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Brownsville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located adjacent to the Brownsville Northside Historic District at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 55 contributing buildings and two contributing structures in the central business district of Brownsville. Most of the contributing buildings ...
Brownsville is located at (40.020026, −79.889536), [16] situated on the east (convex) side of a broad sweeping westward bend in the northerly flowing Monongahela River on the northwestern edge of Fayette County
Brownsville is an unincorporated community located in western Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the intersection of Brownsville and Heffner Roads. A very small portion of the village extends into North Heidelberg Township.
The contributing sites are cemeteries associated with two of the churches, including Christ Church, the burial site of Brownsville namesake Thomas Brown. Located in the district and separately listed are the St. Peter's Church and Bowman's Castle. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]
U.S. Route 40 crosses the township, leading northwest into Brownsville borough and southeast to Uniontown, the Fayette County seat. Downtown Pittsburgh is 40 miles (64 km) to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 1.55 square miles (4.01 km 2 ), of which 1.50 square miles (3.89 km 2 ) is land ...
The Flatiron Building Heritage Center, located within the building at 69 Market Street, holds artifacts from Brownsville's heyday, as well as displays about the community's important coal and coke heritage. [3]
Pennsylvania Route 890 (PA 890) is an 9.00-mile-long (14.48 km) state highway located in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 225 in Zerbe Township. The northern terminus is at PA 61 in Upper Augusta Township. The route runs through rural areas as a two-lane road, passing through the community of Augustaville.
Market Street's lowest stretch runs north of the ramp off the West Brownsville bridge for 3-4 blocks (about the scene here), whereafter it begins a steady climb to the end of the re-routed U.S. Route 40 bridge built at a much higher elevation near the site of the original settlement, the Tavern, Trading Post, and Inn near today's Bowman's Castle.