The Aaronsburg Historic District is a national

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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. ''Note:'' This includes

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

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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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References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Centre County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Centre County, Pennsylvania