East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Poconos region of the state. Originally known as "Dansbury", East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad opened a station in town. Despite its name being derivative of its bordering borough, Stroudsburg, it has almost twice the population. East Stroudsburg is the largest municipality in Monroe County and in the East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area as designated by the Office of Management and Budget based on data from the 2010 US Census.
Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It lies within the Poconos region, approximately five miles (8 km) from the Delaware Water Gap at the confluence of the Brodhead, McMichaels and Pocono Creeks in northeastern Pennsylvania. It is also the county seat of Monroe County. Stroudsburg is part of the East Stroudsburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the New York combined statistical area. The population was 5,927 at the 2020 census.
The Senator Walter Lowrie Shaw House is a historic home located in downtown Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known in the area for being the home of Butler's only United States Senator, Walter Lowrie. The structure was built in 1828, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, brick dwelling on a cut stone foundation. It has a slate covered gable roof. The front section measures 48 feet by 38 feet and has a two-story, shed roofed rear wing. A front porch was added about 1870–1880. It is considered the last of its kind in the city of Butler. The house is situated behind the Butler County Courthouse, houses the Butler County Historical Society's office, and is maintained as a museum by the Society.
Bloomingdale is a historic home located at Queenstown, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It is a Federal style, 2+1⁄2-story, Flemish bond brick mansion. The main block measures approximately 51 feet long by 37 feet deep, and was built in 1792. A brick hyphen and wing are attached on the southeast.
Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery is a national historic district consisting of a Lutheran / Reformed church and cemetery in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The church was built in 1829, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, fieldstone building measuring 50 feet by 40 feet. It features a slate roof and rectangular steeple with delicate spire. Church records indicate that the cemetery was laid out in 1775, making it the oldest cemetery in Stroudsburg. The cemetery has 105 limestone headstones inscribed mostly in German. Burials date from 1793 to 1875. Fraktur artist Johann Adam Eyer was a clerk and teacher at the church.
The Fenner–Snyder Mill, also known as Brinker's Mill and the Old Mill, is a historic grist mill located on the McMicheal's creek in the village of Sciota in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1800, and is a large 2 1/2-story fieldstone and sided banked building. It has a tin roof added about 1860. It was in continuous milling operation until mid-April 1954. In 1974, the mill was donated to Hamilton Township with the understanding that it would be used for “historical, cultural, and governmental purposes.”
The McConnell House is a historic home located in McConnellsburg Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1760, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, "L"-shaped, four bay, yellow pine log structure on a stone foundation. The original rectangular section measures 27 feet by 24 feet, 6 inches. It has a rear wing in two sections, with the newer section dated to 1834. Its original occupant was Daniel McConnell, founder of McConnellsburg.
Hill House, also known as the Col. James Johnston House, is a historic home located at Boalsburg, Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1830, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof, attic, and basement. It measures 46 feet by 24 feet. It has a stone and frame rear kitchen ell that measures 20 feet by 18 feet. It was built by Col. James Johnston, one of the principal figures in the growth of the town of Boalsburg.
Romberger-Stover House is a historic home located at Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The original house was built in 1842; it is now the rear wing and measures 20 feet by 24 feet. The main house was added in 1887. It is a two-story, wood-frame Queen Anne style dwelling measuring 22 feet by 32 feet. It features a porch supported by Corinthian order columns. The porch was added in 1898.
Benjamin B. Leas House, also known as Shirleysburg Female Seminary, Fort Shirley Site, and "The Rock," is a historic home located at Shirleysburg in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1850, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular red brick building, five-bays wide and measuring 41 feet by 32 feet. It has a rear kitchen / servant's quarters wing. The house is in the Greek Revival style. The house was built on the site of Fort Shirley, originally built in 1755. The house was used for a seminary from 1855 to 1866, as a rest-home for members of the German Baptist Church from 1885 to 1893, then housed the Shirleysburg Female Seminary until about 1903.
The James Mitchell House is a historic home located at Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The front section was built about 1850, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, brick building with a gable roof in a vernacular Federal-style. It measures six bays by four bays. It has a 2+1⁄2-story frame rear wing, making for an "L"-shaped building. The house was used as an inn.
