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Portage Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
95000890

Added to NRHP
  
21 July 1995

Area
  
38 ha

Portage Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by N. Railroad Ave., Prospect St., Johnson Ave. and Vine St., Portage Township, Portage, Pennsylvania

Portage Historic District is a national historic district located at Portage in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 561 contributing buildings and 5 contributing structures (4 are bridges) in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Portage. Most of the buildings were built between 1900 and 1925, with the oldest dated to the 1870s. Notable non-residential buildings include the Pennsylvania Railroad freight station (c. 1906), Pennsylvania Railroad passenger station (c. 1916), Palmer Feed Mill (c. 1916), Pearce Building (1914), Central Hotel (c. 1916), Century Ribbon Mill (1906-1911), Portage Bronze Electric Company (c. 1916), First Lutheran Church (1872), S. Michael's Orthodox Church (1915), and Hungarian Hall (c. 1920).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

References

Portage Historic District Wikipedia