Bedford Historic District is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 located at Bedford

Bedford, Pennsylvania

Bedford is a borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, west of the State Capital, Harrisburg. It is the county seat of Bedford County. Bedford was established in the mid-18th century. Population counts follow: 1890, 2,242; 1900, 2,167; 1910, 2,385. The population was 3,141 at the 2000...

, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,762. The county seat is Bedford. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

. The district includes 210 contributing buildings in the central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 and surrounding residential area of Bedford. The buildings date between 1750 and 1930, and include notable examples of Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...

, Italianate

Italianate architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...

, and Federal

Federal architecture

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 style architecture. Notable non-residential buildings include the Fort Bedford Museum (1750s), Neptune House (c. 1880), G. C. Murphy Company Building (c. 1875), Arnold Building (c. 1870), Victoria House (1876), Bedford Cafe (c. 1875), Talvin Lodge (1880), Penn Bedford Hotel (1922), Ford Garage (1922), and St. Thomas the Apostle Church (c. 1817). Located in the district and listed separately are the Barclay House

Barclay House (Bedford, Pennsylvania)

Barclay House, also known as the Bedford Mansion, is a historic home located at Bedford in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick dwelling with Gothic and Italianate style details. It has a jerkin-head gable roof. It once housed the Bedford County Public...

, Espy House

Espy House

Espy House, also known as David Espy House or Gen. Arthur St. Clair Office is a house in Bedford, Pennsylvania. The house is significant for its association with American Revolutionary War General Arthur St...

, Russell House

Russell House (Bedford, Pennsylvania)

Russell House, also known as Pate Funeral Home, is a historic home located at Bedford in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1815-1816, and is a 2 1/2-story, 5-bay by 3-bay, brick dwelling in the late-Georgian style. A two-story rear ell was added about 1840-1845...

, and Chalybeate Springs Hotel

Chalybeate Springs Hotel

Chalybeate Springs Hotel, also known as The Chalybeate, is a historic 19th and early-20th century resort hotel located at Bedford Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It consists of the original two-story, three-bay Federal-style brick dwelling built about 1851. In 1867, the front wing of the...

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1983.