Bear Creek Village Historic District

Bear Creek Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Former store on White Haven Road
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Location	PA 115 at Bear Creek Dam, Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°11′00″N75°45′20″W / 41.18333°N 75.75556°W / 41.18333; -75.75556
Area	222 acres (90 ha)
Built	1881
Architect	Raife, Phillip R.; et al.
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	99001287 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1999

The Bear Creek Village Historic District is a national historic district located in Bear Creek Village, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The district includes fifty-five contributing buildings, four contributing sites and two contributing structures in the borough of Bear Creek Village.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. ^[1]

History and features

Composed of fifty-five contributing buildings, four contributing sites and two contributing structures in the borough of Bear Creek Village, this historic district includes houses and workers' cottages, summer cottages, outbuildings, churches, cemeteries, a dam and lake, and the remains of 19th and early 20th century lumbering and ice industries.

Notable contributing resources include the Bear Creek Dam, Albert Lewis Residence (1895, 1922–1923), The Pines (c. 1875), Grace Chapel (1884), the Lewis Family Cemetery, former St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church (1911), store and post office (c. 1885), Bear Creek Association clubhouse (c. 1920), and former Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (c. 1895). ^[2]

Gallery

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  Front of Lewis Mansion

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  Lewis Mansion

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Robert A. Janosov and Lawrence Newman (April 1999). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Bear Creek Village Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 27, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)