Emig Mansion is a historic home located at Emigsville, Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, US. It was built in about 1810 and is a 2½-story, Georgian-style brick dwelling. It measures about 66 feet long by 30 feet wide. It is five bays wide and two bays deep and has a slate-covered gable roof. A large wing was added in about 1885. The wing is four bays by two bays and integral porches. The house was remodeled in the early-20th century to add a large two-story bay window and porches. The front porch has Doric order columns and the porch on the south facade is semi-circular.
Twentieth Century Club of Lansdowne is a historic club building located at Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1911, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular stone and brick building measuring 43 feet, 10 inches, by 95 feet, 6 inches. It has a small rear wing, slate pyramid-shaped roof with two projecting front gables, and a large articulated chimney.
East Stroudsburg Armory, also known as the Captain George M. Kemp Memorial Armory, is a historic National Guard armory located at East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1928, and is a "T"-plan building consisting of a two-story administration building and attached one-story drill hall executed in the Tudor Revival style. It is constructed of brick and sits on a concrete foundation. It measures approximately 56 feet by 128 feet. Since class warfare was no longer a concern, the function of the armory took a new turn, and armories were often used as community centers and for public gatherings. No longer were these facilities built to look intimidating; they were now designed in styles that were not visually associated with defense. Armories designed in the Art Deco and Moderne styles were now in vogue, mostly funded by the WPA to create jobs for both skilled and unskilled laborers during the Depression. The following list of architects, engineers and contractors was compiled from various sources including Robert M. Fogelson’s American’s Armories, State inventories and National Register of Historic Places Nominations. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/CRGIS_Attachments/Survey/FINAL%20Historic%20Context%208Jun08%20(2).pdf
Kitson Woolen Mill, also known as the Holland Thread Company building, is a historic woolen mill complex located at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of four brick buildings built between 1893 and 1904. They are arranged in a "U"-shape and consist of the "East Wing," "West Wing," boiler house, and office. The Kitson Woolen Mill was in operation until 1928, after which the mill was occupied by the Holland Thread Company until 1978.
Monroe County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1890, and is a three-story, ashlar sandstone and limestone building measuring 65 feet (20 m) wide and 180 feet (55 m) long. It is in the Romanesque Revival style. An identically sized addition was built in 1934, as a Public Works Administration project.
Burd Patterson House is a historic home located at Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1830, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, brick mansion in the Federal style. A rear addition was built about 1835, connecting the main house to a formerly separate summer kitchen. The main house measures 27 feet by 40 feet. It features a Queen Anne style porch added before 1900.
Log House, Hiester House, and Market Annex is a historic building located at Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The Log House was built about 1760, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, dwelling measuring 25 feet by 30 feet. The pine logs are chinked with cut stone and mortar, with notch and saddle corner construction. The John Hiester House was built about 1820, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, two-bay brick dwelling measuring 17 feet by 34 feet. It is located to the rear of the Log House and both were used for commercial activities in the 19th century. To the rear of the Hiester House is the West Reading Market Annex built in 1895. It is a brick market house measuring 165 feet long and 30 feet wide. The complex is the home of The Speckled Hen Cottage Pub and Alehouse.
Hibernia House is a historic home located in Hibernia County Park, near Wagontown, West Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in four phases between the late 18th and early 20th century. The original house was owned by Isaac Van Leer and his well known historical Van Leer family. The original section was a two-story, stone dwelling measuring 18 feet by 24 feet. In 1798, a 1+1⁄2-story, stone kitchen addition was built. In 1821, the mansion house was built making the older sections the west wing. The mansion house is a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay, stone structure measuring 45 feet by 43 feet. The house was modified between 1895 and 1910 to add a 33 foot wide pedimented pavilion, ballroom addition, and addition to the west wing.
Merestone, also known as the John S. Reese, IV, House, is a historic estate located in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware, spanning the border of the two states. The estate consists of the Merestone House, guest house / garage, milk house, and stone shed.
