Athens Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Elm and Locust Sts., 772 S. Main St., and the Chemung and Susquehanna Rivers in Athens, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°57′02″N76°31′00″W / 41.95056°N 76.51667°W |
Area | 88 acres (36 ha) |
Architect | Pierce & Bickford et al. |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 04000612 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 18, 2004 |
Athens Historic District, also known as Tioga Point Historic District, is a national historic district located at Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 97 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a primarily residential area of Athens. The buildings date between about 1801 and 1935, and include notable examples of vernacular and high style Greek Revival and Queen Anne style architecture. Also located in the district are the First Presbyterian Church (1881), Trinity Episcopal Church (1860-1861), and Riverside Cemetery / Old Athens Cemetery. Located in the district and separately listed are the Protection of the Flag Monument and Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]
Wellsboro Historic District, is a national historic district in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. It includes 531 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and four contributing objects. It is a 360-acre (1.5 km2) district that is a mixed use commercial / residential / institutional district. The historic structures date from 1835 to the 1950s and include the Tioga County Court House (1835), Arcadia Theater (1924), First Presbyterian Church (1894), Green Free Library, Penn-Wells Hotel, First Presbyterian Church (1894), St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1899), United Methodist Church of Wellsboro (1905), and Wellsboro Diner (1939). Three previously listed properties are also included: the Robinson House, Jesse Robinson House, and Wellsboro Armory.
Waits Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery is a historic Methodist Episcopal church and cemetery located at what was once known as Waits, in the town of Owego in Tioga County, New York. It is a Greek Revival–style structure built in 1853 of white pine from Windham, Pennsylvania. It is a 1+1⁄2-story building, three bays wide and four bays deep, measuring approximately 30 feet by 40 feet. The interior was remodeled in 1866 and it retains all of its fabric from that time. Also on the property is a small settlement period cemetery.
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