Star Junction Historic District
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Star Junction Historic District
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Old company store in Star Junction, May 1989
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| Location | Roughly the jct. of PA 51 and PA 4036, including Post Office Rd., Church St., PA 532, and Old Ridge Rd., Perry Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°03′42″N 79°45′43″W / 40.06167°N 79.76194°WCoordinates: 40°03′42″N 79°45′43″W / 40.06167°N 79.76194°W |
| Area | 100 acres (40 ha) |
| Built | 1892 |
| Built by | Washington Coal and Coke |
| Architectural style | Other, company built miner's duplex |
| MPS | Bituminous Coal and Coke Resources of Pennsylvania MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 97001244 |
| Added to NRHP | October 24, 1997 |
Star Junction Historic District is a national historic district located at Perry Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 163 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the bituminous coal mining community of Star Junction. Most of the contributing buildings were built between 1892 and 1918, and 130 of the contributing buildings are two-story, frame duplex workers housing. The oldest building is the Whitsett farmhouse, built about 1845. Other buildings and structures include 22 mine manager's dwellings ("Tony Row"), two former mine buildings, two churches, a parsonage, two commercial buildings, a concrete highway bridge (1921), and earthen dam reservoir (c. 1892).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
A string of Star Junction company homes, October 2009
Star Junction coal-patch style housing, October 2009
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