Eckley Historic District
Also known as: Town of Eckley; Pennsylvania Anthracite Museum,Eckley Village
Both sides of Main St. through town of Eckley, Eckley, Pennsylvania
Both sides of Main St. through town of Eckley, Eckley, Pennsylvania
A former coal company town in the anthracite region; now a museum.
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Description
Eckley, for the most part, has remained unchanged and is typical of the coal towns of the anthracite era. Paramount Pictures used the town as the setting for the 1969 motion picture "The Molly Maguires" starring Sean Connery. They constructed replicas of a frame coal breaker and a company store at that time. Today it is the Eckley Village Unit of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Museum.National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 26, 1971
- Reference number
- 71000710
- Architectural style
- Victorian: Gothic
- Areas of significance
- Industry; Architecture
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- District
- Historic functions
- Institutional housing; Extractive facility
- Current functions
- Museum; Single dwelling
- Periods of significance
- 1875-1899; 1850-1874
- Significant years
- ca. 1870; 1880
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 53
Sources
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- National Register database - Reference number 71000710 (Search for documents)
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