Huntingdon Borough Historic District


Huntingdon Borough Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Blair Company Building A, May 1989
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Location	Roughly bounded by Moore, Second, Allegheny, and Ninth Sts., Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°29′10″N 78°00′41″W / 40.48611°N 78.01139°W / 40.48611; -78.01139Coordinates: 40°29′10″N 78°00′41″W / 40.48611°N 78.01139°W / 40.48611; -78.01139
Area	87 acres (35 ha)
Built	1787
Architectural style	Federal, Italianate, Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	86000852^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 24, 1986

Huntingdon Borough Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntingdon in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 521 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Huntingdon. They date from the late-18th century to the arly-20th century, and are primarily two- and three-story brick or frame structures. The buildings are reflective of popular architectural styles including Federal, Italianate, and Queen Anne. Notable buildings include the county jail (1829), Union Depot (1872), Penn Hunt Hotel (1873-1874), switching tower (c. 1900), Fisher and McMurtie's Store (c. 1850), Reed's Drug Store (1865), Port Building (1875), Iron Front Store (1884), and Blair Building (1889).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George J. Drobnock; Rory Peachey; Nancy S. Shedd (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Huntingdon Borough Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-03.

External links

All of the following are located in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA:

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-241, "J. C. Blair Company Complex, Bounded by Sixth, Penn, Seventh & Allegheny Streets", 4 data pages
HAER No. PA-241-A, "J. C. Blair Company Complex, Building A, Corner of Sixth & Penn Streets", 3 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. PA-241-B, "J. C. Blair Company Complex, Building B, Corner of Sixth & Allegheny Streets", 1 photo, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. PA-241-C, "J. C. Blair Company Complex, Building E, Penn & Seventh Streets", 1 photo, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. PA-244, "Huntingdon Station, Fourth & Allegheny Streets", 7 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HAER No. PA-245, "Hunt Tower, Fifth & Allegheny Streets", 1 photo, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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