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Brookville Historic District (Brookville, Pennsylvania)

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NRHP Reference #
  
84003409

Year built
  
1838

Area
  
36 ha

Added to NRHP
  
7 June 1984

Brookville Historic District (Brookville, Pennsylvania)

Location
  
Roughly bounded by RR tracks, Franklin Ave., Church and Main Sts., Brookville, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Brookville Historic District is a national historic district located at Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 263 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Brookville. The buildings date between about 1838 and 1930, and include notable examples of vernacular and high style Late Victorian style architecture. Notable buildings include the Judge Elijah Heath House (1836), Railroad House Hotel (1851), Blood Block (1875-1876), Marlin Opera House Block (1883-1884), McKnight Building, Northside School (1939), Methodist Episcopal Church (1910, rebuilt 1922-1923), Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (1872), Jenks Foundry (1878), Brookville Y.M.C.A. (1915), Columbia Theater (1918-1919), Jefferson County Courthouse (1867), Brookville Borough Building, and U.S. Post Office. Located in the district and separately listed are the Brookville Presbyterian Church and Manse, Joseph E. Hall House, and Gray-Taylor House.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

References

Brookville Historic District (Brookville, Pennsylvania) Wikipedia