Johnsonburg Commercial Historic District
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Johnsonburg Commercial Historic District is a national historic district
located at Johnsonburg
in Elk County, Pennsylvania
. It includes 32 contributing buildings and one contributing object. It encompasses the historic central business district
and includes a majority of brick structures most of which were built between the 1890s and 1930s. The most notable structure is the Anderson Brick Block, known locally as "the Brick Block" or "the Block." It was built in the 1890s and is a 12 storefront brick structure behind a cantilevered sandstone arcade on the first story and a series of apartments above.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1999.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
located at Johnsonburg
Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania
Johnsonburg is a borough in Elk County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Pittsburgh and south of Buffalo, New York, in a productive farming and lumbering region. Paper mills were once common here, and Domtar still maintains a paper mill there today. In 1910, 4,334 people lived here...
in Elk County, Pennsylvania
Elk County, Pennsylvania
Elk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 31,946.Elk County was created on April 18, 1843, from parts of Jefferson, Clearfield and McKean Counties, and is named for the Eastern elk that historically inhabited the region. Its county...
. It includes 32 contributing buildings and one contributing object. It encompasses the historic central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
and includes a majority of brick structures most of which were built between the 1890s and 1930s. The most notable structure is the Anderson Brick Block, known locally as "the Brick Block" or "the Block." It was built in the 1890s and is a 12 storefront brick structure behind a cantilevered sandstone arcade on the first story and a series of apartments above.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1999.