{"nrhp_refnum":"92001823","name":"Tyrone Borough Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Tyrone Armory"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. 14th St., Logan Ave., Bald Eagle Ave., the Little Juniata R., W. 8th St. and Jefferson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tyrone","county":"Blair County","state":"PA","lat":40.67231972100004,"lon":-78.24014042304876,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in the borough of Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania, covering the historic commercial core and surrounding residential and institutional areas. It contains 441 buildings and two contributing structures, erected between about 1850 and 1938.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an outstanding concentration of 1850-1938 architecture in northern Blair County, with a wide range of late 19th and early 20th century revival styles. It also ties the town's growth as a commercial center to the arrival of the Pennsylvania Railroad main line in 1850 and the railroad branch lines that followed.","narrative":"Tyrone is a borough in northern Blair County, Pennsylvania, where the historic district holds a mix of commercial blocks, residences and institutional buildings. Its growth began when the Pennsylvania Railroad main line reached the town in 1850, and Tyrone became a junction for short lines serving the region's coal and timber. Through 1938 the commercial section served as the trading center for northern Blair County and nearby parts of Huntingdon and Centre Counties. After a major fire in 1880, many brick commercial blocks were rebuilt, including the 1906 Jones Building with its terra cotta detailing. The residential areas contain Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Prairie houses built by railroad managers, businessmen and workers. St. Matthews Catholic Church, erected in 1880 in the Richardson Romanesque style, is among the institutional buildings. The district is significant for its concentration of period architecture and its link to the railroad economy.","period_of_significance":"1850-1938","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, including Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, Neo-Classical Revival, Italian Renaissance, Richardson Romanesque and Prairie","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 17:11:36.471256-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92001823.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001823/47d8d8f1ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001823/47d8d8f1ed-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrone_Borough_Historic_District_Apr_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrone_Borough_Historic_District_Apr_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998398","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Borough_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7861580"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/blair-county/tyrone-borough-historic-district-92001823/"}