Stoystown Historic District

Stoystown is a small borough in north central Somerset County, Pennsylvania, whose historic district follows U.S. Route 30 and the village's side streets. Buildings range from log houses built between about 1820 and 1850 to brick commercial blocks and early twentieth-century bungalows. The village grew as a road town on the Pennsylvania Road, completed by 1818, and later on the Lincoln Highway, designated in 1913. Hotels, carriage shops and restaurants served travelers from the horse-drawn era through the automobile age. The district is also significant for commerce, as the Main and Somerset Street crossroads drew farmers and millers from the surrounding area. Its architecture includes Four Square, Queen Anne and Italianate examples. The 1927 bypass left the meandering main street largely unchanged, which contributes to the district's integrity.