In 1964 the Charles McKenna Lynch Estate, known as Starboard Light, was purchased by the University as the new permanent site of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. The 104 acre estate consisted of a tudor style house which had been constructed in 1923, a swimming pool, tennis court, bathhouse, gatehouse and formal garden. After extensive remodeling, Lynch Hall was open for business in 1967. Until more facilities could be constructed, the campus had two sites: one on Mount Pleasant Road and one in downtown Greensburg.

At the entrance to the campus is the Admissions Office in Rossetti House, the former home of Mary Quinn, C.M. Lynch's daughter. This structure is a 1940 Sears, Roebuck house. Both structures are listed in A Guidebook to Historic Western Pennsylvania by Helene Smith and George Swetnam.