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Wrightsville Historic District

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Built by
  
Multiple

Area
  
52 ha

Added to NRHP
  
12 September 1983

NRHP Reference #
  
83002291

Year built
  
1790

Wrightsville Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by the Susquehanna River, Vine, 4th, and Willow Sts., Wrightsville, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Other, Federal, Georgian Vernacular

Wrightsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Wrightsville in York County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 350 contributing buildings and 5 contributing structures in the central business district and surround residential areas of Wrightsville. A majority of the dwellings are small, frame vernacular workers' houses dated to the 19th century. More substantial brick and stone dwellings date to as early as he 1790s. Notable industrial buildings and structures include the Wrightsville Hardware Complex, McConkey Building, Wrightsville silk mill, and lime kilns.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

Wrightsville Historic District Wikipedia