Aaronsburg Historic District
The Aaronsburg Historic District is a national historic district located in Aaronsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The district includes two hundred and seventy-seven contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and one contributing object in Aaronsburg.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
History and features
The district is almost exclusively residential with one grocery store and a post office. Among the types of residential building types present are the two deep / sidehall type, English "I"-type, connected or double houses, simple Gothic type, and an eclectic cubic type. Notable dwellings include the Jacob Oliver House (c. 1820), Bollinger House and Shop (c. 1806), Dr. Michael Kloepper House (c. 1803), John Donner House (c. 1816), George Hess House and Shop (c. 1812), and the George Bowersox House (c. 1806).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Gallery
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Log house -
5-bay house -
Plank house
References
- ^ "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2011. Note: This includes Peter C. Stockman (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Aaronsburg Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved November 5, 2011.
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