{"nrhp_refnum":"77001136","name":"Bellefonte Historic District","other_names":["Borough of Bellefonte Historic District","See Also:Bellefonte"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Stony Batter, Ardell Alley, Thomas, Armor, Penn, Ridge and Logan Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bellefonte","county":"Centre County","state":"PA","lat":40.91337347800007,"lon":-77.77830801138904,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A designated historic district in the borough of Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, covering an irregularly shaped area of the town's early and nineteenth-century core. The district contains 338 principal buildings, of which 224 possess historical character.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district preserves the buildings associated with Bellefonte's early history and its rise to industrial, economic, political, social and architectural prominence in the nineteenth century. It contains a broad range of architectural types and styles, from limestone Georgian houses to Victorian commercial blocks, arranged within the Penn Grid street pattern on irregular terrain. Most of its buildings are described as retaining historic character, and intrusions are described as lesser structures that do not seriously weaken its integrity.","narrative":"Bellefonte's historic district occupies an irregular area of the borough around the Diamond, the Big Spring and the streets radiating from them, and includes 338 principal buildings, roughly three-quarters of which retain historic character. The district reflects the town's rise during the nineteenth century to industrial, commercial, political and social prominence. Its buildings range from limestone Georgian houses dating to the 1790s, such as the James Dunlop House, to Italianate and Second Empire commercial blocks of the 1860s and 1870s, and Queen Anne and Neo-Classical buildings of the 1880s and 1890s. Landmarks include the Centre County Courthouse, with its Greek Revival portico of 1835, and the Bellefonte Academy, whose 1904-05 remodeling gave it a Neo-Classical front. The district is regarded as a remarkably complete record of a central Pennsylvania county seat's architectural development, with its picturesque hillside streetscapes and varied building types intact.","period_of_significance":"1795-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:31.040457-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001136.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001136/9887023434-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001136/9887023434-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellefonte_Historic_District_Aug_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellefonte_Historic_District_Aug_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994610","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellefonte_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15198278"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/centre-county/bellefonte-historic-district-77001136/"}