Meadville Downtown Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Chancery Lane, Mulberry, Walnut and Chestnut Sts., Meadville, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°38′20″N80°09′04″W / 41.63889°N 80.15111°W |
Area | 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) |
Built | 1800–1940 |
Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival, Italianate, Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 84000023 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 2, 1984 |
The Meadville Downtown Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
This district is centered on Diamond Park and includes eighty-one contributing buildings and eighteen contributing sites that are located in the central business district of Meadville. It includes a mix of commercial, industrial, and governmental/institutional buildings that were built roughly between 1800 and 1940, and were designed in a variety of popular architectural styles, including Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, and Victorian. Notable buildings include the Crawford County Courthouse, Ralston Block (1880-1890), Kronenfeld Building, Market House (1870), Crawford County Trust Building (1920), U.S. Post Office (1907), Masonic Building, Keystone View Company, and Academy of Music. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
Meadville is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,050 at the 2020 census. The first permanent settlement in Northwestern Pennsylvania, Meadville is within 40 miles (64 km) of Erie and within 90 miles (140 km) of Pittsburgh. It is the principal city of the Meadville micropolitan area, as well as part of the larger Erie–Meadville combined statistical area.
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