The Patton 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 ...

that is located in

Patton George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in Franc ...

Cambria County, Pennsylvania Cambria County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,472. Its county seat is Ebensburg. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset Countie ...

. 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 1996.

History and architectural features

This district includes forty-two contributing buildings that are located in a predominantly residential area of Patton. The predominant architectural style is

American Foursquare The American Foursquare or American Four Square is an American house style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass-produced elements of the Victorian architecture, Victorian and other Revival styles popul ...

, with some notable examples of

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

and

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

styles. Notable buildings include St. Mary's Church (1899), St. Mary's Rectory (1899), St. Mary's School (1913), the A. O. Summerville House (c. 1897), the W. H. Sanford House (c. 1897), the Charles Rhody House (c. 1890), Dr. Stiles House (1907), the Prindible Houses (c. 1893-1897), Trinity United Methodist Church (1901), St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church (1904), the Cambria Heights Middle School (1894), and Patton High School (1903). ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

in 1996.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Romanesque Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Cambria County, Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Cambria County, Pennsylvania