Beallsville Historic District is a district in

Beallsville, Pennsylvania Beallsville is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States and part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area since 1950. The population was 392 at the 2020 census. Much of the borough has been designated the Beallsville Historic Di ...

. It is designated as a historic district by the

Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation is a non-profit educational institution in Washington, Pennsylvania. Its purpose is to encourage and assist the preservation of historic structures in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The foundatio ...

. The district covers a "typical pike town" of the

National Road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...

through this area, meeting criteria laid out in a

Multiple Property Submission The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

study. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1996. In 1996, there were 91 contributing buildings, 1 other

contributing site In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

(the Beallsville Cemetery), 1 other

contributing object In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

(a c.1835 National Road iron milestone marker), and 29 non-contributing buildings, in the district. and continuation sheets of same an
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/ref> In the western part of the district the buildings are largely vernacular with

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

Federal Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

architectural influences showing in many, from the National Road era of 1818–1852. The eastern part of the district includes larger

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

and Queen Anne style houses from later in the 19th century. Significant properties in the district include: *984 Maiden Street, the oldest building in the district, a log building from 1788 that was home of town founder Zephaniah Beall *the 1821 Greenfield Stand, a.k.a. Greenfield Tavern, at 2848 Maiden Street *the John Hough House, at 2852 Main Street, an "unassuming" house of a tollkeeper on the road *Beallsville Methodist Church, from 1874

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Washington County, Pennsylvania National Road Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Pennsylvania