Bear Creek Village Historic District Explained

Bear Creek Village Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:PA 115 at Bear Creek Dam, Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:41.1833°N -75.7556°W
Built:1881
Architect:Raife, Phillip R.; et al.
Architecture:Stick/eastlake, Colonial Revival
Added:October 28, 1999
Refnum:99001287

The Bear Creek Village Historic District is a national historic district located in Bear Creek Village, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The district includes fifty-five contributing buildings, four contributing sites and two contributing structures in the borough of Bear Creek Village.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

History and features

Composed of fifty-five contributing buildings, four contributing sites and two contributing structures in the borough of Bear Creek Village, this historic district includes houses and workers' cottages, summer cottages, outbuildings, churches, cemeteries, a dam and lake, and the remains of 19th and early 20th century lumbering and ice industries.

Notable contributing resources include the Bear Creek Dam, Albert Lewis Residence (1895, 1922–1923), The Pines (c. 1875), Grace Chapel (1884), the Lewis Family Cemetery, former St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church (1911), store and post office (c. 1885), Bear Creek Association clubhouse (c. 1920), and former Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (c. 1895).[1]

This district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. March 19, 2012. July 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H109870_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bear Creek Village Historic District]. 2012-03-10. Robert A. Janosov and Lawrence Newman. PDF. April 1999.