National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Pennsylvania facts for kids
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
There are 68 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Four sites are further designated as National Historic Landmarks. One is also designated as a National Historic Site and another is designated as a National Battlefield.
Current listings
| Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Municipality | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alliance Furnace |
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(#91001130) |
Off Township 568 at Jacob's Creek, northeast of Perryopolis 40°06′45″N 79°43′03″W / 40.1125°N 79.7175°W |
Perry Township | Ruins of a 1789 iron furnace, the first such structure west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| 2 | Bowman's Castle |
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(#75001641) |
Front Street 40°01′21″N 79°53′02″W / 40.0225°N 79.883889°W |
Brownsville | Commonly known as Nemacolin Castle, a 1750s trading post turned mid-19th Century mansion, with a colorful Underground Railroad history. |
| 3 | Brier Hill |
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(#73001629) |
On U.S. Route 40 at Brier Hill 39°58′46″N 79°49′49″W / 39.979444°N 79.830278°W |
Redstone Township | Well preserved example of a turn-of-the-20th Century coal mining community. |
| 4 | Brown-Moore Blacksmith Shop |
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(#92000393) |
0.1 miles (0.16 km) west of Pennsylvania Route 4020 39°58′22″N 79°53′13″W / 39.972778°N 79.886944°W |
Luzerne Township | Early 19th Century blacksmith shop and general store. |
| 5 | Brownsville Bridge |
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(#88000834) |
State Route 4025 over the Monongahela River 40°01′20″N 79°53′26″W / 40.022222°N 79.890556°W |
Brownsville | 1914 Pennsylvania truss style bridge. Extends into Washington County |
| 6 | Brownsville Commercial Historic District |
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(#93000716) |
105–128 Brownsville Avenue and 1–145 Market, 101–200 High, 2–6 Water, 100 Charles, 1 Seneca, and 108 Bank Streets 40°01′17″N 79°53′13″W / 40.021389°N 79.886944°W |
Brownsville | An assortment of 55 commercial buildings, constructed between the 1870s and the 1930s. Although now mostly vacant, the structure reflect the community's prominence as a business center within the industrial Monongahela Valley. |
| 7 | Brownsville Northside Historic District |
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(#93000717) |
Roughly bounded by Front Street, Broadway, Shaffner Road, and Baltimore Street 40°01′19″N 79°52′51″W / 40.021944°N 79.880833°W |
Brownsville | Collection of 230 structures from the 19th and early 20th Centuries, a reflection of the town's history as an important stop on the National Road. Federal, Greek Revival, and Colonial Revival styles are prominent. |
| 8 | Carnegie Free Library |
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(#81000542) |
South Pittsburgh Street 40°00′56″N 79°35′19″W / 40.015556°N 79.588611°W |
Connellsville | 1903 Italianate structure, part of the Carnegie library system. |
| 9 | Philip G. Cochran Memorial United Methodist Church |
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(#84003364) |
Howell and Griscom Streets 40°02′49″N 79°39′17″W / 40.046944°N 79.654722°W |
Dawson | Built in the Gothic revival style, 1927 church is designed to mimic a 14th Century English parish. |
| 10 | Abel Colley Tavern |
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(#95001352) |
U.S. Route 40, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of Searights Crossroads 39°57′34″N 79°49′01″W / 39.959444°N 79.816944°W |
Menallen Township | 1835 tavern from the National Road era. |
| 11 | Peter Colley Tavern and Barn |
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(#73001630) |
On U.S. Route 40 at Brier Hill 39°58′49″N 79°49′53″W / 39.980278°N 79.831389°W |
Redstone Township | 1796 tavern from the National Road era, and adjoining early 19th Century farmhouse and out buildings. |
| 12 | Colonial National Bank Building |
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(#02001337) |
101 East Crawford Avenue 40°01′03″N 79°35′21″W / 40.017556°N 79.589056°W |
Connellsville | Greek revivial structure from 1906, which is still in active use as an office building. |
| 13 | John P. Conn House |
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(#88001164) |
