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Quarries of the Hummelstown Brownstone Company

  • Also Known As: Berst Quarries
  • Also Known As: Pennsylvania Brown Freestone Company Quarries
  • Vicinity: Roughly N of Brookline Dr, Amber Dr
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1863/00/00
1885/00/00

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Particulars for Quarries of the Hummelstown Brownstone Company:
Criteria Exemplar
Historic Use Extractive Facility
Area of Significance Industry
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Sight Category Site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 27th February 2003

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Quarries of the Hummelstown Brownstone Company
Registry Address: Roughly N of Brookline Dr., Amber Dr.
Registry Number: 03000075
Resource Type: Site
Owner: Private
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 21
Contributing Sites: 4
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Industry
Applicable Criteria: Event
Significant Year: 1863, 1885
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Extractive facility, Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Landscape, Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function: Natural feature

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