Eckley Miners’ Village

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Eckley Miners’ Village is a preserved 19th-century coal mining company town in Pennsylvania that now serves as a museum interpreting the lives of anthracite miners and their families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic company town ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
museum ⓘ
buildingMaterial frame construction ⓘ
wood ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
museum ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
foundedAs company town ⓘ
governingBody Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission ⓘ
hasFeature churches ⓘ
coal breaker site ⓘ
company store ⓘ
miners’ houses ⓘ
museum visitor center ⓘ
outbuildings ⓘ
hasMuseumType industrial museum ⓘ
open-air museum ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
industry anthracite coal mining ⓘ
interpretiveFocus anthracite miners and their families ⓘ
company town life ⓘ
locatedIn Hazle Township ⓘ
Luzerne County ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
anthracite coal region ⓘ
nearestCity Hazleton, Pennsylvania ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1966-10-15 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000665 ⓘ
NRHPType historic district ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission ⓘ
originalFunction coal mining company town ⓘ
preservationStatus preserved 19th-century company town ⓘ
purpose interpretation of anthracite miners’ lives ⓘ
preservation of coal company town architecture ⓘ
region Northeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
significantPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
mid-19th century ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
theme coal mining technology ⓘ
immigrant history ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
labor history ⓘ
transportationAccess by road from Hazleton, Pennsylvania ⓘ

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Northeastern Pennsylvania → hasMajorAttraction → Eckley Miners’ Village ⓘ
The Molly Maguires → filmingLocation → Eckley Miners' Village, Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Weatherly, Pennsylvania → near → Eckley Miners’ Village ⓘ