Rice's Landing Historic District

Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States

United States historic place
Rice's Landing Historic District
W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop, 1991
39°56′57″N 80°00′00″W / 39.94917°N 80.00000°W / 39.94917; -80.00000
Area81 acres (33 ha)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Vernacular Victorian
NRHP reference No.92001723[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1992

Rice's Landing Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Rice's Landing, Greene County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

History and architectural features

This district includes sixty-three contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and five contributing structures that are located in the borough of Rice's Landing. It is dominated by one- to two-story examples of vernacular Victorian, Colonial Revival, and American Craftsman-style buildings.

Notable non-residential buildings include the Methodist Episcopal Church (1873), a brick jail (1850s), the W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop (a National Historic Landmark), the Excelsior Pottery building, Rice's Landing National Bank building, the Hughes store, and the Nash-Rambler Garage.

Contributing structures include the remains of Monongahela River Lock Number 6, a concrete bridge (1914), a railroad bridge (1913), a railroad tunnel (1913), and Dilworth Mine-related structures.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Christine Davis (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rice's Landing Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved November 22, 2011.
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