Slickville Historic District

Slickville Historic District is a national historic district located at Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 90 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the unincorporated village of Slickville. The company built mining town was built between 1916 and 1923. The contributing resources include workers and managers housing, four utilitarian mine-related buildings, a church, a school, a pump house, and a company store. The community was originally developed by the Cambria Steel Company, and later acquired by Bethlehem Steel who operated Slick Mine No. 91 after 1923.[2]

Slickville Historic District
First Avenue in Slickville, HABS Photo, April 1990
LocationRoughly bounded by Greenburg and Second Ave. and Delmont, Court, Cottage and Fred Sts., Salem Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°27′27″N 79°31′23″W
Area62 acres (25 ha)
Built1916–1923
Built byThomas Tressler, J.A. Truxall
MPSBituminous Coal and Coke Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.94000522[1]
Added to NRHPJune 3, 1994

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Carmen DiCiccio (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Slickville Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.


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