{"nrhp_refnum":"87002210","name":"Pine Grove Historic District","other_names":["Pine Grove"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"S. Tulpehocken & Mill Sts., & Swatara Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pine Grove","county":"Schuylkill County","state":"PA","lat":40.545388085500036,"lon":-76.38618660475319,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of frame, brick and stone residences, commercial buildings, churches, a school, a former canal basin and a small cemetery along South Tulpehocken Street in the southern part of Pine Grove Borough, southwest Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Most contributing buildings date from 1850 to 1937.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its role as the northern terminus of the Pine Grove Feeder of the Union Canal, which handled coal shipments from the western end of the Southern Field between 1830 and 1862. It also holds the largest and best preserved collection of vernacular and high style nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture in western Schuylkill County.","narrative":"Pine Grove Historic District occupies the floor of a narrow valley cut by Swatara Creek in the southern end of Pine Grove Borough, and its main street, South Tulpehocken Street, runs through the middle of it. The district's buildings are mostly two to two and one half story frame houses from the late 1800s and early 1900s, alongside brick and stone residences, churches, a school and a few commercial blocks. Pine Grove grew rapidly between 1830 and 1862 as the northern end of a feeder canal to the Union Canal, which carried coal from the western Southern Field. A canal basin on the eastern edge of the district remains, now overgrown. The district is also noted for its architecture, with examples of Federal, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Bungalow styles, including the Miller Mansion, built around 1870. Its concentration of both high style and vernacular buildings is regarded as the largest in western Schuylkill County.","period_of_significance":"1750-1937","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman, Georgian, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Eastlake, Tudor Revival, Beaux Arts, Colonial Revival; vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The district is described as well preserved, with alterations limited mostly to re-siding and rear additions; non-contributing buildings make up about nine percent of the total.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.260492-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87002210.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002210/d4b1788360-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002210/d4b1788360-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pine_Grove,_Pennsylvania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pine_Grove,_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997610","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Grove_Historic_District_(Pine_Grove,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7195173"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/schuylkill-county/pine-grove-historic-district-87002210/"}