Brookville Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Brookville,

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Jefferson County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,492. Its county seat is Brookville. The county was established on March 26, 1804, from part of Lycoming County and later organized ...

. The district includes 263 contributing buildings in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

and surrounding residential areas of Brookville. The buildings date between about 1838 and 1930, and include notable examples of vernacular and high style

Late Victorian Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. ''Victorian'' refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian we ...

style architecture. Notable buildings include the Judge Elijah Heath House (1836), Railroad House Hotel (1851), Blood Block (1875-1876), Marlin Opera House Block (1883-1884), McKnight Building, Northside School (1939), Methodist Episcopal Church (1910, rebuilt 1922-1923), Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (1872), Jenks Foundry (1878), Brookville Y.M.C.A. (1915), Columbia Theater (1918-1919), Jefferson County Courthouse (1867), Brookville Borough Building, and U.S. Post Office. Located in the district and separately listed are the

Brookville Presbyterian Church and Manse Brookville Presbyterian Church and Manse is a historic Presbyterian church located at White and Main Streets in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The church was built in 1904–1905, and is a Richardsonian Romanesque- ...

, Joseph E. Hall House, and

Gray-Taylor House The Gray-Taylor House is an historic, American home that is located in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Located in the Brookville Historic District, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. History and arch ...

. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to 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 v ...

in 1984.

Gallery

File:Downtown Brookville PA Nov 09.jpg, Downtown Brookville, November 2009 File:Brookville, Pennsylvania.jpg, Downtown Brookville, November 2009

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania