{"nrhp_refnum":"95000522","name":"Minersville Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, along Connelly Ave., Honan Ave., Garvey Pl. and Iron St., Johnstown and West Taylor Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Johnstown","county":"Cambria County","state":"PA","lat":40.343369690500055,"lon":-78.92701301799501,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","European","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 93 buildings in the Minersville neighborhood of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, one mile west of the central business district. It is mostly working-class housing, including company-built double houses, plus a few former commercial buildings and the ca. 1913 Polish National Alliance club building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its association with the Cambria Iron Company's Lower Works and the ethnic heritage of its immigrant population, and as a notable concentration of vernacular dwellings, including company-built housing. It describes Minersville as having the largest concentration of company houses in Johnstown and one of the best preserved in the city.","narrative":"Built along Iron Street and nearby blocks on a hillside west of the Lower Works, Minersville is a working-class neighborhood of 93 buildings, mostly wood-frame houses. Cambria Iron Company began building identical one-and-one-half-story company doubles here in 1881, with further houses added in 1889 by the Hoover and Hughes Contracting Company. Each unit had five rooms, running water and a privy, and rented for $5.40 a month. The neighborhood is also known for its immigrant population, which shifted from northern European to Polish, Ukrainian and Rysyn residents after 1900. Privately built housing, including the 1911 Harrigan-Sturver Building and a ca. 1880 Second Empire house at 159 Iron Street, adds variety. Twenty-eight company houses survive, making it the largest concentration of such housing in Johnstown. The district was listed for its industrial and ethnic associations and its concentration of vernacular architecture.","period_of_significance":"1881-1945","architect_builder":"Hoover and Hughes Contracting Company","architectural_style":"Vernacular residential; Second Empire","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"92 residences and one fraternal club; 8 noncontributing buildings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.011141-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000522.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000522/e8f8e18d92-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000522/e8f8e18d92-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minersville_Historic_District_166_Benshoff_St.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:Minersville_Historic_District_166_Benshoff_St.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995998","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minersville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18749101"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/cambria-county/minersville-historic-district-95000522/"}