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Star Junction Historic District

Coordinates: 40°03′42″N 79°45′43″W / 40.06167°N 79.76194°W / 40.06167; -79.76194
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Star Junction Historic District
Old company store in Star Junction, May 1989
Star Junction Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Star Junction Historic District
Star Junction Historic District is located in the United States
Star Junction Historic District
LocationRoughly the jct. of PA 51 and PA 4036, including Post Office Rd., Church St., PA 532, and Old Ridge Rd., Perry Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°03′42″N 79°45′43″W / 40.06167°N 79.76194°W / 40.06167; -79.76194
Area100 acres (40 ha)
Built1892
Built byWashington Coal and Coke
Architectural stylecompany built miner's duplex
MPSBituminous Coal and Coke Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.97001244[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 1997

The Star Junction Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Perry Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

History and architectural features

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This district includes 163 contributing buildings and two contributing structures that are located in the bituminous coal mining community of Star Junction. Most of the contributing buildings were built between 1892 and 1918; 130 are two-story, frame duplex workers' houses. The oldest building is the Whitsett farmhouse; it was built circa 1845. Other buildings and structures include twenty-two mine managers' dwellings ("Tony Row"), two former mine buildings, two churches, a parsonage, two commercial buildings, a concrete highway bridge (1921), and n earthen dam reservoir (c. 1892).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

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References

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  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 Clinton E. Piper (July 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Star Junction Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved January 29, 2012.
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