Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Lebanon County Pennsylvania has 31 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 8 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bomberger's Distillery, Cornwall Iron Furnace, Union Canal Tunnel, Waterville Bridge and Annville Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Lebanon County historic places including Hon. John Gloninger, Dr. B. Stauffer and Isaac Meier.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Lebanon County places including John Kratz, Canvass White, John B. Ives, Peter Grubb, Berlin Iron Bridge Co., Abe Bomberger, John Miley, Joseph M. Wilson, Wilson Bros. and George Watson Hewitt. Prominent architectural styles found in Lebanon Country are Georgian, Gothic and Queen Anne.

Alden Villa (added 2011 - - #11000203)
1012 Alden Way, Cornwall Borough
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Shingle Style
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Annville Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002285)
Roughly bounded by Quittapahilla Creek, Lebanon, Saylor and Marshall Sts. , Annville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Biever House (added 1978 - - #78002423)
49 S. White Oak St. , Annville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure
More Information:
archives document
Bindnagles Evangelical Lutheran Church (added 1975 - - #75001651)
N of Palmyra at jct. of SR 38003 and SR T330 , Palmyra
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Bomberger's Distillery (added 1975 - - #75001649)
Also known as Michter's Distillery
7 mi. SW of Newmanstown off PA 501 , Newmanstown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bomberger,Abe, Kratz,John
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
More Information:
archives document
Brendle Farms (added 1972 - - #72001130)
Also known as Alexander Schaeffer Farm;Sheetz Farm
Jct. of PA 501 and 897 , Schaefferstown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Miley,John
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Chestnut Street Log House (added 1978 - - #78002424)
1110 Chestnut St. , Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Colebrook Iron Master's House (added 2010 - - #10000405)
Also known as Colebrook Mansion, Colebrook Estate
5200 Elizabethtown Rd , South Londonderry
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
More Information:
archives document
Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station (added 1974 - - #74001790)
Also known as C & L Depot
161 N. 8th St. , Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hewitt,George Watson
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
More Information:
archives document
Cornwall Iron Furnace (added 1966 - - #66000671)
Rexmont Rd. and Boyd St. , Cornwall
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Erpff, Philip, House (added 1979 - - #79002287)
S. Market St. , Schaefferstown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Funck, Josiah, Mansion (added 1980 - - #80003545)
450 Cumberland St. , Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
More Information:
archives document
Gloninger Estate (added 1980 - - #80003546)
2511 W. Oak St. , Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Gloninger,Hon. John
Significant Year:
1785
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
House of Miller at Millbach (added 1973 - - #73001640)
Also known as Mueller House;Illig's Mill
SW of Newmanstown off Rte. 1 , Newmanstown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Immel, John, House (added 1980 - - #80003548)
E of Myerstown on Flanagan Rd. , Myerstown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Immel,John
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Landis Shoe Company Building (added 1980 - - #80003550)
N. Chestnut and E. Broad Sts. , Palmyra
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Lebanon Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District (added 2013 - - #13000539)
1700 S. Lincoln Ave., South Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Health/Medicine, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Meier, Isaac, Homestead (added 1973 - - #73001639)
Also known as The Old Fort;Isaac Myer Homestead;Isaac Myers Homestead
5200 S. College St. , Myerstown
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Meier,Isaac
Significant Year:
1750
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Social History
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
More Information:
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Mt. Gretna Campmeeting Historic District (added 2012 - - #12000608)
Roughly bounded by PA 117, Pinch Rd., Bell Ave., & 1st St. (West Cornwall Township), Mt. Gretna Heights
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Gothic, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Pennsylvania Chautauqua Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000535)
Mount Gretna, Mount Gretna
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Chicago, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1974 AD
Reading Railroad Station (added 1975 - - #75001647)
N. 8th St. , Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wilson,Joseph M., Wilson Bros.
Architectural Style:
Other, Shingle Style
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Rex House (added 1980 - - #80003551)
N. Market St. , Schaefferstown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church (added 2010 - - #10000402)
Also known as Salem Lutheran Church, German Lutheran Church
119 N Eighth St , Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Uhler, Christopher, Ritcher, Abner Augustus
Architectural Style:
Colonial, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Schaeffer House (added 2011 - - #11000630)
Intersection of PA 501 & PA 897, Schaefferstown, Heidelberg Township
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St. Lukes Episcopal Church (added 1974 - - #74001791)
6th and Chestnut Sts. , Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Congdon,H.M.
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Stauffer, Dr. B., House (added 1979 - - #79002286)
192 W. Main St. , Campbelltown
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Georgian
Historic Person:
Stauffer,Dr. B.
Significant Year:
1848
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Tabor Reformed Church (added 1980 - - #80003547)
Also known as United Church of Christ
10th and Walnut Sts. , Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
MacFaydan,John, Uhler,Christopher
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Tulpehocken Manor Plantation (added 1975 - - #75001648)
2 mi. W of Myerstown on U.S. 422 , Myerstown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Union Canal Tunnel (added 1974 - - #74001792)
Also known as Old Tunnel;Old Canal Tunnel
W of Lebanon off PA 72 , Lebanon
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ives,John B., White,Canvass
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
More Information:
archives document
Waterville Bridge (added 1988 - - #88002171)
Appalachian Trail over Swatara Creek , Swatara Gap
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Pedestrian Related
More Information:
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Zeller, Heinrich, House (added 1975 - - #75001650)
Also known as Fort Zeller
W of Newmanstown off SR 419 , Newmanstown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
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