84 Ben Lomond Street 39°54′13″N 79°44′03″W / 39.903611°N 79.734167°W |
Uniontown | Well-preserved 1906 Colonial revival home, dating to the age of the "coal barons." |
| 14 | Connellsville Armory |
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(#91001694) |
108 West Washington Street 40°00′41″N 79°35′24″W / 40.011389°N 79.59°W |
Connellsville | 1907 Gothic Revival complex, which served as a National Guard drilling station for nearly a century. |
| 15 | Connellsville Union Passenger Depot |
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(#96000319) |
900 West Crawford Avenue 40°00′59″N 79°35′58″W / 40.016389°N 79.599444°W |
Connellsville | 1913 train station from the legendary Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. |
| 16 | Col. Edward Cook House |
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(#78003090) |
East of Belle Vernon 40°07′37″N 79°49′38″W / 40.126944°N 79.827222°W |
Washington Township | Traditional rural American home constructed in 1776 and occupied by the same family for 200 years. |
| 17 | Dawson Historic District |
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(#97001252) |
Roughly bounded by Howell Street, Middle Alley, the Youghiogheny River, River Road, and Spring and Locust Alleys 40°02′48″N 79°39′31″W / 40.046667°N 79.658611°W |
Dawson | Features 107 structures of varying styles, many of which were building during the coal boom of the early 20th Century. |
| 18 | Deffenbaugh Site (36FA57) |
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(#84003368) |
On a saddle between two hills, along Old Frame Rd. 39°48′07″N 79°51′36″W / 39.802000°N 79.860000°W |
Nicholson Township | Excavatory site of an ancient village of the Monongahela culture. |
| 19 | John S. Douglas House |
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(#94000006) |
136 North Gallatin Avenue 39°54′17″N 79°43′23″W / 39.904722°N 79.723056°W |
Uniontown | Now a funeral home, 1901 mansion displays Richardsonian Romanesque style. |
| 20 | Downer Tavern |
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(#95001351) |
U.S. Route 40 at Chalkhill 39°50′38″N 79°37′03″W / 39.843889°N 79.6175°W |
Wharton Township | 1826 tavern was a stop on the National Road. |
| 21 | Dunlap's Creek Bridge |
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(#78002398) |
Spans Dunlap Creek 40°01′17″N 79°53′18″W / 40.021389°N 79.888333°W |
Brownsville | An active 1839 structure, it stands as the first cast iron bridge ever constructed in the United States. |
| 22 | Fallingwater |
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(#74001781) |
West of Pennsylvania Route 381 39°54′24″N 79°28′05″W / 39.906667°N 79.468056°W |
Stewart Township | The preeminent Frank Lloyd Wright home, constructed over a waterfall in 1937, and named by the Smithsonian as one of the "Top 28 Places to Visit Before You Die." |
| 23 | Fayette-Springs Hotel |
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(#95001358) |
U.S. Route 40, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Chalk Hill 39°50′26″N 79°36′36″W / 39.840556°N 79.61°W |
Wharton Township | 1822 inn on the National Road continues to operate as a restaurant. |
| 24 | Fort Necessity National Battlefield |
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(#66000664) |
11 miles (18 km) east of Uniontown on U.S. Route 40 39°49′07″N 79°35′37″W / 39.818611°N 79.593611°W |
Wharton Township | Site of the 1754 French & Indian War battle in with 22 year old George Washington suffered his only defeat as a commanding officer. Also included on this property is the gravesite of British General Edward Braddock, who was killed in a nearby skirmish in 1755. |
| 25 | Francis Farm Petroglyphs Site (36FA35) |
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(#84003370) |
Off Perry Road, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the junction of Pennsylvania Routes 51 and 201 40°03′00″N 79°47′30″W / 40.050000°N 79.791667°W |
Jefferson Township | Well preserved collection of Woodland period petroglyphs. |
| 26 | Josiah Frost House |
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(#96001209) |
Southern side of U.S. Route 40, west of Searight's Corners 39°57′18″N 79°48′21″W / 39.955°N 79.805833°W |
Menallen Township | 1822 Federal style structure was a stop on the National Road. |
| 27 | Thomas Gaddis Homestead |
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(#74001782) |
South of Uniontown off U.S. Route 119 39°52′02″N 79°44′39″W / 39.867222°N 79.744167°W |
