Charleroi Historic District
Charleroi Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by 1st & 13th Sts., Oakland Ave. & Pennsylvania RR tracks., Charleroi, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°8′29″N 79°54′7″W / 40.14139°N 79.90194°W |
Area | 410 acres (170 ha) |
Architect | Barnhart, Robert L.; et al. |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
NRHP reference No. | 07001162[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 9, 2007 |
Charleroi Historic District is a historic district in Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania.[2]
It consists of almost 1700 buildings, built mainly from 1890 to 1920. Many of the buildings are wooden frame two-story front gabled residences, but others include brick stores, churches, union halls, and clubs. The district is located on a plain along the Monongahela River and the adjoining hills.[2]
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The First Christian Church, built in 1901 and demolished in the 1980s, once part of the Charleroi Historic District.
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Necciai, Terry A. (2007). "Charleroi Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
Further reading
[edit]The first Masonic Lodge of the American Federation of the Droit Humain was created in Charleroi by Louis GOAZIOU (French) in 1903.Its name was Alfa Lodge N°301. This Obedience did allow women to be initiale and become a member with the same rights as men. (Co-Masonry) Source: le Droit Humain International- Marc Grosjean (Detrad)
External links
[edit]Media related to Charleroi Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic districts in Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Victorian architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses in Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Pennsylvania