South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District
South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Wyandotte, Columbia, Hayes, and Morton St., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°36′45″N 75°22′30″W / 40.61250°N 75.37500°WCoordinates: 40°36′45″N 75°22′30″W / 40.61250°N 75.37500°W |
Area | 74 acres (30 ha) |
Built | 1917 |
Architect | Leh, A.W.; et al. |
Architectural style | Gothic, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 05001500[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 3, 2006 |
South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District is a national historic district in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It includes 288 contributing buildings and 2 contributing objects. It encompasses a concentration of late-19th through early 20th century commercial, municipal, industrial and residential buildings. Most of them date from about 1900 to 1935. Notable non-residential buildings include several Bethlehem Steel-related buildings, the South Bethlehem Post Office (1916), Bethlehem Public Library (1929), Protection Firehouse (Touchstone Theater, 1875), E.P. Wilbur Trust Building (1910), Holy Infancy Catholic Church (1892), St. John Windish Lutheran Church (1910), Windish Hall (c. 1915), and the Banana Factory (c. 1900).[2]
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
Gallery[]
Panoramic View of South Bethlehem
Holy Infancy Catholic Church, October 2011
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Shelby Weaver Splain (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Historic districts in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs