Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County Pennsylvania has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 25 places of National significance and 25 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Stiegel-Coleman House, Ephrata Cloister, Fulton Opera House, Central Market and Buchanan, James, House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Piedmont Archaic, Late Woodland and Algonkian dating back to 8999 BC.

Learn about the many famous people who are associated with these Lancaster County historic places including Robert Coleman, Andrew Ellicott, James Buchanan, Simon Cameron, Johann Agustus Sutter and Robert Fulton.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Lancaster County places including Pennsylvania Railroad Co., George Sehner, John Watson, Samuel Sloane, Baldwin Locomotive Works, John & Gottlieb Sener, Julius Sturgis, Clarence Luther Stiles, Elias McMellen and Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Shops. Prominent architectural styles found in Lancaster Country are Late Victorian, Federal and Georgian.

Stiegel-Coleman House (added 1966 - #66000668)
Also known as Elizabeth Farms
PA 501 and U.S. 322 , Brickerville
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Peer from the roadside at the imposing stone mansion of the old Elizabeth Furnace, where 18th-century ironmasters cast Revolutionary War cannons and kept Hessian prisoners of war to dig the millrace.
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Coleman,Robert,et al.
Significant Year:
1780, 1758, 1756
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Zook's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003508)
Also known as Rose Hill Covered Bridge;Wenger's Covered Bridge
W of Brownstown on T 797, Warwick/West Earl Townships , Brownstown
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Built back in 1849, this red Burr truss span still rattles under daily car traffic over Cocalico Creek, showing off the original hand-hewn timbers that survived the Civil War.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Zook,Henry
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003509)
NE of Christiana , Christiana
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Silas Wetmore?s 1880 Burr arch-truss design still rattles under the weight of daily traffic crossing the boundary of Lancaster and Chester counties.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carter,B.J.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Pool Forge Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003510)
NW of Churchtown on T 773, Caernarvon Township , Churchtown
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Built back in 1859, this 99-foot Burr truss structure still carries daily traffic over the Conestoga Creek right beside the remains of an 18th-century iron forge.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fink,Levi
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Pedestrian Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Pedestrian Related
More Information:
archives document
Weaver's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003511)
SW of Churchtown on T 773, Caernarvon Township , Churchtown
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This 1878 red Burr arch span still creaks under the weight of daily Amish horse-and-buggy traffic crossing the Conestoga River.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carter,B.C.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Seigrist's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003513)
NE of Columbia on T 360, Rapho/West Hempfield Townships , Columbia
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Timber-framers rebuilt this 1885 Burr arch span over Chiques Creek using salvaged original wood after a 2011 flood swept the structure downriver.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Forry's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003512)
NE of Columbia on T 362, Rapho/West Hempfield Townships , Columbia
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This 1869 red Burr arch crossing still carries local cars over Chiques Creek using the same timber framing Elias McMellen hammered together just after the Civil War.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Butcher's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003514)
S of Denver on T 955, East Cocalico Township , Denver
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This 1891 Burr arch truss still carries local traffic over Cocalico Creek, letting drivers rumble across the same wooden deck that builder Elias McMellen put together over a century ago.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McMellen,Elias
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Donegal Presbyterian Church Complex (added 1985 - #85001482)
Donegal Springs Rd. , East Donegal Township
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Step inside this 1740s stone sanctuary in Mount Joy to touch walls built by early Scotch-Irish settlers and wander a graveyard packed with Revolutionary War patriots.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, European, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Ephrata Cloister (added 1967 - #67000026)
Jct. of US 322 and 222 , Ephrata
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You can wander right inside towering 1700s Germanic wooden dormitories where radical celibates slept on narrow benches with log pillows.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003516)
