{"nrhp_refnum":"85000997","name":"Coudersport Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Potter County Courthouse"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Seventh, East, Water and Main Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coudersport","county":"Potter County","state":"PA","lat":41.77726867550004,"lon":-78.02163795840417,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Coudersport Historic District is a small borough historic district in Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania, in a valley of the Allegheny Plateau. It contains the downtown business blocks on Main and Second Streets along with residences, churches, public buildings and a fraternal consistory.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be a superb illustration of a 19th-century American small town, with a concentration of well-built public buildings, commercial blocks and residences that is unmatched elsewhere in the county. Its streetscapes remained largely intact after a period of economic stagnation froze its appearance. It also holds a place in the history of the abolitionist movement, as a station on the underground railroad.","narrative":"Coudersport is a borough wedged into a valley of Pennsylvania's Allegheny Plateau, where its downtown blocks on Main and Second Streets were rebuilt in brick Victorian style after a fire in 1880 destroyed much of the earlier wooden Greek Revival core. The district includes commercial buildings, residences, three churches, the Potter County Courthouse and the Coudersport Consistory. Buildings average two stories with substantial attics, and cornices carry brackets, corbeling and hood molds in contrasting paint. The town is regarded as the finest surviving example of a 19th-century small county seat in the county. Its streetscapes remained largely intact after the lumber boom faded, and residents of the town were active in the underground railroad, sheltering people fleeing slavery. The district is also significant for its Queen Anne and Victorian houses, many built along North Main Street by prominent businessmen.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Victorian Gothic, Romanesque, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Tudor, vernacular commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"The downtown was refurbished in 1979 with HUD small cities grants, with power and telephone lines buried and storefronts redesigned. The document describes the district as in excellent physical condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.792108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85000997.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000997/d777b468b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000997/d777b468b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"Lheimel at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coudersportgazebo.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lheimel at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coudersportgazebo.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995166","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coudersport_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5175980"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/potter-county/coudersport-historic-district-85000997/"}