{"nrhp_refnum":"80003643","name":"Mifflinburg Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"PA 45","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mifflinburg","county":"Union County","state":"PA","lat":40.91685809100005,"lon":-77.0479198659919,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 19th-century commercial and residential buildings in the borough of Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, centered on Chestnut, Market and Green streets and the older \"old town\" area. The district is noted for its buildings from the buggy era of the 1860s to 1890s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Mifflinburg became a national center of horse-drawn buggy manufacture after the 1860s, with more than 30 buggy works operating by 1881 and the town known as the buggy capital of Pennsylvania. The surviving town fabric, including commercial blocks, Victorian houses and buggy-related buildings, is presented as a record of that industry and of the town's growth in the late 19th century.","narrative":"Mifflinburg, a borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, laid out in 1792 by Elias Youngman, contains a historic district built mainly during the buggy era that began in the 1860s. The district follows Chestnut, Market and Green streets and includes two hotels from the mid-19th century, an 1880s row of business blocks with brick embellishment, and houses in Federal, Italianate and Queen Anne styles. Local builders Joseph Boob and Enoch Miller are named as principal builders of many brick houses, which feature corner quoin-like brickwork. By 1881 more than 30 buggy works were operating in the borough, and the town was known as the buggy capital of Pennsylvania. The buildings associated with this industry, including the Heiss Buggy Works and Gutelius family shops, give the district its importance as a record of a specialised manufacturing community.","period_of_significance":"1850-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Italianate; Queen Anne; Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"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 17:11:33.16699-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003643.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003643/466193826e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003643/466193826e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ruhrfisch (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gutelius_House_2,_Mifflinburg,_Pennsylvania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gutelius_House_2,_Mifflinburg,_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996537","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mifflinburg_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6844018"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/union-county/mifflinburg-historic-district-80003643/"}