National Register of Historic Places - Pennsylvania (PA), Beaver County

Beaver County Pennsylvania (Vacant / Not In Use) has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance. Significant places include Racoon Creek RDA, Greersburg Academy, Merrill Lock No. 6.

The famous person William McGuffy is associated with one of more of the Beaver County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Beaver County places including CCC Camps SP-6 and SP-16 and U.S. Corps of Engineers. Prominent architectural styles found in Beaver Country are Georgian and Romanesque.

Greersburg Academy (added 1975 - - #75001616)

Also known as Old Stone Pile

Market St. , Darlington

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Georgian

Historic Person:

McGuffy,William,et al.

Significant Year:

1806

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Merrill Lock No. 6 (added 1980 - - #80003410)

E of Midland on PA 68, Ohioview Township , Midland

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

U.S. Corps of Engineers

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Racoon Creek RDA (added 1987 - - #87000745)

Also known as Racoon Creek State Park

20 mi. S of Rochester on PA 18 , Rochester

BotMultichill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

CCC Camps SP-6 and SP-16

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Entertainment/Recreation, Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Institutional Housing, Park, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Secondary Structure