Uptown Somerset 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

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Somerset County, Pennsylvania Somerset County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania German: ''Somerset Kaundi'') is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the po ...

. The district includes 190 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object. It encompasses an area centered on the county government complex and

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, with the surrounding commercial district, residential areas, and cemetery. Notable buildings include the former Somerset Trust Company Building (1906), First National Bank (1922), County Jail and Sheriff's Residence (1856, 1889), Lansberry House (1869), Edward Scull House (1847), former Somerset Academy (1882), Printing House Row (1872), St. Paul's United Church of Christ (1887), IOOF Building (1889), and First Christian Church (1909-1912). ''Note:'' This includes and It was listed on the

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in 1995, with a boundary increase in 1997.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Second Empire architecture in Pennsylvania Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Somerset County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-NRHP-stub