Pennsylvania - Somerset County - Vacant / Not In Use
Somerset County Pennsylvania (Vacant / Not In Use) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cairnbrook Historic District, Hite House, New Colonial Hotel, Shade Furnace Archeological District and Trostletown Bridge.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Somerset County places including Dickey, S.E., and Co., George Reynolds, Meyersdale Planing Mill and Peter Gerhart. Prominent architectural styles found in Somerset Country are Colonial Revival and Prairie School.

Cairnbrook Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000523)
Roughly bounded by the Penn Central RR tracks, McGregor Ave., Windber Ave. and John St., Shade Township , Cairnbrook
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dickey, S.E., and Co.
Architectural Style:
Other, Prairie School
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
American Industrial
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Hite House (added 1998 - - #98001428)
121 W. Main St. , Stoystown Borough
Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
New Colonial Hotel (added 2005 - - #05000411)
Also known as Stagecoach Inn; Sechler Sports Distributing, Historic Colonial Hotel
319 Main St. , Meyersdale
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Meyersdale Planing Mill
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Meeting Hall, Restaurant
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Shade Furnace Archeological District (added 2008 - - #07001380)
Also known as Old Shade Furnace; Shade Forge, 36S0282;36So283;32S0284
Address Restricted , Reitz
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure, Village Site, Water Works
Current Function:
Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Trostletown Bridge (added 1980 - - #80003636)
SE of Stoystown off US 30, Quemahonig Township , Stoystown
Wonder al, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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