Lewisburg Historic District

The story

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The Lewisburg Historic District is a historic district in Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, roughly bounded by US 15, Beck Street, the Susquehanna River and the borough boundary, and covering 25 acres. Its buildings range from Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate and Italianate Vernacular through Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Shingle Style to Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Art Deco and plainer vernacular types.

Why it's listed

It was listed in the National Register in 2004 under criteria A and C, with local significance in architecture, commerce, education and politics and government. Its period of significance runs from about 1773 to 1953, anchored by Ludwig Derr's 1773 purchase of a 320-acre tract from Richard Peters and by Bucknell University's break from its Baptist affiliation in 1953.

Physical character

Foundations are stone or fieldstone, walls are brick or clapboard, and roofs are asphalt or slate, with granite and aluminum used elsewhere in the district. Flemish bond brickwork and a Palladian window appear on some early buildings, while stone and concrete mausoleums and a granite obelisk stand among the district's sites and objects. One building was renovated in 1890 with Shingle Style embellishments.

Historical context

The town was laid out for Derr in 1785, and one property became the Lewisburg Star Mills around 1874, joined in the district by Buffalo Mills, the Lewisburg Woolen Mills and the Lewisburg Furniture and Planing Company.