South Union Township | Oldest structure in Fayette County and the second oldest log cabin located in Western Pennsylvania. |
| 28 | Gallatin School |
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(#98000902) |
165 N. Gallatin Avenue 39°54′24″N 79°43′21″W / 39.906667°N 79.7225°W |
Uniontown | Former school building was building 1908 in the Classical revival style. |
| 29 | Albert Gallatin House; Friendship Hill National Historic Site |
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(#66000663) |
3 miles (4.8 km) north of Point Marion on Pennsylvania Route 166 39°46′39″N 79°55′36″W / 39.7775°N 79.926667°W |
Springhill Township | Contains the estate and 1789 home of early American statesman Albert Gallatin. |
| 30 | Isaac Newton Hagan House |
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(#00000708) |
723 Kentuck Road 39°52′06″N 79°31′21″W / 39.868333°N 79.5225°W |
Stewart Township | Commonly known as Kentuck Knob, a 1956 Frank Lloyd Wright home, which is nestled into a rocky outcropping. |
| 31 | Hopwood-Miller Tavern |
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(#95001355) |
U.S. Route 40 (Main Street) in Hopwood 39°52′37″N 79°42′47″W / 39.876944°N 79.713056°W |
South Union Township | National Road tavern dates to 1816. |
| 32 | Johnson-Hatfield Tavern |
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(#95001354) |
U.S. Route 40, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Brier Hill 39°58′20″N 79°49′27″W / 39.972222°N 79.824167°W |
Redstone Township | Built in 1817 as an inn on the National Road. |
| 33 | Karolcik Building |
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(#97001246) |
115–117 South Liberty Street 40°05′12″N 79°45′05″W / 40.086667°N 79.751389°W |
Perryopolis | Ornate 1921 structure built as a single screen movie theater now houses various small businesses. |
| 34 | Hugh Laughlin House |
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(#87000659) |
Township Route 422 south of Brownsville 39°59′53″N 79°50′28″W / 39.998056°N 79.841111°W |
Redstone Township | Farmhouse was constructed in the Georgian style. |
| 35 | Layton Bridge |
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(#88000840) |
Legislative Route 26191 over the Youghiogheny River at Layton 40°05′21″N 79°43′49″W / 40.089167°N 79.730278°W |
Perry Township | 1899 Pratt truss railroad bridge, which, since 1933, has served automobiles. Featured prominently in The Silence of the Lambs. |
| 36 | Linden Hall at Saint James Park |
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(#89001787) |
RR 26051 northwest of Dawson 40°04′01″N 79°41′45″W / 40.066944°N 79.695833°W |
Lower Tyrone Township | 1911 Tudor mansion is currently part of a country club. |
| 37 | Locus 7 Site |
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(#80003495) |
On a bluff above Downers Run north of Fayette City, 2,000 feet (610 m) east of the Monongahela River 40°06′24″N 79°50′13″W / 40.106667°N 79.836944°W |
Washington Township | Archaeological site, which contains an ancient Monongahela village. |
| 38 | Marion Bridge |
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(#88000841) |
Pennsylvania Route 88 over the Monongahela River 39°44′22″N 79°54′19″W / 39.739444°N 79.905278°W |
Point Marion | 1930 cantilevered truss bridge. Demolished November 16, 2009. Extended into Greene County. |
| 39 | Dr. J.C. McClenathan House and Office |
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(#02001335) |
134 South Pittsburgh Street 40°01′01″N 79°35′23″W / 40.016944°N 79.589722°W |
Connellsville | Medical office displays eclectic mix of Romanesque and Queen Anne architectural styles. |
| 40 | Isaac Meason House |
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(#71000707) |
U.S. Route 119 North in Mount Braddock 39°57′15″N 79°38′54″W / 39.954167°N 79.648333°W |
Dunbar Township | Commonly known as Mount Braddock, 1802 mansion is one of two standing in the country that exhibit the Palladian stone-cut style. |
| 41 | Monroe Tavern |
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(#95001357) |
U.S. Route 40 (Main Street) in Hopwood 39°52′32″N 79°42′05″W / 39.875556°N 79.701389°W |
South Union Township | 1825 National Road tavern reflects adoption of Early Republic style construction. |
| 42 | Morris-Hair Tavern |
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(#95001356) |
U.S. Route 40 (Main Street) in Hopwood 39°52′25″N 79°42′00″W / 39.873611°N 79.7°W |
