Robertsdale Historic District

For other places with the same name, see Robertsdale.

Robertsdale Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Robertsdale Hotel, Autumn 1989
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Location	Roughly bounded by the USGS 1840 contour line and South Main, Wood, Lincoln, Cliff, and Cherry Streets, in Robertsdale, Wood Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°11′01″N78°06′45″W / 40.18361°N 78.11250°W / 40.18361; -78.11250
Area	81 acres (33 ha)
Built	1873
Built by	Rockhill Iron and Coal Company
MPS	Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780--1939 MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000391 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 7, 1992

The Robertsdale Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Robertsdale in Wood Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. ^[1]

History and architectural features

This district includes 102 contributing buildings and one contributing site. The buildings primarily date between circa 1873 and the 1920s and are associated with the development of the company town by the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company. They include the company office, a store, and a railway depot, along with workers' housing. Notable buildings include the company store (1873-1874), the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company office building (1914), the Robertsdale Post Office (c. 1915), the East Broad Top Railroad depot (1914), the Robertsdale Hotel (c. 1912), the Reality Theatre (1948), the McClain Store (1911-1923), a superintendent's house, (1896), the Methodist Parsonage (1922), Wood Township Elementary School (1934), and the Methodist Episcopal Church (1890s). ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. R. Ann Safley (February 1992). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Robertsdale Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-5484, " Town of Robertsdale, Robertsdale, Huntingdon County, PA ", 9 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. PA-5553, " Rockhill Iron & Coal Company Towns, Robertsdale, Huntingdon County, PA ", 45 data pages