Fountain Hill Historic District

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Fountain Hill Historic District
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Masonic Temple in June 2013
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LocationRoughly bounded by Brighton, Wyandotte, W. Fourth and Seminole Sts., and Delaware Ave., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates 40°36′40″N75°23′10″W / 40.61111°N 75.38611°W / 40.61111; -75.38611
Area33.6 acres (13.6 ha)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 88000450 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1988

Fountain Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Bethlehem, Lehigh County and Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Despite the name, it is mostly excludes the borough of Fountain Hill, which is an independent municipality located mostly to the southwest of the district.

The district includes 44 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure. The buildings include elaborate, architecturally distinctive mansions, smaller managers' and merchants' dwellings, and public church buildings. The mansions are the focus of the district and include the Linderman / Schwab Mansion (c. 1870), Robert Sayre House (c. 1857), and Elisha Packer Wilbur Mansion (c. 1863). Notable non-residential buildings include the Masonic Temple and Cathedral Church of the Nativity (c. 1866). The Hill to Hill Bridge is also included in the district.

Located in the district is the separately listed Lehigh Valley Railroad Headquarters Building. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes James G. Whildin Jr. and Philip Michael Clark (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fountain Hill Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2011.