{"nrhp_refnum":"83004187","name":"Bedford Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by East, West, and Watson Sts., and the Raystown Branch of Juniata River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bedford","county":"Bedford County","state":"PA","lat":40.01855321650004,"lon":-78.4966673073024,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Military","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Bedford Borough, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny Mountains along the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River, comprising business, governmental and residential sections around a central park called the Squares. The district contains 268 buildings, of which about 210 are of major significance.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its role in frontier military activity, including Fort Bedford and the Whiskey Rebellion, for transportation-related commercial growth along the Forbes Road, Pennsylvania Road and Lincoln Highway, and for the quality of craftsmanship and variety of architectural styles, which include work by local architects Solomon Filler and Gibboney.","narrative":"Bedford Borough sits in the Allegheny Mountains on the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River, where a settlement founded in 1750 grew up around Fort Bedford and the east-west road later known as Forbes Road. The district's buildings span from the eighteenth century to 1930 and include Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Victorian, Beaux Arts and Art Deco examples. Its commercial core lies along Pitt Street, and its central park, the Squares, is surrounded by the county courthouse, churches and the Post Office. The district is significant for its role in frontier military events, including the French and Indian War and the Whiskey Rebellion, when President Washington headquartered in the Espy House. It also reflects the town's growth as a stop on the Pennsylvania Road and the Lincoln Highway, and as a center of inns, hotels and resorts. Architecturally, it is valued for its range of styles and for work by local architects, notably Solomon Filler.","period_of_significance":"1750-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Georgian, Italianate, Second Empire, Second Renaissance Revival, Victorian, Beaux Arts, Art-Deco, Bungaloid and commercial styles","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 17:11:33.023657-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83004187.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004187/30ee980ee5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004187/30ee980ee5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Photo by User:AudeVivere.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bedford_pitt_street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by User:AudeVivere.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bedford_pitt_street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994588","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Historic_District_(Bedford,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4879162"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bedford-county/bedford-historic-district-83004187/"}