Brownsville Commercial Historic District, Brownsville

Name: Brownsville Commercial Historic District
Address: Brownsville, United States

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Brownsville Commercial Historic District

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Brownsville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located adjacent to the Brownsville Northside Historic District at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 55 contributing buildings and two contributing structures in the central business district of Brownsville. Most of the contributing buildings are three and four-story brick commercial buildings built between 1900 and 1930, with four buildings dated to the 19th century. The oldest building is the Flatiron Building. Other notable buildings include the International Order of Odd Fellows Building, Monongahela National Bank, Second National Bank, Snowdon Building, Union Station, Crawford Building, and Borough Building. The contributing structures are the separately listed Dunlap's Creek Bridge and a stone railroad tunnel. ()

Coordinates: 40°1'17"N, 79°53'13"W

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Brownsville Commercial Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Brownsville Bridge, Bowman's Castle, Dunlap's Creek Bridge, Lane Bane Bridge.

~920 ftNW
Bridge
Brownsville Bridge, Brownsville
5 min walk • The Brownsville Bridge, also known as the Intercounty Bridge and the West Brownsville Bridge, is a truss bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Brownsville, Pennsylvania and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
~930 ftNE
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Bowman's Castle, Brownsville
5 min walk • Bowman's Castle, also known as Nemacolin Castle, was built in present-day Brownsville, Pennsylvania, at the western terminus of the Nemacolin's Trail on the east bank of the Monongahela river.
~340 ftW
Bridge
Dunlap's Creek Bridge, Brownsville
2 min walk • Dunlap's Creek Bridge was the first arch bridge in the United States built of cast iron. It was designed by Richard Delafield and built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
~1380 ftN
Bridge
Lane Bane Bridge, Brownsville
7 min walk • The Lane Bane Bridge is a truss bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Brownsville, Pennsylvania and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
~550 ftNE
Museum
Flatiron Building, Brownsville
3 min walk • The Flatiron Building in Brownsville, Pennsylvania is located in the Brownsville Commercial Historic District. The building is owned and was restored by the Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation.
0.5 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peter's Church, Brownsville
13 min walk • The Historic Church of St. Peter is a Roman Catholic church in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in the Diocese of Greensburg. The Historic Church of St. Peter also has a partner parish in Grindstone, Pennsylvania named St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church, which was built in 1931.
0.4 miE
40°1'23"N • 79°52'46"W
Monongahela River, Brownsville
11 min walk • Museum
~310 ftW
Forts and castles
Redstone Old Fort, Brownsville
2 min walk • Redstone Old Fort — or Redstone Fort or Fort Burd — on the Nemacolin Trail, was the name of the French and Indian War-era wooden fort built in 1759 by Pennsylvania militia colonel James Burd to guard the ancient Indian trail's river ford on a mound overlooking the eastern shore...

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Which popular attractions are close to Brownsville Commercial Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Redstone Old Fort, Brownsville (2 min walk), Dunlap's Creek Bridge, Brownsville (2 min walk), Flatiron Building, Brownsville (3 min walk), Brownsville Bridge, Brownsville (5 min walk).