College Hill Residential Historic District
College Hill, Easton, Pennsylvania | |
College Hill, Cattell Street. August 2013. | |
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Location | Roughly bounded by McCartney St., Pierce St., Pardee St., the Forks Township line and the Delaware R., Easton, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°42′17″N 75°12′17″W / 40.70472°N 75.20472°WCoordinates: 40°42′17″N 75°12′17″W / 40.70472°N 75.20472°W |
Area | 366 acres (148 ha) |
Built | 1887 |
Architect | Michler,William; Speer Lumber Co. |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal |
NRHP Reference # | 91000506[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 01, 1991 |
College Hill is a residential neighborhood in Easton, Pennsylvania. The neighborhood is situated on a hill overlooking downtown Easton. Lafayette College borders the neighborhood on its southwest side. The northern boundary of the neighborhood is Forks Township. The boundary lies along Chestnut Ridge, a steep hill that rises to 700 feet.
The neighborhood has 855 buildings, primarily built between 1830 and 1940.[2] The district contains a mix of architectural styles, including Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Stick Style, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Foursquare, and Homestead Temple House.[2]
One notable building is McKelvy House (200 High St.) designed in 1888 by McKim, Mead, and White. The building is currently owned by Lafayette College and used as a student residence. It was built John Eyerman, a Lafayette alumnus and faculty member, as a gift to his bride Lucy Maxwell.[3]
Specific properties on the National Register of Historic Places include 630 Weygadt Dr.[4]
Many College Hill residents are professors at Lafayette College. Generally, residents of College Hill are fairly wealthy and well educated.
Gallery
- Cattell St.
- Brodhead St.
- McKelvy House, High St.
- Residence on Weygadt Dr.
- St. Peter Lutheran Church.
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Thomas E. Jones (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: College Hill Residential Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ↑ "McKelvy House". Historic Campus Architecture Project. Council of Independent Colleges. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ↑ Laskey 2009, p. 23
- Laskey, Caitlin Douglas (2009) Recreating an Early 20th-Century Kitchen: A Case Study in Preservation and Green Design. (Masters thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved March 2010.
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