Commercial Street Historic District

Commercial Street in Mingo Junction, Ohio, forms a one-block downtown of roughly 20 brick commercial buildings between McLister Avenue and Highland Avenue. The district sits on the river flats, with the steel mill and railroad tracks to the east and a steep hillside to the west, which sets it apart from the surrounding neighborhoods. Most buildings are two or three stories in red or buff brick and were built between 1899 and about 1910. Details include bracketed and corbelled cornices, second-story bays, round-arched windows and classical touches. Notable buildings are the Hotel McDevitt at the north end, the Pelley Building of 1902 with its elaborate metal cornice, the imposing Brettel Building of 1899, and the Neo-Classical First National Bank with its nine-bay facade. A c. 1920 theater marks the southern edge of the west side. Reviewers found the district significant for its role as the town's commercial center, which grew with the mill economy, and for its largely intact early 20th century streetscape.