Roaring Spring Historic District

Roaring Spring Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Roaring Spring Historic District, May 2008
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Location	Roughly bounded by Barley, Lower, Walnut, Roosevelt, California, Hickory, Fairview, Sugar and N. Main Sts., Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°20′5″N78°23′56″W / 40.33472°N 78.39889°W / 40.33472; -78.39889
Area	233 acres (94 ha)
Built	1867
Built by	Roaring Spring Planing Mill Co.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	95000133 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 3, 1995

The Roaring Spring Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Roaring Spring, Blair County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. ^[1]

History and architectural features

This district includes 573 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing structures that are locarted in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Roaring Spring. The earliest buildings date to the 1860s, when the community was founded as the region's first paper mill town. The buildings are primarily frame and brick, with notable examples of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne style architecture.

Notable non-residential buildings include the Odd Fellows Hall (1882), Hite's Furniture Store (c. 1888), the Roaring Spring Bank (1902), the old borough building and fire station (1906), the Zook Building (c. 1885), Bare Memorial Church of God (1889-1930), Trinity United Methodist Church (1898), the Blank Book Company buildings, and the Roaring Spring Passenger Station (c. 1905). Also located in the district are the Bare Memorial Fountain (1937) and Greenlawn Cemetery and Memorial Park. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Frederick L. Richards (July 1994). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Roaring Spring Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)