Sunbury Historic District
Sunbury Historic District | |
Edison Hotel in the Sunbury Historic District, April 2011 | |
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Location | Roughly bounded by Arch, Chestnut, Front, and 5th Sts., Sunbury, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°51′50″N 76°47′21″W / 40.86389°N 76.78917°WCoordinates: 40°51′50″N 76°47′21″W / 40.86389°N 76.78917°W |
Area | 65 acres (26 ha) |
Built | ca. 1870 |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian |
Demolished | 1914 |
Restored | ca. 1918 |
NRHP Reference # | 83004240[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 3, 1983 |
Sunbury Historic District is a national historic district located at Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 238 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Sunbury. The significant residential buildings are constructed of wood or brick, 2 1/2-stories, in a variety of architectural styles including Federal, Colonial Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne. Notable buildings include the separately listed Northumberland County Courthouse in addition to the County Jail (1876), James Tilghman House (1773), Maclay-Wolverton House (1773-1774), Keithan's Store, Central Hotel, Sunbury Textile Mills (1896), Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Depot, Edison Hotel, Masonic Temple (1907), Chestnut Street Opera House (1901), and Sunbury Market (1901). It was destroyed by a fire in 1914, and the current structure was built in the same place around 1918.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
- First Reformed Church, at 2nd and Chestnut, on an old postcard
- First Presbyterian Church on an old postcard
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Thomas R. Deans and Pamela Wolf (1981–1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sunbury Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-27.