Greencastle Historic District

	Greencastle Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Police Department
Location	Roughly bounded by Washington, PA 2002, Jefferson, Mifflin, Chambers, Grant and Allison, and Baltimore N to Spring Grove, Greencastle, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°47′20″N77°43′30″W / 39.78889°N 77.72500°W
Area	100 acres (40 ha)
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Second Empire, Federal
NRHP reference No.	92001722
Added to NRHP	December 24, 1992

Last updated August 07, 2023

The Greencastle Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Greencastle in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

History and architectural features

This historic district includes three hundred and forty-six contributing buildings and two contributing sites, which are located in the central business district and immediate surrounding residential area of Greencastle. These structures date from the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries.

This district has a number of important examples of Federal, Classical Revival and Second Empire style architecture. Notable buildings include the First National Bank, which was erected in 1874, the Brendle Building, which was built in 1914, the Antrim House, which was erected in 1904, the Hostetter Building, which was built sometime around 1910, the High Line Train Station, which was erected sometime around 1909, and the L.R. Walck Hatchery, which was built in 1908.^[2]

The two contributing sites are the German Reformed cemetery and Lutheran cemetery.^[2]

This historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
1 2 "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 6, 2012.Note: This includes Paula S. Reed (July 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greencastle Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2012.

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[nris-1] 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] 1 2 "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 6, 2012.Note: This includes Paula S. Reed (July 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greencastle Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2012.

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