Fairmount 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 in the Fairmount neighborhood of

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

York County, Pennsylvania York County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster ...

. The district includes 101 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a residential area of York. The neighborhood was developed between 1889 and about 1915, and includes notable examples of the Queen Anne and

Second Empire Second Empire may refer to: * Second British Empire, used by some historians to describe the British Empire after 1783 * Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396) * Second French Empire (1852–1870) ** Second Empire architecture, an architectural styl ...

styles. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on 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 1999.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania York, Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Second Empire architecture in Pennsylvania Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in York County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania