{"nrhp_refnum":"95000513","name":"Holmes-Foster-Highlands Historic District","other_names":["See also:Camelot"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Buckhout St., Railroad and Highland Aves., High and Keller Sts., and Irvin and Prospect Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"State College","county":"Centre County","state":"PA","lat":40.79861728800003,"lon":-77.85531570400002,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about sixty blocks south of the Pennsylvania State University campus and west of the State College central business district, Centre County, Pennsylvania. It contains 858 structures, of which 727 are contributing, and is built largely with early 20th-century houses, fraternity buildings and apartments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district reflects the growth of State College as a college town from its 1896 incorporation to the start of World War II. It is significant in education for its ties to Penn State's founding, growth and faculty, and in architecture under Criterion C for its mix of architect-designed houses, pattern book and mail-order designs, and large fraternity buildings. It is also an example of a college town's housing development.","narrative":"Southwest of the Penn State campus in State College, Pennsylvania, this residential district covers about sixty blocks developed mainly between the 1900s and the start of World War II. It contains 858 structures, 727 of them contributing, and includes vernacular Victorians, Four Squares, bungalows, Colonial and Tudor Revival houses, mansion-sized fraternity houses built in the 1920s and 1930s, two schools, three churches and Memorial Field. Development was driven by demand from faculty, staff and students for rental and owner-occupied housing. The district is regarded as an excellent example of how an early twentieth-century college town grew. Its mix of architect-designed houses, pattern book and mail-order designs, and large fraternity buildings gives it architectural significance. It also reflects the close ties between the university and the borough, including street names honoring Penn State presidents and faculty. Three surviving farmhouses link the area to the nineteenth-century Centre Furnace iron lands.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Tudor Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Intact and generally well maintained; non-contributing buildings total 131, mostly apartments built in the 1970s and 1980s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.069896-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000513.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000513/e23f4e73a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000513/e23f4e73a9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ruhrfisch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holmes-Foster-Highlands_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holmes-Foster-Highlands_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998278","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes%E2%80%93Foster%E2%80%93Highlands_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5883505"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/centre-county/holmes-foster-highlands-historic-district-95000513/"}