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LATE 19TH & EARLY 20TH CENTURY REVIVAL
PERIOD
1880 - 1940
Colonial Revival Style 1880 - 1960
Tudor Revival Style 1890 - 1940
Collegiate Gothic Style 1890 - 1940
Italianate Renaissance Revival Style 1890 - 1935
Classical Revival Style 1895 - 1950
Beaux Arts Classicism Style 1885 - 1930
Spanish Colonial Revival Style 1915 - 1940
MODERN MOVEMENT PERIOD 1925 - 1950
Art Deco Style 1925 - 1940
Moderne Style 1930 - 1950
International Style 1930 - 1950
Above Ground Historic Property Types
The PHMC’s Web page offers a detailed discussion of the most commonly recognized
traditional house forms found in Pennsylvania (PHMC, 2010). Common historic building types
in Pennsylvania include mills, agricultural or industrial complexes, railroad related structures,
schools, churches, novelty buildings, Lake transport/shipping, forest and extraction industries,
state parks, and a wide variety of vernacular domestic forms. These buildings may include
details of established historic architectural styles, but their appearance is more dictated by
necessity and the function they serve (PHMC, 2010). Other historic resources include burial
grounds and cemeteries.
Pennsylvania is widely-recognized for possessing one of the most interesting collections of
historic bridges of any state. Its ever-expanding population and consequent transportation
requirements made the Keystone State a pioneer in transportation innovation, particularly in the
design of bridges. Pennsylvania claims numerous engineering milestones in American bridgebuilding
technology. The isolation of its western counties prompted a Fayette County judge,
James Finley (1756–1828) to invent America’s first suspension bridge in 1796. As the historic
center of the iron and steel industry, Pennsylvania once had several iron-bridge manufacturing
companies in the state. In 1996, Pennsylvania DOT and the Pennsylvania Division, Federal
Highway Administration, in cooperation with PHMC, launched an evaluation of all pre-1957
bridges, which includes county and municipality-owned structures, to identify and record even
more historic bridges.
Multiple and thematic resource property documentation
PHMC maintains a working list of multiple and thematic resource property documentation
through 2010 accepted by or listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Onethird
of National Register listed properties in the Commonwealth have been submitted under a
multiple or thematic context. The developed historic contexts relevant to the project area include
the following themes:
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