Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, Pennsylvania) Explained

Greenville Commercial Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Centered on Main, Canal and Clinton Sts., Greenville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:41.4072°N -80.3889°W
Built:1871
Architect:Foulk, Samuel H.; Owsley, C. H.
Architecture:Italianate, Art Deco, et al.
Added:August 10, 2000
Refnum:00000964

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

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

History and architectural features

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-03-24. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H105794_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greenville Commercial Historic District]. 2012-03-10. Gwen A. Lininger . PDF. April 2000.