Smock Historic District
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
History and architectural features
This district includes 177 contributing buildings, four contributing sites, seven contributing structures, and one contributing object that are located in the coal mining community of Smock. Most of the contributing buildings and structures were built between the 1880s and 1923. They include the extractive and archaeological remains of Colonial Mines No. 1 and 2 and related coke operations, 109 company built dwellings (92 workers' houses and 17 managers' houses), the Redstone Creek bridge, and the Smock War Monument. Other buildings are three schools, the company store, three churches, and a movie theater.
This district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Carmen DiCiccio (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smock Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved January 29, 2012.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-365, "Colonial Mines Bathhouse, Smock, Fayette County, PA", 1 photo, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page