Williamsburg Historic District (Williamsburg, Pennsylvania)


Williamsburg Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

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Location	Approximately 30 square blocks centered around Second and High Sts., Williamsburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°27′39″N 78°12′14″W / 40.46083°N 78.20389°W / 40.46083; -78.20389Coordinates: 40°27′39″N 78°12′14″W / 40.46083°N 78.20389°W / 40.46083; -78.20389
Area	160 acres (65 ha)
Built	1832
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP Reference #	95000518^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 12, 1995

Williamsburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 362 contributing buildings and 6 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Williamsburg. The earliest buildings date to the 1830s, when the community was expanded as a canal town along the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal. The buildings are primarily frame and brick, with notable examples of Federal and Late Victorian style architecture. Notable non-residential buildings include the Schwab Hotel (c. 1910), Hollidaysburg Trust Company (1873), Presbyterian Church (1841), Zion Lutheran Church (1907), Church of the Brethren (1911), Williamsburg High School (1918), and Community Elementary School (1941). Also located in the district are Presbyterian (c. 1824), Methodist (c. 1831), Lutheran (c. 1835), and Lutheran and German Reformed (c. 1804) cemeteries; Big Spring; and the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal and Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

Schwab Hotel
621 W. Second St.
W. Second St.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Frederick L. Richards (September 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Williamsburg Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-05.

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