Uptown Somerset Historic District
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Uptown Somerset Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Uptown Somerset Historic District
Uptown Somerset Historic District is located in the United States
Uptown Somerset Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by N. Kimbery, Main, Columbia, and W. Catherine Sts., Somerset, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°00′37″N 79°04′48″W / 40.01028°N 79.08000°W / 40.01028; -79.08000
Area60.2 acres (24.4 ha)
Built1872
ArchitectPurcell & Fry
Architectural styleItalianate, Classical Revival, Second Empire
NRHP reference No.95001254, 97000286 (Boundary Increase) [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1995, March 28, 1997 (Boundary Increase)

The Uptown Somerset Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Somerset in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, with a boundary increase in 1997.[1]

History and architectural features

This district includes 190 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing object. It encompasses an area centered on the county government complex and Somerset County Courthouse, with the surrounding commercial district, residential areas, and cemetery.

Notable buildings include the former Somerset Trust Company Building (1906), the First National Bank (1922), the county jail and sheriff's residence (1856, 1889), the Lansberry House (1869), the Edward Scull House (1847), the former Somerset Academy (1882), Printing House Row (1872), the former St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (1876), St. Paul's United Church of Christ (1887), the IOOF Building (1889), and First Christian Church (1909-1912).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, with a boundary increase in 1997.[1]

References

  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 R. Ann Safley (July 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Uptown Somerset Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2011. and Ann Safley and Doug Reynolds (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Uptown Somerset Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2011.
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