Rice's Landing Historic District

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Rice's Landing Historic District
W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop.jpg
W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop, 1991
Rice's Landing Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Rice's Landing Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by the Monongahela R., Water, Second, Bayard, Carmichael, High, Main and Ferry including Pumpkin Run Pk., Rice's Landing, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′57″N 80°00′00″W / 39.94917°N 80.00000°W / 39.94917; -80.00000Coordinates: 39°56′57″N 80°00′00″W / 39.94917°N 80.00000°W / 39.94917; -80.00000
Area81 acres (33 ha)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Vernacular Victorian
NRHP reference No.92001723[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1992

Rice's Landing Historic District is a national historic district located at Rice's Landing, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 63 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 5 contributing structures in the borough of Rice's Landing. The district is dominated by one- to two-story examples of vernacular Victorian, Colonial Revival, and American Craftsman style buildings. Notable non-residential buildings include the Methodist Episcopal Church (1873), brick jail (1850s), W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop (a National Historic Landmark), Excelsior Pottery, Rice's Landing National Bank building, Hughes store, and the Nash-Rambler Garage. Contributing structures include the remains of Monongahela River Lock Number 6, concrete bridge (1914), railroad bridge (1913), railroad tunnel (1913), and Dilworth Mine related structures.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[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 Christine Davis (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rice's Landing Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-22.


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