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

Fayette County Pennsylvania (Historic Districts) has 16 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Penn-Craft Historic District, Brier Hill, Shoaf Historic District and Smock Historic District.

The famous person George Washington is associated with one of more of the Fayette County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Fayette County places including David Day, William Macy Stanton, Pittsburg Coal Co. et al, Thomas Pringle, Thompson & Starrett, J. Edward Keirn, Washington Coal and Coke and Joseph Frankln Kuntz. Prominent architectural styles found in Fayette Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Moderne and Classical Revival.

Brier Hill (added 1973 - - #73001629)

On U.S. 40 , Brier Hill

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Brownsville Commercial Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000716)

Also known as See Also: Dunlap's Creek Bridge

105--128 Brownsville Ave. and 1--145 Market, 101--200 High, 2--6 Water, 100 Charles, 1 Seneca and 108 Bank Sts. , Brownsville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Italianate, Moderne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Department Store, Rail-Related, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Brownsville Northside Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000717)

Also known as See Also: Bowman's Castle;St. Peter's Church

Roughly bounded by Front St., Broadway, Shaffner Rd. and Baltimore St. , Brownsville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater

Dawson Historic District (added 1997 - - #97001252)

[Roughly bounded by Howell St., Middle Alley, Youghiogheny R, River Rd., and Spring, and Locust Alleys , Dawson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pringle, Thomas

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Fort Necessity National Battlefield (added 1966 - - #66000664)

11 mi. E of Uniontown on U.S. 40 , Uniontown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Washington,George

Significant Year:

1755, 1754

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Military

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Park

Linden Hall at Saint James Park (added 1989 - - #89001787)

Also known as Linden Hall

RR 26051 NW of Dawson , Dawson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thompson & Starrett, Kuntz,Joseph Frankln

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

New Geneva Historic District (added 1996 - - #95000119)

Roughly bounded by Front St. E from Church Ln., Georges Cr. and the Monongahela R., Nicholson Township , New Geneva

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Newmyer, Peter and Jonathan, Farm (added 1998 - - #98000901)

3165 Richey Rd. , Bullskin Township

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Penn-Craft Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000356)

Roughly bounded by PA 4020, Twp. Rd. 326, and Twp. Rd. 549 , Penn-Craft

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Shoaf Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000518)

Also known as Shoaf No. 1

Roughly bounded by Nos. 1-170 First St., Second St., processing buildings and the bank of coke ovens, Georges Township , Shoaf

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Community Planning And Development, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Hotel, Processing Site

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Smock Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000520)

Roughly bounded by Redstone Cemetery, Colonial Mine No. 1, Smock Hill, Colonial Mine No. 2 and Redstone Cr. , Smock

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pittsburg Coal Co. et al

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

American, European

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Extractive Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Star Junction Historic District (added 1997 - - #97001244)

Roughly the jct. of PA 51 and PA 4036, including Post Office Rd., Church St., PA 532, and Old Ridge Rd. , Perry

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Washington Coal and Coke

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Processing Site, Religious Structure, Water Works

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Summit Hotel (added 2005 - - #05000062)

Also known as Summit Inn, Mount Summit Inn

101 Skyline Dr. , North Union

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Keirn, J. Edward

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility, Water Works

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility, Storage, Water Works

Uniontown Downtown Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000357)

Roughly Main St., between Court St. and Mill St. , Uniontown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Moderne, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Commerce, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Road-Related, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Road-Related, Specialty Store

Uniontown Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2003 - - #03000036)

18 S. Beeson Blvd. and 9 E. Peter St. , Uniontown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Moderne, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Whitsett Historic District (added 1995 - - #95000883)

Roughly bounded by the Youghiogheny R., the former Elwell Branch of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR tracks and Elwell Run , Whitsett

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Black, European, Industry, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Processing Site

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling