Windber Historic District
Windber Historic District
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Borough building in Windber, HABS photo, 1988
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Location | Roughly bounded by the borough line, Cambria Ave., 28th St. and the Big Paint Cr., Paint Borough, Scalp Level and Windber, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Area | 299 acres (121 ha) |
Built | 1897 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Other, Vernacular worker housing |
NRHP Reference # | 91001705[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 14, 1991 |
Windber Historic District is a national historic district located at Paint Borough, Scalp Level, and Windber in Cambria County and Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 944 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. It encompasses an area first developed by the Berwind-White Coal Company in 1897, and developed and between 1897 and 1930. It includes the central business district of Windber and surrounding residential areas, consisting largely of workers' housing. Notable buildings include the Berwind-White Headquarters Building (1903), Eureka Department Store (1899), Windber Trust Company (1910), Windber Electric Building (1925), Clement Building (1902), Windber Hotel (1902), former train station (1916), Arcadia Theater (1919), Clubhouse (1899), Davis Shaffer House (now Windber Museum, 1886), and Windber Hospital (c. 1905).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
External links
- Town of Windber, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 3 photos, 56 data pages, and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, Main Office, Fifteenth Street & Somerset Avenue, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Windber Post Office, Fifteenth Street & Graham Avenue, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Windber Electric Building, 509 Fifteenth Street, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Eureka Department Store, Fifteenth Street & Somerset Avenue, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Arcadia Theater, Graham Avenue, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, House, 510 Twentieth Street, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Eureka Supply Company Store No. 32, Twenty-first Street & Graham Avenue, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Eureka Supply Company Store No. 31, Tenth Street, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Clement Building, 506 Fifteenth Street, Windber, Somerset County, PA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania
- Historic districts in Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- Historic districts in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Pennsylvania