Lansdowne Park Historic District

Lansdowne Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Lansdowne Park Historic District, September 2012

Location	W. Greenwood, Owen, W. Baltimore, Windermere, & W. Stratford Aves., Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′22″N 75°16′33″W / 39.93944°N 75.27583°W / 39.93944; -75.27583Coordinates: 39°56′22″N 75°16′33″W / 39.93944°N 75.27583°W / 39.93944; -75.27583
Area	33.3 acres (13.5 ha)
Architect	Free, William H.; Et al.
Architectural style	Dutch Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Other, Georgian Revival
NRHP Reference #	87001986^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 5, 1987

Lansdowne Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. The district includes 103 contributing buildings; the majority are residences. Eighty-one of the houses were built between 1889 and 1891, with Queen Anne as the dominant architectural style. The remaining houses were built beterrn 1899 and 1913 and include notable examples of the Dutch Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival styles. The oldest house is the Dickenson Farmstead, a 2½-story dwelling built in 1732 and expanded in 1790.^[2] A notable non-residential building located in the district is St. John's Episcopal Church (1901); it closed in 2009.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

House on Runnemede.
St. John's Episcopal Church
Gateway to St. John's
Double house on LaCrosse
Stratford and Owen Avenue
House on Windmere
Dickenson Farmstead, built 1732

References

1 2 Staff (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 Donald A. Kidder, Susanna C. Morikawa, Sheila Gallagher, and William Sisson (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lansdowne Park Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-16.
↑ "Parishioners say goodbye to St. John the Evangelist", Daily Times, October 12, 2009

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