Also known as Eberly's Covered Bridge
SE of Ephrata on LR 36122, West Earl Township , Ephrata
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Buggy wheels and car tires still rattle over the pine planks of this 1869 Burr truss span, which holds the title as Lancaster County''s oldest continuously operating covered crossing.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Reamsnyder,Samuel, Fink,George
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Keller's Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003518)
Also known as Guy Bard Covered Bridge
SW of Ephrata on T 656, Ephrata Township , Ephrata
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Elias McMellen built this 115-foot Burr arch truss back in 1873, and today cars still rumble over the same timber deck that horse-drawn wagons crossed 150 years ago.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McMellen,Elias
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Duncan Island (36LA60,61) (added 1984 - #84003428)
Also known as 36LA60,61
Address Restricted , Holtwood
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You''ll need a kayak to reach this protected patch of land in the Susquehanna River, but paddling out to the spot where archaeologists unearthed thousands of years of Native American projectile points and ancient hearths is worth the effort.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Piedmont Archaic
Period of Significance:
7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Underwater
Leaman Place Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003519)
S of Intercourse on T 684, Paradise/Leacock Townships , Intercourse
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Steam locomotives from the Strasburg Rail Road still chug right alongside this 1893 wooden Burr arch-truss span crossing Pequea Creek.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Fulton Opera House (added 1969 - #69000156)
12--14 N. Prince St. , Lancaster
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Watch live, professional dramas inside a Victorian landmark built directly over the 1700s stone foundations of Lancaster''s pre-Revolutionary jail.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Theater
More Information:
archives document
Central Market (added 1972 - #72001127)
William Henry Pl. , Lancaster
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You can still buy hand-rolled butter and shoofly pie under the massive 1889 timber trusses of this Romanesque Revival hub, which sits on ground designated for public trade by a 1730 royal charter.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Buchanan, James, House (added 1966 - #66000669)
Also known as Wheatland
1120 Marietta Ave. , Lancaster
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Stand right in the 1828 library where America''s only bachelor president sat drafting frantic letters as the Union fractured on the brink of the Civil War.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Buchanan,James
Significant Year:
1868, 1849
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Herr, Hans, House (added 1971 - #71000708)
Also known as Christian Herr House
1851 Hans Herr Dr. , Lancaster
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Touch the heavy 1719 sandstone walls of Lancaster County''s oldest surviving home, where Swiss Mennonite immigrants built a medieval-style farmhouse to escape European persecution.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Lancaster Historic District (added 1979 - #79002256)
Also known as See Also:Lancaster Historic District (Boundary Increase);Lan
Roughly bounded by Howard Ave., Queen, Church, Duke, Chestnut and Plum Sts. , Lancaster
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You can buy local chow-chow inside an 1889 brick market house and then wander past the Federal-style homes where the Continental Congress met for a single day back in 1777.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Sloan,Samuel
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Politics/Government, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Hand, Gen. Edward, House (added 1976 - #76001646)
Also known as Rock Ford
881 Rock Ford Rd. , Lancaster
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You can walk right across the original 1794 heart-pine floors at Historic Rock Ford to see how George Washington''s adjutant general lived alongside his family and enslaved workers.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Hand,Gen. Edward
Significant Year:
1802, 1793
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Old City Hall (added 1972 - #72001129)
Also known as County Court House;State House
Penn Sq. , Lancaster
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You can walk right up to the 1795 red bricks on Penn Square where early politicians ran the state government back when Lancaster served as Pennsylvania''s capital.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Government, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Capitol, Clubhouse, Government Office, Library, Post Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (added 1973 - #73001635)
Also known as National Monument
Penn Sq. , Lancaster
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You can stand right in the middle of Penn Square where this 43-foot granite shaft has carved out Lancaster''s Civil War history since 1874, complete with four bronze servicemen still guarding the downtown traffic.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
