Susan Barton-Grey Home

The house that is now Caileigh's Restaurant was built in 1899 by Mrs. Susan Barton-Grey. The home was orginally built for an outlandish $7,000.00

Mrs. Susan Barton was the daughter of William and Sarah Barton, two of the earliest settlers in the area. She was also the widow of Issac Grey, the owner of Grey's Landing, who made his furtune with his coke ovens.

In 1883, Isaac Grey died and Susan decided to come home in the late 1890's Construction on the house started in 1899. Susan, her two sons and step daughters, Ida, moved into the new home in 1903. The house, built in the Jacobethan Tudor Revival Style, is believed to be the only example of this architecture in Uniontown.

When Susan died in 1915, the Uniontown Daily News Dispatch called her"one of the most widely know and well respected women of this city." The paper also mentioned a specific reference to the house and stated, "Where some of Uniontown's prettiest parties have been given as she was most hospitable and entertained frequently."At the time, Uniontown was the home of one of the world's richest men. Ironically, the era ended the same year that Susan died.

Her step daughter Ida remained in the house until 1958. The was then purchased by Alphonse and Anna Lepore. The couple, who had six children, remained in the house for the next 36 years. Anna continued the house's tradition of hospitality. Many local guests dined in the house, as Anna always hand something cooking in the over or on the stove.

Chef Joe and Stacy Carei became the third owners nearly one hundred years after the house was built. Just the third owners, they spent two years restoring the building to its orginal glory. Ninety percent of the work was done by family and as one can see, it was a labor of love.

In 2003, the Carei's extended Uniontown's most hospitable home by closing in the front porch. Using windows from a building on the old Mellon summer estate (now Chatham College), they kept a historical feel and added to the integrity of the building. A hand-crafted oak bar, imported from Lille, France removed from an old drinking house completed the front of the house.

In 2006, with the help of Master of Craftman, Ed Crum, the Carei faimly restored the basement. Enchanced by hand milled oak and tin ceiling along with a stone fireplace, the lower level contains Caileigh's award winning wine cellar and priority room that holds up to 24 people.

From the birth of the house to today, it is evident that hospitality has been a primary goal of all who lived here. That spirit will always live on in Caileigh's Restaurant.