, connects Alverton to downtown
East Huntingdon Township According to historian John Boucher, the village was originally called Stonerville. A
Mennonite congregation built a log meeting house there in the early 1800s, and a brick meeting house in 1841. The community developed along the South-West Branch of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, which originated in
Greensburg. It became a key center for coal and coke production, with two significant mines, Donnelly and Mayfield, beginning operations in 1878. At its peak, more than 300 workers were employed in these mines. During the 1890s, Alverton hosted five coke oven operations, including the Mayfield works with 104 ovens, Donnelly with 254 ovens, and the Union Coke Works with 10 ovens. The Southwest No. 4 works, operated by the Southwest Connellsville Coal & Coke Co., was located adjacent to Alverton. Additionally, the Enterprise Works, containing 51 beehive coke ovens, was situated at the site now occupied by the entrance to the Alverton landfill. Alverton No. 2, also known as Donnelly, housed 200 coke ovens in 1880. It was initially operated by Donnelly and Dillenger before changing ownership to the McClure Coke Co., Frick Coal and Coke Co., and later the Alverton Coke Company. Some of these ovens continued operation into the 1960s before being dismantled. Mayfield, originally a McClure plant established around 1878, was renamed Alverton No. 2 in 1899. Initially containing 55 ovens, the plant expanded to 104 ovens by 1890. McClure was absorbed by Frick in 1895, and the plant continued operations under the McClure name but was controlled by Frick. The last known record of Alverton No. 2 dates to 1920. Coking operations in Alverton continued until 1983. The last non-by-product coke ovens in
Pennsylvania were located in Alverton and were closed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources in 1982. These ovens, constructed in the 1970s, were rectangular rather than the traditional beehive shape but functioned similarly. A 1994 study documented seven surviving company-built houses and a former hotel, believed to date to the 1880s and 1900, respectively. Additionally, remnants of coke ovens were noted. Logging and demolition activities in the early 2000s likely resulted in the removal of additional historical structures. ==Education==