The borough of Coraopolis was incorporated in 1886, with a sawmill and a grist mill. Some residents invested in the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad in 1877, and there was a very short oil boom in 1890.
The Coraopolis Historical Society has a walking tour based on old postcards.
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| Coraopolis Train Station (1896, by architects Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge in Richardson Romanesque style) for the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad |
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| Former Hotel Helm (1913) with a corner turret |
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| Former Coraopolis Savings and Trust Company; note the street lights from 1958 |
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| Former Ohio Valley Trust Company (KSS) |
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| Former YMCA (c 1919) is now an apartment building |
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| Abundant Life Church (KSS) |
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| Former residence (c 1909) of M M Watson is missing its front porch |
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| Former First United Presbyterian Church (1915, by Thomas Hannah) |
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| The former First United Presbyterian Church is now home to a metaphysical store offering healing modalities (KSS) |
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| Coraopolis Historical Society Corner with a green finial from the 1911 Sewickley Bridge |
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| Ingot mold for steel produced by Shenango Incorporated on Neville Island in the Ohio River next to Coraopolis |
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| Former Coraopolis Junior High School (1924) is now Ridgeview Apartments |
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| Former Residence (c 1900) of Dr John Jay Crawford |
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| Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (1952-1954) |
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| Old First Baptist Church (1903) |
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| Former Coraopolis High School (1918) is now Statevue Apartments |
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| Former residence of W P McCabe (c 1880) |
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| St Joseph Roman Catholic Church (1924) |
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| First Presbyterian Church (1929); this is sort of a side-rear view |
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| Coraopolis VFW Post Hall (1941, by T Ed Cornelius) |
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| Coraopolis Veterans War Memorial (2020) |
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| The façade of the VFW Post Hall appears to be almost art deco in style |
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| Coraopolis clock and gazebo |
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| Former Coraopolis Municipal Building (1929) |
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