East Lancaster Avenue Historic District

Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States

United States historic place


East Lancaster Avenue Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Hunt-Downing House (c. 1802) in the East Lancaster Avenue Historic District, February 2011
40°00′36″N 75°41′47″W / 40.01000°N 75.69639°W / 40.01000; -75.69639
Area	51.3 acres (20.8 ha)
Built	1700
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Georgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.	79002196^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 11, 1979

East Lancaster Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located in Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 121 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in Downingtown. The buildings include a number of notable examples of Georgian style dwellings dated to the early- to mid-18th century. Later notable dwellings are examples of the Federal and Victorian styles. Located in the district and separately listed are the Downingtown Log House and General Washington Inn.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on October 28, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2012. Note: This includes Jane L.S. Davidson (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: East Lancaster Avenue Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 7, 2012.