Clearfield, PA

xzmattzx · #1 Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 2:00 AM**

Clearfield is a borough in central Pennsylvania. It is the seat of Clearfield County and was laid out in 1805. Clearfield has a population of around 6,600.

Houses on Daisy Street at 8th Street.

Buildings on Daisy Street.

A house on Daisy Street.

Another house on Daisy Street.

Businesses on 2nd Street.

Houses on Front Street.

Businesses on Market Street. The old Dimeling Hotel, built in 1904, is on the right.

The Clearfield County Courthouse, at 2nd & Market Streets. The courthouse was built in 1862.

Businesses on 2nd Street.

Buildings on Market Street. The Ritz Theatre, built in 1926 in a structure dating from the 1890s, is on the right.

Businesses on Market Street.

The old Dimeling Hotel, built in 1904 and now a senior assisted living facility, on Market Street at 2nd Street.

Houses on Front Street.

Houses on Williams Street.

TinChelseaNYC · #2 Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 2:50 AM**

Nice. Sweet little town!

DetroitSky · #3 Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 3:02 AM**

I'm surprised to see that big hotel there. Looks like a nice town.

Thundertubs · #4 Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 3:13 AM**

I was also surprised by that hotel.
As I-80 goes across PA, it doesn't go near any cities of notable size, so there are signs for places like Clearfield and DuBois for miles and miles. It's interesting to actualy see the place. It looks alright. Nice tour.

Evergrey · #5 Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 3:58 AM**

http://www.dennysbeerbarrelpub.com/

whatsthepoint13 · #6 Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 4:14 AM**

The typical American small towns are always so nice and peaceful.

ColDayMan · #7 Posted **Jun 26, 2008, 4:41 AM**

Not bad!

FREKI · #8 Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 7:42 AM**

For a city of 6000 it looks very urban to me..

Nice work mate!

Kingofthehill · #9 Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 8:25 AM**

The Dimeling Hotel is sexy.

flar · #10 Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 1:38 PM**

I'm not that surprised about the hotel. It seems almost every little town in the US has at least one really great building.

10101000 · #11 Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 3:13 PM**

Awesome

pj3000 · #12 Posted **Jun 27, 2008, 6:18 PM**

God-awful depressing grays and browns of north central PA. A couple decent bars by the river in Clearfield.

Evergrey · #13 Posted **Jun 28, 2008, 12:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by pj3000

God-awful depressing grays and browns of north central PA. A couple decent bars by the river in Clearfield.

not digging the insulbrick?

Austinlee · #14 Posted **Jun 28, 2008, 12:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by Evergrey

not digging the insulbrick?

Hahaha. I hate insulbrick. UGLY.

Swinefeld · #15 Posted **Jun 29, 2008, 2:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kingofthehill

The Dimeling Hotel is sexy.

I like that hotel too. Nice town.

pj3000 · #16 Posted **Jun 29, 2008, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Evergrey

not digging the insulbrick?

I love the insulbrick! Western PA has gotta be the capital for it. Rugged, durable, with a subtle beauty to its ugliness. It was the covering of choice for the homes of my great-grandparents and grandparents... thankfully, my father didn't find it quite so lovely. Those types of houses combined with the gloomy late-fall and winter PA weather (as displayed by Clearfield in this thread), just make me want to find the nearest bar and drink until spring... which is just what a lot of people do in those parts.

Still, I'll take an early 1900s classic covered in insulbrick over new vinyl-sided crap any day.

JackStraw · #17 Posted **Jun 30, 2008, 2:48 AM**

Awesome thread as always xzmattzx. I use to always go through Clearfield on the good old greyhound on my way to see an ex-girlfriend at IUP(I Usually Party).

Clearfield, DuBoise, Punxsutawney, and Indiana are cool little PA towns.

flar · #18 Posted **Jun 30, 2008, 2:59 AM**

I lived in a house covered in insulbric when I was a kid. It was ugly and we covered it with white vinyl siding. It was still ugly.