Mount Pleasant Historic District (Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania) Explained

Mount Pleasant Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly along Main, S. Church, Eagle, Walnut and College Sts., Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.1483°N -79.5447°W
Architect:Bowers, Robert; et al.
Architecture:Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Added:July 23, 1998
Refnum:98000903

The Mount Pleasant Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

History and architectural features

This district encompasses 268 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing object that are located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Mount Pleasant. Built roughly between 1812 and 1948, they include a mix of residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial properties, and were designed in a variety of popular architectural styles, including Italianate, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival.

Notable buildings include the Overholt General Store (c. 1860), a harness shop (c. 1870), a warehouse (c. 1880), the East End Hotel (c. 1885), the Grand Central Hotel (c. 1895), the Gerechter Furniture Building (c. 1905), the Citizens Savings and Trust Company and First National Bank (1905), the Shupe Steam Grist Mill (1843), City Hall (1910), the Penn Theater (1937), the Reunion Presbyterian Church (1873), the Wesley United Methodist Church (1856), the Transfiguration Roman Catholic Church (1889), and three houses that were built circa 1812.

The contributing site is Frick Park. This district also includes the separately listed Samuel Warden House and demolished Mount Pleasant Armory.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H104018_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Pleasant Historic District ]. 2012-06-16. Clinton Piper . PDF. March 1998.