Salem Crossroads Historic District

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Salem Crossroads Historic District
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LocationPittsburgh and Greenburg Sts., Delmont, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°24′44″N79°34′10″W / 40.41222°N 79.56944°W / 40.41222; -79.56944 Coordinates: 40°24′44″N79°34′10″W / 40.41222°N 79.56944°W / 40.41222; -79.56944
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 78002484 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1978

Salem Crossroads Historic District is a national historic district located at Delmont, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 64 contributing buildings in the historic core of Delmont, originally called Salem Crossroads. The district includes buildings largely constructed between 1830 and 1870. It includes four log houses, numerous Greek Revival style buildings, the Central Hotel, a Gothic Revival style church, feed mill, wagon shop, livery stable, brickyard, blacksmith shop, and an old Ford Garage, dated to the 1920s. [2] Plans to restore the area as a living museum never materialized. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 Barbara A. Hoff (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Salem Crossroads Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. Delmont Borough website Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine