Mount Union 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 Mount Union in

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Huntingdon County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,092. Its county seat is Huntingdon. The county was created on September 20, 1787, mainly from the northern part of Bedford Count ...

. The district includes 58 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure 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 Mount Union. Notable buildings include the

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-style John Shaver House (1818), Shapiro Theater (1915), T.A. Appleby Store and House (c. 1870), Kenmar Hotel (1880s, 1904), Penn Central National Bank (1916), Peduzzi's and the Weller Building (1913-1914), Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Depot (1914), St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church (1904-1905), First United Methodist Church (1925-1926), St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church (1912-1913), Mount Union Elementary School (1923-1924), and U.S. Post Office (1936). The contributing sites include the I.O.O.F. community cemetery, founded in 1872, and the former Victoria Park. Located in the district and listed separately is the

Harbison-Walker Refractories Company Harbison-Walker Refractories Company originated as the Star Firebrick Company on March 7, 1865, with Articles of Association by a group of Pittsburgh and Allegheny residents. On January 30, 1875, Hay Walker Sr. and Samuel P. Harbison entered Articl ...

complex. ''Note:'' This includes 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 v ...

in 1994.

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All of the following are located in Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA: * * * * * * * * {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania