Sunbury Historic District


Sunbury Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Edison Hotel in the Sunbury Historic District, April 2011
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Location	Roughly bounded by Arch, Chestnut, Front, and 5th Sts., Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°51′50″N 76°47′21″W / 40.86389°N 76.78917°W / 40.86389; -76.78917Coordinates: 40°51′50″N 76°47′21″W / 40.86389°N 76.78917°W / 40.86389; -76.78917
Area	65 acres (26 ha)
Built	ca. 1870
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Demolished	1914
Restored	ca. 1918
NRHP Reference #	83004240^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1983

Sunbury Historic District is a national historic district located at Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 238 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Sunbury. The significant residential buildings are constructed of wood or brick, 2 1/2-stories, in a variety of architectural styles including Federal, Colonial Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne. Notable buildings include the separately listed Northumberland County Courthouse in addition to the County Jail (1876), James Tilghman House (1773), Maclay-Wolverton House (1773-1774), Keithan's Store, Central Hotel, Sunbury Textile Mills (1896), Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Depot, Edison Hotel, Masonic Temple (1907), Chestnut Street Opera House (1901), and Sunbury Market (1901). It was destroyed by a fire in 1914, and the current structure was built in the same place around 1918.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

First Reformed Church, at 2nd and Chestnut, on an old postcard
First Presbyterian Church on an old postcard

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 Thomas R. Deans and Pamela Wolf (1981–1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sunbury Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-27.

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