The Revloc Historic District is a national historic district located at Cambria Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
Revloc Historic District | |
 Looking east from 625 Highland Ave | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Highland Ave., Fourth St., Penn Ave. and Eighth St., Revloc, Cambria Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°29′27″N 78°45′52″W / 40.49083°N 78.76444°W |
| Area | 83 acres (34 ha) |
| Built | 1917-1944 |
| Architect | Jencks, S. E.; et al. |
| MPS | Bituminous Coal and Coke Resources of Pennsylvania MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000520[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1995 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
History and architectural features
editThis district encompasses 203 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing structure, including residential areas and utilitarian industrial buildings that were associated with the Monroe Coal Mining Company and developed between 1917 and 1944. The mine was serviced by the Cambria and Indiana Railroad.
Notable buildings include a variety of brick and frame miners' houses, a stone company store (1918), a payroll office (c. 1916), a company boiler house (c. 1916), a supply house (c. 1918), a machine and blacksmith shop (c. 1916), the Revloc Presbyterian Church (1923), the Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church (1924), and the Revloc School (c. 1919, 1924).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "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 Karaleah S. Jones (August 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Revloc Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2011.
External links
edit- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-235, "Revloc Mine, Between Cambria & Indiana spur & mainline, Revloc vicinity, Cambria County, PA", 3 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. PA-235-A, "Revloc Mine, Boiler & Hoist House", 1 photo, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. PA-235-B, "Revloc Mine, Wash House", 1 photo, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page