Editing Commodore, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Commodore was founded in 1919 by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation, a subsidiary of the [[New York Central Railroad]]. It was named in honor of [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], founder of that railroad. (Vanderbilt was known by the nickname or unofficial rank of Commodore due to his background as a riverboat owner.)

The town was created as a "model town", with a higher caliber of worker housing than other coal mining communities. Houses were constructed of concrete block, not wood. Also, the houses had toilets and the community had a sewer system, which were unusual in comparison to neighboring mining communities.<ref>{{cite book | last = Busovicki | first = John F. | title = Indiana County | publisher = Arcadia Publishing | year = 2003 | location = Charleston, South Carolina | pages = 90–91 | isbn = 0-7385-1181-1 }}</ref>

Streets were named after executives of the coal company: F.E. Herriman (President), John Fisher (Vice President), H.B. Douglas (Assistant to the President), A.J. Musser (General Manager), and H.J. Hinterleitner (General Superintendent). The town and its initial buildings were designed by Paul Gill, an engineer of the coal company.<ref name="arch">{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = December 5, 2011| archive-date = September 14, 2005| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050914194407/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H094510_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Commodore Historic District| access-date = 2011-12-04| author = R. Ann Safley| format = PDF| date = May 1994}}</ref>

The community was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as '''Commodore Historic District''' on August 26, 1994. The national [[Historic district (United States)|Historic district]] has 94 contributing buildings.<ref name = nris/>