Lancaster City Historic District

The story

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The Lancaster City Historic District is a historic district in the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, roughly bounded by Liberty, Broad, Greenwood and Race streets, and it includes more than 13,000 contributing buildings along with contributing sites, structures and objects. Its buildings date from 1790, 1890, 1900 and 1910, in styles that include Georgian, Colonial Revival, Victorian and Late Victorian.

Why it's listed

It was listed in the National Register under criteria A and C, with national-level significance in industry, architecture, engineering, art, philosophy, commerce, education, law, entertainment and recreation, and community planning and development.

Physical character

Walls throughout the district are brick, stone and stucco, and some buildings have ornamental iron grilles.

Historical context

Historically, buildings in the district served as rowhouse and duplex dwellings, schools and schoolhouses, a religious building, and businesses including a specialty store. At the time of its listing, buildings in the district still served as single dwellings and rowhouses, schools and a schoolhouse, a church, and businesses including a general store.