Saltsburg Historic District Explained

Saltsburg Historic District
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Coordinates:	40.4839°N -79.4511°W
Built:	1829
Architecture:	Late Victorian, Federal, Canal Vernacular
Added:	May 7, 1992
Refnum:	92000386

The Saltsburg Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Saltsburg in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

History and architectural features

This district encompasses 118 contributing buildings, one contributing site, one contributing structure, and fifteen contributing objects that are located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Saltsburg, including notable examples of buildings that were designed in the Federal and Late Victorian styles. Most of the buildings were built between the 1830s and 1880s.

Notable buildings include the William McIlwaine House and Store (1820–1829), the Dr. James Crawford House (1830–1839), Dr. McFarland's Drug Store and Office (1840), the Saltsburg Hotel (1870s), the Western Pennsylvania Railroad Station (1864), the Saltsburg Presbyterian Church (1874), the Sons of Zebedee Evangelical Lutheran Church (1878), the Altman Feed Mill (1893), the First National Bank Building (1927), and the DeLisi Theater (1923).

The contributing site is a former canal/railbed of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad and Lock #8 that is now occupied by Canal Park. The contributing structures are the retaining walls of the railroad. The contributing objects are canal markers.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

External links

• Town of Saltsburg, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

8 photos, 31 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Mathias Rombach House, 321 Basin Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

3 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• First National Bank of Saltsburg, 214 Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

3 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Saltsburg Academy, High & Point Streets, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

3 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Saltsburg Mule Barn, 114 Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

6 drawings and 1 data page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Robert J. Taylor House, 211 Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

5 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• William McIlwaine House, 241 Washington Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

1 photo, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Dr. John McFarland House, 216 Washington Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

1 photo, 6 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Cathedral Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

4 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Dr. Thomas Murray House, 101 Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

2 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• 105 Point Street (House), Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

3 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Wray House, 500 Market Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

4 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Thomas & John Robinson House, 711 Water Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

3 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• United Presbyterian Church, High Street & Ash Alley, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

1 photo, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

2 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Patterson Milling Company, Feed Mill, Water & Point Streets, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

11 drawings, 14 photos, 2 data pages, 3 photo caption pages, and 2 color transparencies at Historic American Buildings Survey

• William Stewart House, 232 Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

19 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

• William C. Robinson House, 103 Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

1 photo, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Samuel S. Moore House & Store, 222 Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

2 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• John Martin House, 502 High Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

7 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Andrew Andre House, 821 High Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

3 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• James Robinson House, 425 Salt Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

2 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• James McGlaughlin House, 803 Water Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

2 photos, 8 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• P. D. Shupe Hardware Store, 202 Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

9 photos, 8 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• Sons of Zebedee Evangelical Lutheran Church, 422 Salt Street, Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

6 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

• 706-08 Salt Street (House), Saltsburg, Indiana, PA

3 photos, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

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|H083650_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Saltsburg Historic District ]. 2011-12-05. Eliza Smith Brown. PDF. January 1992.