{"nrhp_refnum":"96001201","name":"Beaver Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Fort McIntosh"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by the C and P Railroad tracks, Fair Ave., 5th St., 3rd St., and Sassafras Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beaver","county":"Beaver County","state":"PA","lat":40.69595641700005,"lon":-80.30566779794415,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-10-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Commerce","Politics/Government","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Beaver Historic District is a historic district in the Borough of Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio River, laid out in 1792. It contains commercial, residential, religious, civic, transportation and public-space resources, including a grid of square parks.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its 1792 grid plan with public squares, which it describes as an early example of planned urban design in western Pennsylvania. It also cites its role as a residential community and county seat, the Fort McIntosh site, and a collection of architecture spanning the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. Its association with Senator Matthew Quay is also noted.","narrative":"Beaver is a historic district on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, laid out in 1792 by deputy surveyor Daniel Leet under an 1791 act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Its grid of streets surrounds a set of public squares at the core and at each corner of the original plat, a feature the nomination describes as distinctive to the town. The district holds Italianate commercial blocks, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses, churches built between 1890 and 1930, two railroad depots, and a 1933 Art Deco courthouse on Agnew Square. Its historic role as a county seat and a residential community, rather than an industrial one, shaped its layout and building stock. The site of the eighteenth-century Fort McIntosh lies within the district and is considered likely to hold significant archaeological remains.","period_of_significance":"1778-1946","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate; Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals/American Foursquare","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"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 17:11:37.754385-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/96001201.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001201/74950a4751-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001201/74950a4751-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Christian_Church,_Beaver.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Christian_Church,_Beaver.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994579","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110009980"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/beaver-county/beaver-historic-district-96001201/"}