Interestingly, there is a tie-in to the historic Lemon House, the Gaileys and the Cresson san.  According to the park service history of the Lemon House,  in 1907 the 343 acre property was sold out of the Lemon family by  Mary Lemon, daughter-in-law of Samuel Lemon who established the Inn (1831).   It was sold to W.  J.  Sherry and Joseph Gray.    In 1908 it came under the sole ownership of W. J. Sherry who ran a diary farm on the property.   Rachael Gailey’s parents, David and Mary (Plowman) Clossin rented the west wing of the house during this period.

In 1912 Joseph Weston and his son Clyde purchased the property from W.  Sherry.  Joseph continued the dairy business from 1912 to 1938.  “For many years he sold milk to the Cresson sanatorium” located just up the hill on the left side of the highway.  James Gailey,  second child of William and Rachael, at the age of twelve began working for Mr. Weston on the dairy farm “helping to harvest hay raised for feeding the cows.”   In 1917 or 1918, James went to work full time for the Weston’s and lived in the Lemon house with the Weston family for a time.  After Joseph’s death around 1939, his son Clyde moved into the house but shortly after removed to Pittsburgh.  Clyde asked James Gailey (who was then married and living at the “Foot of Six“) if he and his family would move into the stone house to care-for and oversee the property for him.

In 1943, James, by then an electrician repairman, and wife, *Zella (Connacher) Gailey and their four children moved into the Lemon House.  Three more children were born to them during their eleven year lease.  Two of their children (including Clifford) held their wedding receptions in the historic house.  Clyde Weston never returned to the area after going to Pittsburgh.   In 1954, the property was sold to another private owner and James and Zella’s family relocated.   

By the mid-1960’s the government, through the power of eminent domain, took possession of the Lemon property and it became part of the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site.  (This property also included the ground on which Cliff and wife, Lois had  a new home near the home to which his grandparents, William and Rachael (then deceased) had relocated after their years on the san property.

The dairy barn that once stood across from the Lemon House and supplied milk to the Cresson sanatorium for many years was torn down when the land came under the ownership of the National Park Service.