Cairnbrook Historic District Explained

Cairnbrook Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:40.1222°N -78.8164°W
Built:1912
Architect:S.E. Dickey and Co.
Builder:S.E. Dickey and Co.
Architecture:Prairie School, Company Housing
Added:June 3, 1994
Refnum:94000523

Cairnbrook Historic District is a national historic district located at Shade Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 132 contributing buildings and 8 contributing structures. It encompasses an area developed by the Loyalhanna Coal and Coke Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1912 and 1920. It includes the remaining extant mine resources and the archaeological remains of the mine. They consist of workers' housing, a variety of commercial and social buildings, and a modern draft entry mine with accompanying extractive buildings and structures. Notable buildings include the motor barn, supply house, electric substation, and Loyalhanna Coal and Coke Company Office (1914). The mine operated until 1958.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. December 14, 2011. September 14, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050914194407/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H094516_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cairnbrook Historic District]. 2011-12-08. Carmen DiCiccio. PDF. October 1993.