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Tyrone Borough Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
92001823

Added to NRHP
  
21 January 1993

Area
  
48 ha

Tyrone Borough Historic District httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
Roughly bounded by W. 14th St., Logan Ave., Bald Eagle Ave., the Little Juniata R., W. 8th St. and Jefferson Ave., Tyrone, Pennsylvania

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

Tyrone Borough Historic District is a national historic district located at Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 349 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Tyrone. The earliest buildings date to the 1850s, when the community was expanded as a junction town for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The buildings are primarily frame and brick, with notable examples of Late Victorian style architecture. Notable non-residential buildings include the Garman Building (1890), Hiller Building (1892), I.O.O.F Building, Jones Building (1906), White House Bed and Breakfast (1855), and St. Matthews Catholic Church (1880). Also located in the district are a railroad bed and viaduct (c. 1900) and road bridge at East 10th Street and Blair Avenue (c. 1900). Located in the district and separately listed is the Tyrone Armory.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

References

Tyrone Borough Historic District Wikipedia