Penn-Craft Historic District
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Penn-Craft Historic District
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Buildings in Penncraft, Pennsylvania, Summer 1991
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| Location | Roughly bounded by PA 4020, Twp. Rd. 326, and Twp. Rd. 549, Luzerne Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°57′33″N 79°54′45″W / 39.95917°N 79.91250°WCoordinates: 39°57′33″N 79°54′45″W / 39.95917°N 79.91250°W |
| Area | 175 acres (71 ha) |
| Architect | Stanton, William Macy; Day, David |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 89000356 |
| Added to NRHP | May 18, 1989 |
Penn-Craft Historic District is a national historic district located at Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 108 contributing buildings, 7 contributing sites, and 6 contributing structures in the subsistence homestead community of Penn-Craft. The planned community was first built between 1937 and 1943 by the American Friends Service Committee, as a community for unemployed miners. In addition to two pre-Penn Craft dwellings, contributing buildings include remaining frame "temporary" houses, 50 stone houses, knitting factory (1939), cooperative store (1942), and a frame barn.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
When the June 2012 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho passed through southwestern Pennsylvania on June 29, 2012, the community's store was destroyed by a fire resulting from a lightning strike.
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