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Danville Historic District (Danville, Pennsylvania)

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NRHP Reference #
  
94000828

Year built
  
1792

Area
  
31 ha

Added to NRHP
  
18 August 1994

Danville Historic District (Danville, Pennsylvania)

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Bloom St., Cedar St., the Susquehanna R. and Chestnut St., Danville, Pennsylvania

Architect
  
Wetzell, Charles, et al.

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Federal, Queen Anne

Danville Historic District is a national historic district located in Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 291 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Danville. The buildings mostly date from the 1840s to the early 20th century. The district incorporates the previously listed and predominantly residential Danville West Market Street Historic District. Residential buildings are mostly of brick and frame construction, with some log and stone dwellings, and in a variety of architectural styles including Italianate, Federal, Queen Anne and Second Empire. It includes the separately listed General William Montgomery House and Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA. Other notable non-residential buildings include the Montour County Courthouse (1871), Mahoning Presbyterian Church (1853), Pine Street Lutheran Church (c. 1860), Eli Trego Building, Heim Suspender Factory (1835), First Ward School (c. 1870), Bnai Zion Temple (c. 1865), and Jemima Donaldson's Cross Keys Tavern (c. 1812).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

References

Danville Historic District (Danville, Pennsylvania) Wikipedia