Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA

See also HABS PA-5973 for related information on the refractories industry.
Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations, & floor plans.
Significance: Kistler was built by the Mount Union Refractories Company to house workers for its plant on the opposite side of the Juniata River in Huntington county (HAER No. PA-5974). The company distinguished itself from others in the region by hiring nationally town planner John Nolen and the New York architectural team of Mann and MacNeille to design Kistler as a model company town. Although the public buildings on the town green are gone, the town plan and most of the town's original clapboard and shingle-clad houses remain intact.
Survey number: HABS PA-5976
Building/structure dates: 1916- 1917 Initial Construction