Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, Pennsylvania)

The Greenville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district which is located at Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Greenville Commercial Historic District
Bank in the middle of the district
Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, Pennsylvania)
Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, Pennsylvania)
LocationCentered on Main, Canal and Clinton Sts., Greenville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41°24′26″N 80°23′20″W / 41.40722°N 80.38889°W / 41.40722; -80.38889
Area9.4 acres (3.8 ha)
Built1871
ArchitectFoulk, Samuel H.; Owsley, C. H.
Architectural styleItalianate, Art Deco, et al.
NRHP reference No.00000964[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 2000

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

History and architectural features

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The district includes forty-eight contributing buildings, which are located in the central business district of Greenville. The majority of the contributing buildings were built after major fires in 1871 and 1873, and are largely brick with Italianate style design influences.

Notable buildings include the U.S Post Office, which was built in 1938, the Bessemer Depot, which was erected in 1905, the Lake Erie Railroad Depot, the Packard Commercial Building, which was built between 1857 and 1858, the Livingston Morrison Building, the Masonic Block, the Mathers Building, which was erected in 1873, and the Art Deco style N.N. Moss Building.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved March 24, 2012. Note: This includes Gwen A. Lininger (April 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greenville Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved March 10, 2012.