Juniata Terrace, a former industrial village, is a borough in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Modern chemistry during the Industrial Revolution invented products that made life more affordable and convenient.

The demand for rayon, also named artificial silk at the time, continued to far surpass production capabilities.

Owned as an investment by Dr. Henry Sweigart of Lewistown, almost half of the farm was slated for the new industrial village.

Dr. Swigart was given the honor of naming the new village, “Juniata Terrace.” The Shade family was renting the farm from Dr. Sweigart.

During that time, Emile G. Perrot left the company and started his own firm to concentrate on designs of buildings for universities and churches.

His work was so respected that American Viscose asked him to design the new community of Juniata Terrace.

Perrot traveled Europe and the US extensively to adopt design styles for the villages under his direction.

To alleviate the feeling of congestion, he used a popular design concept from the Garden Cities movement that provided for open space and greenways within a community of closely built homes.

Perrot chose a red brick, Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements house style for the village.

This architecture style allowed Perrot to employ cost-saving, repetitive designs while assimilating the row homes within the Garden City community.

Perrot’s use of multiple architectural design influences were certainly significant for the enduring historic qualities of Juniata Terrace.

Although the features were simplistic, the totality of the village layout, the repetitive front porches and bay windows and the slanted rooflines come together to form a harmonious design.

The front of the eight blocks of row homes face the centralized green space known as Terrace Boulevard.

The fourth block of Terrace Boulevard is set at an angle, providing some relief to the linear layout.

Twelve windows, and nineteen in the end and break homes, provide considerable natural sunlight and ventilation.

The Ballinger Co. was hired to manage construction and design the storm drainage and sewer system.

The project required millions of feet of lumber, bricks and wallboard, over 3,000 windows and 3,000 doors, drainage and sewer pipes, kitchen and bathroom appliances and fixtures, and much more over the next two years.

The removed dirt was pushed to create the space for the school, playground and stores (and eventually the church).

The streets and sidewalks were completed early in 1926 and the boulevards were planted with grass, bushes, trees and flowers that fall.

As landlords, American Viscose Co. required at least one person on the lease of each home to work at the Lewistown plant.

In 1972, when the Viscose closed after destruction by Hurricane Agnes, many residents at Juniata Terrace lost their jobs.

The Garden City design of Juniata Terrace was significant in creating an environment for the enjoyment and benefit of its residents.

In turn, residents’ participation in churches, schools, recreation and other activities in Lewistown blended the two communities into a larger social entity.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all land.