Portage Historic District

For other places of a similar name, see Portage Historic District (disambiguation).

Portage Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Houses on Gillespie at Cambria
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Location	Roughly bounded by N. Railroad Ave., Prospect St., Johnson Ave. and Vine St., Portage Township, Portage, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°23′07″N78°40′23″W / 40.38528°N 78.67306°W / 40.38528; -78.67306
Area	95 acres (38 ha)
NRHP reference No.	95000890 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 21, 1995

The Portage Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Portage in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. ^[1]

History and architectural features

This district encompasses 561 contributing buildings and five contributing structures, four of which are bridges. Located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Portage, most of the buildings were built between 1900 and 1925, with the oldest dating to the 1870s.

Notable non-residential buildings include the Pennsylvania Railroad freight station (c. 1906), the Pennsylvania Railroad passenger station (c. 1916), the Palmer Feed Mill (c. 1916), the Pearce Building (1914), the Central Hotel (c. 1916), the Century Ribbon Mill (1906-1911), the Portage Bronze Electric Company (c. 1916), First Lutheran Church (1872), St. Michael's Orthodox Church (1915), and Hungarian Hall (c. 1920). ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Nancy L. Smith (April 1995). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Portage Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 11, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)