South Union Township | A former National Road inn, structure was built in 1818. |
| 43 | Mount Vernon Furnace |
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(#91001127) |
Entsey Road east of Pennsylvania Route 982, east of Scottdale 40°05′45″N 79°30′38″W / 40.095833°N 79.510556°W |
Bullskin Township | Traditional iron blast furnace was in operation from 1795 to 1825. |
| 44 | New Geneva Historic District |
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(#95000119) |
Roughly bounded by Front Street east from Church Lane, Georges Creek, and the Monongahela River 39°47′11″N 79°54′49″W / 39.786389°N 79.913611°W |
Nicholson Township | Features 29 buildings in the Federal and Queen Anne style. Documents evolution of small industrial town founded by Albert Gallatin that specialized in pottery manufacturing until the early 20th Century. |
| 45 | Peter and Jonathan Newmyer Farm |
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(#98000901) |
3165 Richey Road 40°04′35″N 79°33′32″W / 40.076389°N 79.558889°W |
Bullskin Township | Comprises 8 structures from the 18th and 19th Century, including a traditional German-style bank barn. |
| 46 | Adam Clarke Nutt Mansion |
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(#90001607) |
26 Nutt Avenue 39°53′56″N 79°44′09″W / 39.898889°N 79.735833°W |
Uniontown | Mansion dates to the "coal baron" era and exhibits hallmarks of the Queen Anne and Second Empire building styles. |
| 47 | Oak Hill Estate |
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(#99000514) |
U.S. Route 40, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) west of U.S. Route 119 39°54′54″N 79°44′26″W / 39.915°N 79.740556°W |
North Union Township | Classical revival mansion from the "coal baron" era is now part of the Mount Saint Macrina monestary. |
| 48 | Penn-Craft Historic District |
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(#89000356) |
Roughly bounded by Legislative Route 4020 and Township Routes 326 and 549 39°57′33″N 79°54′45″W / 39.959167°N 79.9125°W |
Luzerne Township | Contains 108 structures dating to the founding of the village as a self-contained, self-reliant community of miners facing poverty and unemployment during the Great Depression. |
| 49 | Providence Quaker Cemetery and Chapel |
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(#97001243) |
Junction of Legislative Routes 4036 and 4038 West 40°04′22″N 79°46′56″W / 40.072778°N 79.782222°W |
Perry Township | 1895 stone church, which features many early 19th Century gravestones in the adjacent yard. |
| 50 | Andrew Rabb House |
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(#92001497) |
Off Pennsylvania Route 166 north of Masontown 39°52′15″N 79°54′27″W / 39.870833°N 79.9075°W |
German Township | Georgian home was constructed in 1773 by a prominent whiskey distiller. |
| 51 | Rush House |
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(#78002399) |
U.S. Route 40 and Pennsylvania Route 381 in Farmington 39°48′26″N 79°33′58″W / 39.8072°N 79.5661°W |
Wharton Township | A tavern from the National Road era, structure was completed in 1837. |
| 52 | St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church |
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(#97001247) |
504 South Liberty Street 40°04′55″N 79°45′08″W / 40.081944°N 79.752222°W |
Perryopolis | Finished in 1918, church exhibits the Byzantine revival style. |
| 53 | St. Peter's Church |
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(#80003494) |
Church Street 40°01′21″N 79°52′39″W / 40.0225°N 79.8775°W |
Brownsville | Contains the oldest continuously operating congregation of any faith in Western Pennsylvania. Current structure built in 1843 and is in elaborate cathedral, designed to serve as a potential diocesan seat. |
| 54 | Searight's Fulling Mill |
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(#73001631) |
Cemetery Road 40°05′01″N 79°44′42″W / 40.083611°N 79.745°W |
Perryopolis | 1810 structure is representative of small, highly localized manufacturing facilities in early industrial era. |
| 55 | Searights Tollhouse, National Road |
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(#66000665) |
West of Uniontown off U.S. Route 40 39°56′50″N 79°47′40″W / 39.947222°N 79.794444°W |
Menallen Township | 1834 toll collection site along the National Road, operated as one of six such structures in Pennsylvania until 1905. |
| 56 | Shoaf Historic District |
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(#94000518) |
