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Uniontown Downtown Historic District. / 39.90111°N 79.72583°W / 39.90111; -79.72583. The Uniontown Downtown Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, with a boundary increase in 2003.
724, 878. FIPS code. 42-78528. Uniontown is the largest city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. [2] The population was 9,984 at the 2020 census. [3] It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
However, in 1893 the mill recovered and in 1894, the mill took in substantial gains. 1895 appeared to be another solid year, when suddenly, the mill was sold and moved. Andrew Carnegie paid an impressive sum for the mill and many Uniontown citizens lost their jobs. The Columbia Rolling Mill had since been a topic of great controversy in Uniontown.
Mount Saint Macrina, named for Saint Basil 's sister, Saint Macrina, was formally dedicated in 1934. Once named Oak Hill, it was the estate (more than 1,000 acres) of coal baron J.V. Thompson (Josiah Van Kirk Thompson), a leading figure in the great coal and coke boom of the late 19th century. Financial misfortune forced him into bankruptcy ...
Website. www.co.fayette.pa.us. Fayette County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Maryland and West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 128,804. [1] Its county seat is Uniontown. [2]
Adam Clarke Nutt Mansion is a historic mansion located at Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1882, and is a large three-story, irregularly shaped brick dwelling in the Queen Anne style. A front porch and porte cochere were added sometime before 1912. It has a truncated hipped roof, four tall chimneys, and a centered tower ...
1866 — First mill in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to the process of making steel, Steelton Plant, near Harrisburg [ 25 ] 1873 — First Roller Coaster, Jim Thorpe [ 26 ] 1874 — First zoo, Philadelphia (chartered in 1859) [ 27 ] 1876 — First World's Fair in the United States, the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia.
Bloomsburg is also home to the Bloomsburg Fair (the largest fair in the state of Pennsylvania) which, since 1855, is a traditional agricultural fair. The David Stroup Fountain, erected in 1892, is located at Bloomsburg's Market Square. David Stroup was the owner of a local candy shop who left money in his will to the town's water works.