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Fountain Hill Historic District

Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States

Summary

Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States

Field	Value
name	Fountain Hill Historic District
nrhp_type	hd
nocat	yes
image	Masonic Temple, Fountain Hill HD 01.JPG
caption	Masonic Temple in June 2013
location	Roughly bounded by Brighton, Wyandotte, W. Fourth and Seminole Sts., and Delaware Ave., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
coordinates
locmapin	Pennsylvania#USA
architecture	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Gothic Revival
added	April 21, 1988
area	33.6 acre
refnum	88000450

Fountain Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Bethlehem, Lehigh County and Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Despite the name, it is mostly excludes the borough of Fountain Hill, which is an independent municipality located mostly to the southwest of the district.

The district includes 44 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure. The buildings include elaborate, architecturally distinctive mansions, smaller managers' and merchants' dwellings, and public church buildings. The mansions are the focus of the district and include the Linderman / Schwab Mansion (c. 1870), Robert Sayre House (c. 1857), and Elisha Packer Wilbur Mansion (c. 1863). Notable non-residential buildings include the Masonic Temple and Cathedral Church of the Nativity (c. 1866). The Hill to Hill Bridge is also included in the district.

Located in the district is the separately listed Lehigh Valley Railroad Headquarters Building.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Gallery

File:Sayre Mansion, Fountain Hill HD 01.JPG|Robert Sayre Mansion File:William Sayre Mansion, Fountain Hill HD 02.JPG|William Sayre Mansion File:Linderman-Schwab Mansion, Fountain Hill HD 01.JPG|Linderman-Schwab Mansion File:Edwin Drake House, Fountain Hill HD.JPG|Edwin Drake House File:Seneca St 501, Fountain Hill HD.JPG|Residence on Seneca Street File:W 3rd St 431, Fountain Hill HD.JPG|Residence on West Third Street File:Nativity Episcopal Cathedral, Fountain Hill HD 01.JPG|Nativity Episcopal Cathedral File:Nativity Episcopal Cathedral, Fountain Hill HD 03.JPG|Parish Office Hall at Nativity Episcopal Cathedral File:Wilbur Trust&Lehigh Valley RR HQ 01.JPG|Wilbur Trust and Lehigh Valley Railroad Headquarters File:Hill-to-Hill Bridge, Fountain Hill HD.JPG|Hill to Hill Bridge

References

{{NRISref
James G. Whildin Jr. and Philip Michael Clark. (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Fountain Hill Historic District". National Archives and Records Administration.

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