section season against a really good team” Uniontown coach Rob Kezmarsky said. “It was a real good road win. We played really well in the first half.” ... Grooms hit the milestone last season. ... Wrestling.