Lancaster City Historic District

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Lancaster City Historic District
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St James Episcopal Church, August 2011
Lancaster City Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Lancaster City Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Liberty St., Broad St., Greenwood Ave., Race Ave.,, Lancaster and Manheim Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°02′29″N 76°18′25″W / 40.04139°N 76.30694°W / 40.04139; -76.30694Coordinates: 40°02′29″N 76°18′25″W / 40.04139°N 76.30694°W / 40.04139; -76.30694
Area1,906 acres (771 ha)
Built1760
ArchitectUrban, C. Emlen; et al.
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Italianate, et al.
NRHP reference No.01000956[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 2001

Lancaster City Historic District is a national historic district located at Lancaster and Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It measures 3 square miles and includes 13,459 contributing buildings, 9 contributing sites, 6 contributing structures, and 19 contributing objects in the city of Lancaster. The buildings date from 1760 to 1950, with the majority dating from 1860 to 1930. A number of buildings were designed by Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban. All the previously listed individual buildings and structures and historic districts are included in this district. Other notable buildings and sites include the City Hall (1891-1892), Lancaster County Prison (1851), Miller and Hartman Building, Shaub Shoe Store, Watt & Shand, Conestoga Steam Cotton Works (1845-1910), Posey Iron Works, St. Mary's Catholic Church (1852 / 1867), Temple Shaarai Shamoyim (1895-1896), Bethel A.M.E. Church (c. 1880), the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Railroad Station (1929), Lancaster Cemetery, Woodward Hill Cemetery, and Zion Lutheran Cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Sarah M. Kurtz (March 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lancaster City Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-26.


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