Saltsburg Historic District

The Saltsburg Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Saltsburg in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

Saltsburg Historic District
Saltsburg, July 2006
Saltsburg Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Saltsburg Historic District
Saltsburg Historic District is located in the United States
Saltsburg Historic District
LocationRoughly, W of Plum and Walnut Alleys to Kiskiminetas R., Saltsburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°29′2″N 79°27′4″W / 40.48389°N 79.45111°W / 40.48389; -79.45111
Area48 acres (19 ha)
Built1829
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Federal, Canal Vernacular
NRHP reference No.92000386[1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1992

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

History and architectural features

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This district encompasses 118 contributing buildings, one contributing site, one contributing structure, and fifteen contributing objects that are located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Saltsburg, including notable examples of buildings that were designed in the Federal and Late Victorian styles. Most of the buildings were built between the 1830s and 1880s.

Notable buildings include the William McIlwaine House and Store (1820–1829), the Dr. James Crawford House (1830–1839), Dr. McFarland's Drug Store and Office (1840), the Saltsburg Hotel (1870s), the Western Pennsylvania Railroad Station (1864), the Saltsburg Presbyterian Church (1874), the Sons of Zebedee Evangelical Lutheran Church (1878), the Altman Feed Mill (1893), the First National Bank Building (1927), and the DeLisi Theater (1923).

The contributing site is a former canal/railbed of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad and Lock #8 that is now occupied by Canal Park. The contributing structures are the retaining walls of the railroad. The contributing objects are canal markers.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Eliza Smith Brown (January 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Saltsburg Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 5, 2011.
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