Berwind-White Mine 40 Historic District

Begun in 1905 on farmland in southern Cambria County, the Eureka No. 40 mine and its surrounding patch town were built by the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, with the houses constructed through its subsidiary, the Windber Lumber Company. The mine site sits on the creekside flats of Little Paint Creek, with a brick powerhouse completed in 1906 and a coal cleaning plant rebuilt in 1928 and expanded in 1941. The mine was among the company's most productive, reaching a peak of 767,921 tons in 1913, and its ventilation and power systems were regarded as advanced for their time. Patch houses were built in rows of identical double dwellings on a grid of streets up the hillside, typical of company towns across western Pennsylvania. The district is significant for its industrial technology and for its community planning, and it retains many of its mine buildings and worker houses, though some have lost original siding and windows.