archives document
Franklin and Marshall College Campus Historic District (added 2003 - #03001190)
College Avenue , Lancaster
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You can walk right up to the 1853 red-brick towers of Old Main and explore the very debating halls where students argued about slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dixon, Balbirnie & Dixon, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
archives document
Ellicott, Andrew, House (added 1972 - #72001128)
Also known as Sehner-Ellicott House
123 N. Prince St. , Lancaster
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You can stand right on Prince Street outside the 1780 brick dwelling where Meriwether Lewis crammed for his western expedition, learning the mapping skills he needed directly from the nation''s top surveyor.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sehner,George
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Historic Person:
Ellicott,Andrew
Significant Year:
1780
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Lancaster Watch Company (added 1982 - #82003793)
Also known as HMW Industries
901 Columbia Ave. , Lancaster
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Stroll past the massive red-brick clock tower on Columbia Avenue to stand where Gilded Age craftsmen manufactured the hyper-precise railroad watches that kept early American trains from crashing.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stiles,Clarence Luther
Architectural Style:
Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Industry, Invention, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
More Information:
archives document
Hess, A. B., Cigar Factory, and Warehouses (added 1982 - #82003792)
231 N. Shippen St. , Lancaster
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Stroll past the towering brick facades on Shippen Street to see where workers hand-rolled millions of cigars during Lancaster''s late-1800s tobacco boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
More Information:
archives document
Conestoga Town (added 1973 - #73001636)
Address Restricted , Letort
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Walk the quiet Manor Township fields where buried trade beads and clay pipes still mark the tragic ground of the 1763 Paxton Boys massacre.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Conestoga, Susquehannock
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Sturgis, Julius, Pretzel House (added 1974 - #74001789)
Also known as Krieter House
219-221 E. Main St. , Lititz
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You can twist your own dough at America''s oldest commercial pretzel bakery in Lititz, where the original 1861 coal-fired stone ovens still stand.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sturgis,Julius
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Sutter, Johann Agust, House (added 1982 - #82003795)
17-19 E. Main St. , Lititz
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Walk past this 1871 brick home in Lititz to see where the pioneer who sparked the California Gold Rush spent his final years broke, angry, and petitioning Congress.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Sutter,Johann Agustus
Significant Year:
1871
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution
More Information:
archives document
REMOVED
Risser's Mill Covered Bridge (added 2003 - #80004612)
SW of Manheim on LR 36069, Rapho/Mount Joy Townships , Manheim
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Walk down to the quiet banks of Chiques Creek to stand by the remaining 1872 stone abutments of a historic timber span that met a tragic end by arson in 2002.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Chickies Historic District (added 2005 - #05001488)
Roughly bounded by the Susquehanna R, Chickies Creek, Bank St. and Long Lane. , Marietta Borough
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You can hike right up to the massive, crumbling stone arches of 19th-century iron furnaces and follow the old canal path where industrial workers labored along the Susquehanna River.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Early Republic
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
17th C. Anthracite Iron Smelting, Scots-Irish American, German American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Natural Feature, Rail-Related, School, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Public Works, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Warehouse
More Information:
archives document
Grove Mansion (added 1983 - #83002251)
Also known as Townsend Residence
133 River Rd. , Maytown
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You can walk right up to this 1882 brick Queen Anne home in East Cocalico to eyeball the fancy craftsmanship paid for by a local Gilded Age cigar baron.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Cameron Estate (added 1975 - #75001646)
Also known as Cameron Estate Conference Center
2 mi. W of Mount Joy on Donegal Springs Rd. , Mount Joy
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You can still wander the trout-stream grounds and sleep in the high-ceilinged rooms where Lincoln''s powerful Secretary of War brokered 19th-century political deals at this 1805 country property in Mount Joy.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Cameron,Simon,et al.
