Pennsylvania - Cumberland County - Historic Districts
Cumberland County Pennsylvania (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Carlisle Indian School and Cumberland Valley State Normal School Historic District, Boiling Springs Historic District, Carlisle Historic District and Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District.

The famous person Jim Thorpe is associated with one of more of the Cumberland County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cumberland County places including Samuel Sloan and Martin Rupp. Prominent architectural styles found in Cumberland Country are Late Victorian, Bungalow/Craftsman and Federal.

Boiling Springs Historic District (added 1984 - - #84000566)
Roughly bounded by High and First Sts.,Boiling Springs Lake, and Yellow Britches Creek , Boiling Springs
Linda Roy Walls, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Industry, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling
Carlisle Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002214)
Roughly bounded by Penn, East, Walnut and College Sts. , Carlisle
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Rupp,Martin
Architectural Style:
Federal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Carlisle Indian School (added 1966 - - #66000658)
Also known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School
E edge of Carlisle on U.S. 11 , Carlisle
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Thorpe,Jim,et al.
Significant Year:
1918, 1879
Area of Significance:
Military, Education, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Defense, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Military Facility, Museum
Cumberland Valley State Normal School Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000076)
Also known as Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Roughly bounded by N. Prince St., Stewart, Old Main, Gilbert and Henderson Drs. , Shippensburg
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Sloan,Samuel
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002232)
Main St. from Arch to High St. , Mechanicsburg
Vamanos2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station, Government Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Fire Station, Government Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Newville Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000397)
Roughly bounded by Cove Alley, Big Spring Creek, the Cumberland Valley Railroad right-of-way, Washington St , Newville
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Meeting Hall, Professional, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution, Fire Station, Meeting Hall, Professional, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Shippensburg Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003346)
Roughly bounded by Lutz Ave., Kenneth, Spring, and Fort Sts. , Shippensburg
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
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