Newport Historic District (Newport, Pennsylvania)

Newport Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Second Street south of Center Square

Location	Roughly bounded by Fickes Ln., Oliver St., Front St., Little Buffalo Run, Bloomfield Av. and Sixth St., Newport, Pennsylvania and Oliver Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°28′39″N 77°7′58″W / 40.47750°N 77.13278°W / 40.47750; -77.13278Coordinates: 40°28′39″N 77°7′58″W / 40.47750°N 77.13278°W / 40.47750; -77.13278
Area	144 acres (58 ha)
Built	1820
Architect	Hetrick, John L,; Frank, J.C., et al.
Architectural style	Italianate, Second Empire, I-house
NRHP Reference #	99000321^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 12, 1999

The Newport Historic District is a national historic district in Newport and Oliver Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. It consists of a large residential neighborhood of primarily vernacular working-class homes, a commercial area, industrial buildings, public buildings, three bridges, and a cemetery. Of the 418 contributing buildings, 361 are residences. Notable commercial buildings include the Graham Hotel (1871), Butz Building (1875), and Centennial Building (1876). The remains of the Jones Warehouse date prior to 1820 and are a part of the David M. Myers Warehouse.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

Gallery

Newport & Shermans Valley Railroad depot

References

1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2009-10-24. Note: This includes Douglas Dinsmore (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Newport Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-10-24. and Douglas Dinsmore (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Resource Inventory: Newport Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-10-24.

US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania

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National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Pennsylvania

Historic districts	Little Buffalo Historic District Newport Historic District

Other properties	Adairs Covered Bridge Bistline Covered Bridge Book's Covered Bridge Bridge in Newport Borough Dellville Covered Bridge Dunbar-Creigh House Fleisher Covered Bridge Kochendefer Covered Bridge Israel and Samuel Lupfer Tannery Site and House Millersburg Ferry Mt. Pleasant Covered Bridge New Germantown Covered Bridge O'Donel House and Farm Perry County Courthouse Red Covered Bridge Rice Covered Bridge Rockville Bridge Saville Covered Bridge Waggoner Covered Bridge

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Pennsylvania and List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania

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