Shoaf Historic District

	Shoaf Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Coke ovens at Shoaf, April 1991
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Location	Roughly bounded by Nos. 1-170 First St., Second St., processing buildings and the bank of coke ovens, Georges Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°50′31″N 79°48′32″W / 39.84194°N 79.80889°WCoordinates: 39°50′31″N 79°48′32″W / 39.84194°N 79.80889°W
Area	38.5 acres (15.6 ha)
Built	1904
MPS	Bituminous Coal and Coke Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	94000518
Added to NRHP	June 3, 1994

Shoaf Historic District is a national historic district located at Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 39 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 5 contributing structures related to coke production in the community of Shoaf. The community was first established between 1903 and 1905 by the H. C. Frick & Company, and most of the contributing buildings were built between 1903 and the 1920s. The workers' housing largely consists of semi-detached frame dwellings. Mine and processing related buildings and structures include three original batteries of coke ovens (c. 1904), wood and steel tipple (c. 1905), mine entrance tipple (c. 1904), brick power house (1905), brick blacksmith and carpenter shop (1910), and concrete block supply house (c. 1919). Other buildings include the St. Helen's Roman Catholic Church rectory and a multiple-car garage (1922).^[2]

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

References[]

^ ^a ^b "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 Stephanie L. Reinert (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shoaf Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-29.

External links[]

Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, Shoaf, Fayette County, PA: 6 photos, 4 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
Shoaf coke works ruins and patch town

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[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 Stephanie L. Reinert (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shoaf Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-29.

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