Roughly bounded by 1–170 First Street, Second Street, processing buildings, and the bank of coke ovens 39°50′31″N 79°48′32″W / 39.841944°N 79.808889°W |
Georges Township | Consists of 39 structures, including shuttered coke ovens and traditional miners' duplexes, which would previously have been owned by the mine operator. |
| 57 | Smock Historic District |
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(#94000520) |
Roughly bounded by Redstone Cemetery, Colonial Mine No. 1, Smock Hill, Colonial Mine No. 2, and Redstone Creek at Smock 39°59′58″N 79°47′05″W / 39.999444°N 79.784722°W |
Franklin and Menallen Townships | Contains 177 structures in this former company town, including duplexes built for mine employees and detached homes constructed for supervisors. |
| 58 | Springer Farm |
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(#82003788) |
Pennsylvania Route 51, northwest of Uniontown 39°55′08″N 79°44′33″W / 39.918889°N 79.7425°W |
North Union Township | Brick farmhouse dates to 1817. |
| 59 | Star Junction Historic District |
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(#97001244) |
Roughly the junction of Pennsylvania Route 51 and Legislative Route 4036, including Post Office Road, Church Street, Pennsylvania Route 532, and Old Ridge Road 40°03′42″N 79°45′43″W / 40.061667°N 79.761944°W |
Perry Township | Preserves 163 structures, mainly miners' duplexes and detached supervisor's quarters, documenting life in a traditional coal company town. |
| 60 | Summit Hotel |
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(#05000062) |
101 Skyline Drive 39°51′06″N 79°39′28″W / 39.851667°N 79.657778°W |
North Union and South Union Townships | Opened in 1907 in the Mission revival style, hotel contains to operate on a scenic crest. |
| 61 | Temple Ohave Israel |
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(#15001032) |
210 2nd St. 40°01′14″N 79°53′26″W / 40.020556°N 79.890556°W |
Brownsville | |
| 62 | Thomas H. Thompson House |
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(#95000128) |
815 Water Street 40°01′12″N 79°53′46″W / 40.02°N 79.896111°W |
Brownsville | Built in 1906, Spanish revival mansion dates to the "coal baron" era. |
| 63 | Uniontown Downtown Historic District |
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(#89000357) |
Roughly Main Street between Court Street and Mill Street 39°54′04″N 79°43′33″W / 39.901111°N 79.725833°W |
Uniontown | Features 113 buildings from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Intricate apartment and office buildings ranging from the Classical revival to the Art moderne styles, as well as the imposing Romanesque courthouse, reflect the wealth generated by coal mining and coke production. |
| 64 | US Post Office-Connellsville |
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(#92001495) |
115 North Arch Street 40°00′58″N 79°35′23″W / 40.016111°N 79.589722°W |
Connellsville | 1913 post office exemplifies handsome Colonial revival style of era's governmental buildings. |
| 65 | Wallace-Baily Tavern |
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(#95001350) |
U.S. Route 40, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Brier Hill 39°59′36″N 79°51′05″W / 39.993333°N 79.851389°W |
Redstone Township | 1840 National Road era tavern contains expressive Greek portico. |
| 66 | Wharton Furnace |
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(#91001143) |
Wharton Furnace-Hull Road south of U.S. Route 40, southeast of Hopwood 39°49′32″N 79°38′18″W / 39.825556°N 79.638333°W |
Wharton Township | Traditional blast furnace was used in iron production from 1839 to 1850. |
| 67 | Whitsett Historic District |
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(#95000883) |
Roughly bounded by the Youghiogheny River, the former Elwell Branch of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad tracks, and Elwell Run, at Whitsett 40°06′22″N 79°46′21″W / 40.106111°N 79.7725°W |
Perry Township | Includes 48 structures from the community's founding as a coal mining company town, particularly wood frame duplex homes. |
| 68 | Youghiogheny Bank of Pennsylvania |
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(#97001245) |
South Liberty Street, south of Washington Diamond 40°05′12″N 79°45′03″W / 40.086667°N 79.750833°W |
Perryopolis | Utilitarian 1817 stone structure once held the first formal bank in Western Pennsylvania. |
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