Significant Year:
1918, 1872
Area of Significance:
Military, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Central Hotel (added 1973 - #73001637)
Also known as A. Bube's Brewery
102 N. Market St. , Mount Joy
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Walk past this 1855 red-brick landmark in Mount Joy to stand where Civil War orphans lived and studied after the building transitioned from a busy railroad inn.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Processing
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Museum
More Information:
archives document
Donegal Mills Plantation (added 1978 - #78002418)
SW on Mount Joy on Trout Run Rd. , Mount Joy
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You can still spot the massive 1775 red-stone gristmill and elegant miller''s house from the banks of the trout creek, even though this 18th-century industrial hub is now a quiet private estate.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Shenks Ferry Site (36LA2) (added 1982 - #82004655)
Also known as 36LA2
Address Restricted , Pequea
address restricted
You can hike the quiet Susquehanna hills where archaeologists scraped back the dirt to find 500-year-old longhouse postmolds and uniquely decorated clay pots from a forgotten Native culture.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Woodland
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Fulton, Robert, Birthplace (added 1966 - #66000670)
8 mi. S of Quarryville on U.S. 222 , Quarryville
JohnHirth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
You can touch the thick, hand-hewn stone walls of the 1765 farmhouse where the pioneer of commercial steamboat travel spent his infancy, then wander through the old barns packed with colonial-era farming gear.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Fulton,Robert
Significant Year:
1765
Area of Significance:
Art, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Big and Little Indian Rock Petroglyphs (added 1978 - #78002421)
Address Restricted , Safe Harbor
CatRM, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
You''ll need a kayak to reach these slick Susquehanna River boulders, where you can still touch the thousand-year-old animal tracks and human figures carved by ancient hands.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Algonkian
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 2846 (added 1979 - #79002263)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Get up close to Strasburg''s massive 1913 Baldwin-built iron workhorse and feel the grit of the century-old steam era that hauled Pennsylvania''s heavy coal.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 7688 (added 1979 - #79002264)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Climb right up to the massive, greasy iron wheels of this 1915 Baldwin steam giant in Strasburg to feel the raw grit of Pennsylvania?s old coal-hauling days.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Freight Locomotive No. 5741 (added 1979 - #79002268)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Steam buffs can get right up to the grease and rivets of this 1924 Altoona-built workhorse, the last surviving G5 engine constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad itself.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Passenger Coach No. 3556 (added 1979 - #79002270)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This restored 1927 Boston and Maine commuter car still hauls passengers through Lancaster''s farm fields behind active steam locomotives, keeping its original mahogany woodwork and plush seats intact.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Passenger Locomotive No. 1737 (added 1979 - #79002273)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This massive K4s steam giant parked in Strasburg hauled President Harding''s funeral train and still shows off the brute coal-fired power of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Passenger Locomotive No. 460 (added 1979 - #79002274)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1914 steam engine famously beat an airplane in a wild 1927 race to deliver Charles Lindbergh''s homecoming newsreels, and it now sits fully restored inside the Strasburg museum.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Passenger Locomotive No. 7002 (added 1979 - #79002275)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1902 Atlantic-type steam engine parked in Strasburg allegedly clocked a record-breaking 127 miles per hour back in 1905, so standing next to its massive steel wheels feels like touching a piece of raw speed history.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Electric Locomotive No. 4859 (added 1982 - #82003797)
PA 741 , Strasburg
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Stand right next to the massive, riveted GG1 steel giant that hauled World War II troop trains and pulled Pennsylvania''s very first electric passenger run back in 1938.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Shops, Loewy,Raymond
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Passenger Locomotive No. 1223 (added 1979 - #79002272)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
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This 1905 Altoona-built coal-burner stands in Strasburg as the last surviving PRR class D16sb steam engine, still carrying the heavy iron and brass that hauled Gilded Age commuters.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Combination Baggage and Mail Car No. 5403 (added 1979 - #79002261)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Climb aboard this 1913 steel giant in Strasburg to stand in the exact spot where postal clerks sorted letters on the fly at eighty miles an hour.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 1187 (added 1979 - #79002262)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
You can stand right next to this 1888 Baldwin steam engine in Strasburg, the last surviving H3-class iron horse that hauled heavy coal drags through Pennsylvania''s rugged hills for over half a century.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Cumberland Valley Car (added 1979 - #79002265)
E of Strasburg , Strasburg
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1855 wooden passenger coach in Strasburg gives history buffs a direct look at pre-Civil War transit, surviving as one of the oldest intact railcars in the country.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Invention
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document

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