National Register of Historic Places - Pennsylvania (PA), Cumberland County

Cumberland County Pennsylvania (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Carlisle Indian School and Cumberland Valley State Normal School Historic District, Boiling Springs Historic District, Carlisle Historic District and Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District.

The famous person Jim Thorpe is associated with one of more of the Cumberland County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cumberland County places including Samuel Sloan and Martin Rupp. Prominent architectural styles found in Cumberland Country are Late Victorian, Bungalow/Craftsman and Federal.

Boiling Springs Historic District (added 1984 - - #84000566)

Roughly bounded by High and First Sts.,Boiling Springs Lake, and Yellow Britches Creek , Boiling Springs

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian, Federal

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Carlisle Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002214)

Roughly bounded by Penn, East, Walnut and College Sts. , Carlisle

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Rupp,Martin

Architectural Style:

Federal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Carlisle Indian School (added 1966 - - #66000658)

Also known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School

E edge of Carlisle on U.S. 11 , Carlisle

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Thorpe,Jim,et al.

Significant Year:

1918, 1879

Area of Significance:

Military, Education, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Defense, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Military Facility, Museum

Cumberland Valley State Normal School Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000076)

Also known as Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Roughly bounded by N. Prince St., Stewart, Old Main, Gilbert and Henderson Drs. , Shippensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Sloan,Samuel

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002232)

Main St. from Arch to High St. , Mechanicsburg

Vamanos2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station, Government Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Fire Station, Government Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Newville Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000397)

Roughly bounded by Cove Alley, Big Spring Creek, the Cumberland Valley Railroad right-of-way, Washington St , Newville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Meeting Hall, Professional, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Fire Station, Meeting Hall, Professional, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Shippensburg Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003346)

Roughly bounded by Lutz Ave., Kenneth, Spring, and Fort Sts. , Shippensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling