Fountain Hill Historic District

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.

Fountain Hill Historic District
Masonic Temple in June 2013
Fountain Hill Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Fountain Hill Historic District
Fountain Hill Historic District is located in the United States
Fountain Hill Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Brighton, Wyandotte, W. Fourth and Seminole Sts., and Delaware Ave., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40°36′40″N 75°23′10″W / 40.61111°N 75.38611°W / 40.61111; -75.38611
Area33.6 acres (13.6 ha)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.88000450[1]
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1988

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.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "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 November 2, 2011. Note: This includes James G. Whildin Jr. and Philip Michael Clark (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fountain Hill Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2011.