Neighborhood in York, PA
York Historic District
York Historic District is a national historic center in York, Pennsylvania, that encompasses the city’s core commercial district and neighboring residential districts. It is located north of the historic district of Springdale. There are 180 contributing structures in the area, including important examples of Late Victorian and Classical Revival architecture. The York Historic District shows an industrial town with predominantly Victorian architecture. The district’s heart is a retail commercial sector with buildings dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The majority of the homes are Victorian brick row houses with two or three stories. Second-story bay windows, made of wood or cast iron, are a common sight throughout the neighborhood. The Codorus Creek splits the district’s west end. Large unoccupied parcels, the result of redevelopment destruction, litter the region west of the stream. The district’s surviving blocks, notably those east of the Codorus Creek, have relatively full facade lines and overall structural density. Multiple unit dwellings are the most common usage of structures. East Market Street is primarily made up of Victorian residences that have been turned into professional office spaces. Single-family homes are usually well-kept. The state of multi-unit residential complexes varies from fair to bad. The majority of the commercial structures in the core retail district are in poor condition. The majority of residential houses that have been converted for professional use have been renovated and are in good to exceptional condition. York’s architecture represents a thriving 19th-century manufacturing center, although its popular historical links are with the 18th-century. The district’s limits contain blocks with 18th-century constructions as well as the majority of Victorian-era dwellings. Beyond the neighborhood, most of the structures are late 19th and early 20th-century brick row homes and industrial complexes. Redevelopment destruction has damaged the streetscape of numerous blocks inside the area, west of Codorus Creek. Several substantial incursions in the shape of 20th-century commercial constructions have occurred in the commercial district. Overall, the neighborhood, notably along East Market Street, preserves its 19th-century charm. The usage of Victorian townhouses for professional offices has resulted in the most evident restoration work. Christ Lutheran Church (1812–1814), Odd Fellows Hall (1850), U.S. Post Office (1911), Strand and Capitol Theatre (1923–1925), Elks Home (the 1860s), Pullman Factory Building (c. 1900), Sylvia Newcombe Center (1892), Friends Meeting House (1766–1783), William C. Goodridge house (1827), Otterbein United Methodist Church (1869), St. John’s Episcopal Church (1765), Lafayette Club (1839), National Hotel (1828–1863), Bon Ton (1911), Smyser-Bair House (1830s), and Pennsylvania Central Railroad Station (1880s) are the notable buildings. The Barnett Bobb House, Gen. Horatio Gates House, and Golden Plough Tavern are all located in the district and are classified separately. In 1979, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with a boundary expansion in 2008.
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