Revloc Historic District Explained

Revloc Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Highland Ave., Fourth St., Penn Ave. and Eighth St., Revloc, Cambria Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.4908°N -78.7644°W
Built:1917-1944
Architect:Jencks, S. E.; et al.
Added:May 11, 1995
Refnum:95000520

The Revloc Historic District is a national historic district located at Cambria Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

This district encompasses 203 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing structure, including residential areas and utilitarian industrial buildings that were associated with the Monroe Coal Mining Company and developed between 1917 and 1944. The mine was serviced by the Cambria and Indiana Railroad.

Notable buildings include a variety of brick and frame miners' houses, a stone company store (1918), a payroll office (c. 1916), a company boiler house (c. 1916), a supply house (c. 1918), a machine and blacksmith shop (c. 1916), the Revloc Presbyterian Church (1923), the Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church (1924), and the Revloc School (c. 1919, 1924).[1]

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

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|H102400_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Revloc Historic District ]. 2011-12-08. Karaleah S. Jones. PDF. August 1994.