Centre County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1800
Parent counties: Huntingdon, Lycoming, Mifflin, and Northumberland

Namesake: Centre Furnace
Seat: Bellefonte (1800–)

Land area: 1,110 square miles

Population (2020): 158,172

Population (historic): 10,681 (1810); 20,492 (1840); 34,418 (1870); 42,894 (1900); 46,294 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1830; 1840–1890; 1930–1980; 2000s

Subdivisions: Two municipalities; nine boroughs; 26 townships

National Register listings: 66

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,379 (14.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 33.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,638
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,706
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,295
Average farm size (1920): 76.4 acres

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Bellefonte

Namesake: A reference to a spring near the city site

Founding: 1795 (platting); 1796 (post office); 1806 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,187

Population (historic): 303 (1810); 1,032 (1840); 2,655 (1870); 4,216 (1900); 4,804 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1900; 1920–1970; 1980–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 850 (28.3%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *David Leyden House (c. 1880). Buffalo Run Road, southwest of Armagast Road. Benner. Eastlake. Razed.
2. *Edward Humes House (c. 1850). 1841 Seibert Road. Benner. Federal.
3. *Brockerhoff Mill (1862). 5 Spring Creek Road. Benner. Italianate.
4. *Harmony Forge House / Joseph Miles Farm (c. 1815). 318 Harmony Forge West Road. Boggs. Georgian/Gothic Revival.
5. *Felix Dale Farm (1823). 400 Boalsburg Road. College.
6. *Moses Thompson House (c. 1830/1870). 1001 East College Avenue. College. Italianate.
7. *John Thompson Farm (1813–1814). 600 East Branch Road. College.
8. *Bucher Ayres Farm (1858). 5200 Whitehall Road. Ferguson. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
9. James Evans House (c. 1880). 147 Kline Road. Gregg. Second Empire.
10. *William Allison House (c. 1880). 3903 Penn's Valley Road. Gregg. Gothic Revival.
11. *Jared Fisher House (1856). 4188 Penn's Valley Road. Gregg. Italianate/Greek Revival.
12. *Abraham Elder Farm (1808/1832). 1887 Half-Moon Valley Road. Half-Moon.
13. *George Wilson Farm (c. 1810). 3911 Half-Moon Valley Road. Half-Moon. Georgian.
14. *Boal Estate (1789/1798/1898–1905). 163 Boal Estate Drive. Harris. Georgian/Classical Revival.
15. *Christian Bechdel House (1831). 91 Main Street. Liberty. Federal.
16. *Tobias Pickle Farm (1813). 461 Smullton Road. Miles.
17. *Centre Mill (1802–1803). 461 Smullton Road. Miles.
18. *John Gray Farm (1793). 5461 Buffalo Run Road. Patton. Georgian.
19. *Frank Clemson House (1909). 111 Eagle Spring Road. Patton. Classical Revival.
20. *Daniel Waggoner Log House (c. 1809). 354 Egg Hill Road. Potter.
21. *Andrew Gregg Farm (c. 1825). 221 Middle Road. Potter. Federal.
22. *Leonard Rhone Farm (1853). 177 Rimmey Road. Potter. Federal.
23. *John Dunlop House (c. 1800/1818). 772 Axemann Road. Spring. Georgian.
24. *John Dunlop House (1803). 4098 Axemann Road. Spring. Georgian.
25. *House. 644 Pleasant View Road. Spring. Swiss Revival.
26. *Samuel Lyons Farm (1861). State Route 64, southwest of Gilltown Road. Spring. Italianate. Razed.
27. *Aaron Hall House (1870). 1923 Rattlesnake Pike. Union. Italianate.