Rice's Landing Historic District
Rice's Landing Historic District | |
 W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop, 1991 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by the Monongahela R., Water, Second, Bayard, Carmichael, High, Main and Ferry including Pumpkin Run Pk., Rice's Landing, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′57″N 80°00′00″W / 39.94917°N 80.00000°W |
| Area | 81 acres (33 ha) |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Vernacular Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001723[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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.
