Stoystown Historic District
The Stoystown Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Stoystown in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Stoystown Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by W & E Forbes Rds., E Main St., Meadow St. E Penn Ave, S Sommerset St., W Penn Ave. and W Main St., Stoystown, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°06′09″N 78°57′16″W |
| Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
| Built | 1913 |
| Architect | Fulton, Calvin; Fulton, Frank J. |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Bungalow/American craftsman, et al. |
| MPS | Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor Historic Resources: Franklin to Westmoreland Counties MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000605[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 2001 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
History and architectural features
This district includes eighty-one contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and one contributing object. It encompasses central business district and surrounding residential areas in Stoystown with structures that date primarily from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
Notable non-residential buildings include the Grace Lutheran Church (1888), St. Paul's United Church of Christ (1897), the John Griffin Building (c. 1880), the Laurel Bank (1922), the former Custer House (c. 1830/1870), the H.J. Specht Hardware building (c. 1920), the former IOOF Hall (c. 1900), and a former public school (1929).
The contributing sites are the Union Cemetery (c. 1796) and Stoystown-Quemahoning Township Area Recreation Park (c. 1930). The contributing object is a Lincoln Highway marker (1928).
Located in the district but listed separately is the Hite House, which dates to 1853.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jonathan E. Daily (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stoystown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2011.
