Columbia Historic District (Columbia, Pennsylvania)


Columbia Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Downtown Columbia, June 2006
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Location	Roughly bounded by Susquehanna River, Union, Cedar, 4th, and 5th Sts., Chestnut to 9th St., Columbia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°02′02″N 76°30′12″W / 40.03389°N 76.50333°W / 40.03389; -76.50333Coordinates: 40°02′02″N 76°30′12″W / 40.03389°N 76.50333°W / 40.03389; -76.50333
Area	171 acres (69 ha)
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP Reference #	83002249^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1983

Columbia Historic District is a national historic district located at Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 833 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Columbia. The district is primarily residential with notable examples of Late Victorian architectural styles. Notable non-residential buildings include the Reading and Columbia Freight Station (1883), Holy Trinity Catholic Church and School (1915), American Legion Post 469, Women's Club, Columbia Lodge #1074 BPOE, Columbia Town Hall (1874, 1947), St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1888), Franklin Hotel (c. 1833), and Columbia Water Company (1849 and later). Located in the district is the separately listed Bachman and Forry Tobacco Warehouse.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

Gallery

Front and Walnut Streets, Columbia PA, April 2011
Reading and Columbia Railroad station

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 Rillin D. Morse and Mrs. Leslie S. Harrington (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Columbia Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.

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