{"nrhp_refnum":"93000366","name":"Downtown Indiana Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Water, 7th and 6th Sts. and Wayne Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Indiana","county":"Indiana County","state":"PA","lat":40.62252448850006,"lon":-79.1516175885403,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-04-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic commercial and civic district in the borough of Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, centred on Philadelphia Street between Fifth and Seventh Streets. It contains a large concentration of commercial blocks, government buildings and residences from the early 1800s through the mid-twentieth century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is locally significant in architecture, commerce and government/politics. Indiana Borough was named county seat in 1805, and the district was the first and largest commercial area in Indiana County. It holds a range of architectural styles, including Federal, Italianate, Second Empire and Colonial Revival, and retains many buildings with original features and good integrity.","narrative":"Downtown Indiana is a commercial and civic district in the borough of Indiana, Pennsylvania, centred on Philadelphia Street between Fifth and Seventh Streets. Its growth followed the designation of the borough as county seat in 1805, and it became the first and largest commercial area in Indiana County. Merchants established hotels, taverns and shops here in the early nineteenth century, and later the Indiana Normal School, opened in 1875, and the coal boom of 1900 to 1930 brought further construction. The district holds a wide range of architectural styles, including Federal, Italianate, Second Empire and Colonial Revival buildings, with many retaining original features. The 1870 Second Empire courthouse, designed by James W. Drum of Punxsutawney, is one of the landmarks. Drum is regarded as the most significant architect of the district for the number and variety of his buildings. The area is considered to have excellent integrity and a large concentration of historic commercial structures in the county.","period_of_significance":"1800-1942","architect_builder":"James W. Drum (architect, Punxsutawney); Herbert Conklin (architect)","architectural_style":"Federal, Italianate, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne, Art Deco, Art Moderne, Edwardian and others","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The district is described as having excellent integrity, with few non-contributing resources; the old county courthouse was restored by the National Bank of the Commonwealth.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.54786-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/93000366.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000366/f8fb2ab8e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000366/f8fb2ab8e8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Canadian2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indiana_Pennsylvania_Philadelphia_Street_2010.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian2006</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indiana_Pennsylvania_Philadelphia_Street_2010.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995928","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Indiana_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5303464"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/indiana-county/downtown-indiana-historic-district-93000366/"}