Woodvale Historic District is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

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 located at Broad Top Township

Broad Top Township, Pennsylvania

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, Bedford County

Bedford County, Pennsylvania

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; Wells Township

Wells Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania

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, Fulton County

Fulton County, Pennsylvania

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; and Wood Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

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. The district includes 79 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures in the coal mining community of Woodvale. The buildings date between about 1890 and 1942, and include industrial buildings, institutional buildings, and vernacular worker's housing. They were built by the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company. Non-residential buildings include the Methodist Church (1911), St. Michael's Greek Orthodox Church (1930s), a social hall, a mule barn, power house, railroad machine shop (1918), and post office

Post office

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 (1919).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1992.