Dubois Historic District

Centred on the intersection of Long Avenue and Brady Street in downtown DuBois, this district of about nine acres holds 59 buildings, 55 of them contributing. Most are brick commercial blocks, two and three stories high, many with sandstone facades and stained or prism glass transoms. A fire on July 18, 1888 destroyed 166 buildings in the central business district, and an ordinance then barred wood construction there. Most of the buildings date from the following two decades, with the majority built between 1890 and 1910. The district is significant for its ties to the commercial life of a town built on lumbering, railroading and coal. Its architecture displays Italianate, Queen Anne, Neo-Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival styles. Local builders and architects, including Aaron Nelson Work, Bert C. Skinner and Russell G. Howard, are represented among its buildings.