NRHP Reference # 96001552 Year built 1852 | Area 3.581 km² Added to NRHP 2 January 1997 | |
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Location Roughly bounded by Elm Ave., Broadway, Eisenhower Dr., Hollywood Ave., and Hanover borough boundary line, Hanover, Pennsylvania Architect Dempwolf, John A. & Reinhardt Architectural style Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Other, PA German vernacular | ||
Hanover Historic District is a national historic district located at Hanover in York County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 2,632 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, 3 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object (The Picket) in the central business district and surrounding residential area of Hanover. Most of the buildings date between 1870 and 1946, with some notable Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, and Pennsylvania German vernacular style frame and brick buildings. Notable contributing buildings include the Forney House (1905), Evangelical Brethren Church Rectory (c. 1930), Hanover Shoe Store (c. 1930), Sheppard and Myers Building (c. 1890), M'Calister Inn (c. 1925), Peoples Bank building (1901), Hanover Broad Silk Works (c. 1910), Myers and Sheppard Residence (1912-1913), Emmanuel United Church of Christ (1899), Union Station (1892), Bank of Hanover (1906), and Hanover Public Library (1910). The contributing structures are two natural gas pumping stations (c. 1940) and a railroad freight car (1922). Located in the district and separately listed are the Eichelberger High School, George Nace (Neas) House (c. 1783), and U.S. Post Office.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.