Salem Crossroads Historic District

Salem Crossroads Historic District is a national historic district located at Delmont, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 64 contributing buildings in the historic core of Delmont, originally called Salem Crossroads. The district includes buildings largely constructed between 1830 and 1870. It includes four log houses, numerous Greek Revival style buildings, the Central Hotel, a Gothic Revival style church, feed mill, wagon shop, livery stable, brickyard, blacksmith shop, and an old Ford Garage, dated to the 1920s.[2] Plans to restore the area as a living museum never materialized.[3]

Salem Crossroads Historic District
Historic water trough on
East Pittsburgh Street
Salem Crossroads Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Salem Crossroads Historic District
Salem Crossroads Historic District is located in the United States
Salem Crossroads Historic District
LocationPittsburgh and Greenburg Sts., Delmont, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°24′44″N 79°34′10″W / 40.41222°N 79.56944°W / 40.41222; -79.56944
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.78002484[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1978

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Barbara A. Hoff (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Salem Crossroads Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  3. ^ Delmont Borough website Archived February 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine