Penn-Craft Historic District

Penn-Craft Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Buildings in Penncraft, Pennsylvania, Summer 1991
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Location	Roughly bounded by PA 4020, Twp. Rd. 326, and Twp. Rd. 549, Luzerne Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′33″N79°54′45″W / 39.95917°N 79.91250°W / 39.95917; -79.91250
Area	175 acres (71 ha)
Architect	Stanton, William Macy; Day, David
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	89000356 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 18, 1989

The Penn-Craft Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. ^[1]

History and architectural features

This district includes 108 contributing buildings, seven contributing sites, and six contributing structures that are located in the subsistence homestead community of Penn-Craft. The planned community was first built between 1937 and 1943 by the American Friends Service Committee, as a community for unemployed miners. In addition to two pre-Penn Craft dwellings, contributing buildings include the community's remaining frame, "temporary" houses, fifty stone houses, a knitting factory (1939), a cooperative store (1942), and a frame barn. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. ^[1]

When the June 2012 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho passed through southwestern Pennsylvania on June 29, 2012, the community's store was destroyed by a fire that was ignited by a lightning strike. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Louis Orslene and Susan Shearer (February 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Penn-Craft Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved January 29, 2012.
3. Christine Haines/HeraldStandard.com (June 30, 2012). "Possible lightning-caused fire damages Penncraft Store - heraldstandard.com: Hsnewsnow". heraldstandard.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation, filed under Penncraft, Fayette County, PA:
  • HABS No. PA-5919, " Subsistence-Homestead Towns ", 25 data pages
  • HABS No. PA-5920, " Town of Penn-Craft ", 18 photos, 23 data pages, 1 photo caption page