Morgantown Historic District (Morgantown, Pennsylvania)


Morgantown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Morgantown Oddfellows Building, April 2011
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Location	Roughly, area surrounding Main St. between Walnut and Washington Sts., Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°09′20″N 75°53′25″W / 40.15556°N 75.89028°W / 40.15556; -75.89028Coordinates: 40°09′20″N 75°53′25″W / 40.15556°N 75.89028°W / 40.15556; -75.89028
Area	21.3 acres (8.6 ha)
Architectural style	Georgian, Late Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP Reference #	95001255^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1995

Morgantown Historic District, also known as Old Main Street Historic District, is a national historic district located in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses 104 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the village of Morgantown built between about 1790 and 1945. It includes residential, commercial, and institutional buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles including Georgian and Late Victorian. The oldest buildings are mostly built of brown sandstone. A primarily residential district, notable non-residential buildings include a tavern / hotel (c. 1800), I.O.O.F. lodge / town meeting hall (1868), Morgantown Garage (1920), and fire hall (1921). Also in the district are a contributing cemetery and war memorial.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Carol Epler and Pamela Shenk (July 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morgantown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-18.

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