Mercersburg 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 ...

centered on the center square of

Mercersburg Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, located near the southern border of Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. Due to its location in a rural area, it had a relatively large percentage ...

Franklin County, Pennsylvania Franklin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,932 Its county seat is Chambersburg. Franklin County comprises the Chambersburg–Waynesboro, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

. The district includes 124 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the

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and surrounding residential areas of Mercersburg. The residential buildings include a number of sheathed log, stone, and brick dwellings, with some dating to the 18th century. The district has a number of notable examples of the

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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 ...

, and

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

styles. Notable non-residential buildings include the Presbyterian Church (1794, 1885), United Church of Christ (1845), Mansion House Hotel, James Buchanan Hotel, McKinstry Building, and First National Bank. Located in the district and separately listed is the Lane House. ''Note:'' This includes and It was listed on the

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in 1978, with a boundary increase in 1989. Lane House Mercersburg FrankCo PA.JPG, Lane House on Main Street 1st National Bank Mercersburg FrankCo PA.JPG, First National Bank 47 N Main,Mercersburg, FrankCo, PA side.JPG, 47 North Main St. 26 S Main Mercersburg FrankCo PA.JPG, 26 South Main St. Fendrick Library, Mercersburg, FrankCo, PA.JPG, Fendrick Library 123 Seminary, Mercersburg, FrankCo, PA.JPG, 123 Seminary St. Trinity United CoC, Mercersburg, FrankCo, PA.JPG, Trinity United Church of Christ

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Franklin County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania {{FranklinCountyPA-NRHP-stub