Damascus Historic District, is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located within Damascus Village in Damascus Township,

Wayne County, Pennsylvania Wayne is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The county's population was 51,155 at the 2020 census. The county seat is the Borough of Honesdale. The county was formed from part of Northampto ...

. The district includes 36 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the community of Damascus. The buildings are in a variety of popular architectural styles including

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

, Queen Anne, and

Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

. Notable buildings include the Baptist Church (c. 1832), Damascus Academy, Vail and Appley Store (c. 1860), Methodist Church (1857), Philip O'Reilly House (c. 1840), and Luther Appley House (c. 1850). The sites are the Hillside Cemetery and Overlook Cemetery. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1992 by Dr. Brent D. Glass.

National Register of Historic Places Building Inventory

''Note:'' This includes * Philip O'Reilly House * Takace's Cottages * Vail & Appley Store * Sheard House * Meckle's House * Stephenson House * White's House * Olver House * Abraham's House * Tyler House * Priebe's House * Dr. Tyler House * Dentist Office * Damascus School * Damascus Methodist * Hillside Cemetery * Tegeler House * Berry House * Gries House * Burcher House * Theobald House * Tobias Pethick House * Early House * John Pethick * Bush House * Graby's House * Damascus Baptist Church * Overlook Cemetery * Don Bush House * Turner House * Otto Appley House * Luther Appley House * Drake House

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Wayne County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Pennsylvania