The Lewisburg Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Lewisburg,

Union County, Pennsylvania Union County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,681. Its county seat is Lewisburg. The county was created on March 22, 1813, from part of Northumberland County. Its name is an allusio ...

. 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 ...

in 2004.

History and architectural features

This district includes 853 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, eleven contributing structures, and two contributing objects that are located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Lewisburg. Notable buildings in this district are: the Derr House (1773), nineteenth and early-twentieth century

Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering ...

buildings, including Old Main and Bucknell Hall, the Union County Courthouse (1856), the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office (1933), Himmelreich Library (1902), the First Presbyterian Church (1856), Christ Lutheran Church (1901), Union National Bank (1899), the McClure Building (1913), Campus Theatre (1939), and the Buffalo Mills (1883). ''Note:'' This includes Also located in the district are the separately listed

Chamberlin Iron Front Building Chamberlin Iron Front Building is a historic commercial building located at Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1868, and is a three-story, brick building with a two-story rear addition in the Italianate style. It measures 56 ...

Packwood House-American Hotel The Packwood House-American Hotel, also known as the Packwood House Museum, is an historic, American inn and tavern that is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA. Located in the Lewisburg Historic District ...

, and

Reading Railroad Freight Station Lewisburg is an historic, American railroad freight station that is located in Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. History and architectural features Built by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1884, this historic train station is a on ...

. Contributing sites are the Lewisburg Cemetery and Soldiers Memorial Field. The contributing structures include five railroad bridges and the contributing objects are the Soldiers Memorial Monument (1901) and a commemorative plaque. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 2004.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Union County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Pennsylvania