en Smock Historic District

	Smock Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	Roughly bounded by Redstone Cemetery, Colonial Mine No. 1, Smock Hill, Colonial Mine No. 2 and Redstone Cr., Franklin Township and Menallen Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°59′59″N 79°46′39″W / 39.99972°N 79.77750°W
Area	187 acres (76 ha)
Built	1911
Built by	Pittsburg Coal Co. et al
MPS	Bituminous Coal and Coke Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	94000520
Added to NRHP	June 3, 1994

The Smock Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Franklin Township and Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

History and architectural features

This district includes 177 contributing buildings, four contributing sites, seven contributing structures, and one contributing object that are located in the coal mining community of Smock. Most of the contributing buildings and structures were built between the 1880s and 1923. They include the extractive and archaeological remains of Colonial Mines No. 1 and 2 and related coke operations, 109 company built dwellings (92 workers' houses and 17 managers' houses), the Redstone Creek bridge, and the Smock War Monument. Other buildings are three schools, the company store, three churches, and a movie theater.^[2]

This district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Carmen DiCiccio (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smock Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved January 29, 2012.

External links

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-365, "Colonial Mines Bathhouse, Smock, Fayette County, PA", 1 photo, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Carmen DiCiccio (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smock Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved January 29, 2012.

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