The Hunterstown 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 ...

which is located in Hunterstown, Straban Township in

Adams County, Pennsylvania Adams County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,852. Its county seat is Gettysburg. The county was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County, and was named for the secon ...

. 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 1979.

History and architectural features

This historic district includes forty-eight contributing buildings within the original perimeters of Hunterstown. They primarily date from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century and consist of log, frame, and brick residential buildings and a farm complex. Also located in the district is the separately listed

Great Conewago Presbyterian Church The Great Conewago Presbyterian Church is an historic Presbyterian church, which is located on Church Road near Hunterstown, Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. His ...

. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

in 1979.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Adams County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania