The Nazareth 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 center of the Borough of
Nazareth
Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...
,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Northampton County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,951. Its county seat is Easton. The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County. Its namesake was Northamptonshire, En ...
, which is located ten miles northeast of
Bethlehem and seven miles northwest of
Easton.
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"Lehigh Valley history, A to Z: Every site on the National Register of Historic Places
" Allentown, Pennsylvania: Lehigh Valley Live, March 2018.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
History
Mostly residential in nature, with commercial buildings located in its central section, the Nazareth Historic District was laid out in a grid pattern between the mid-eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, and includes 503 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site (Moravian Congregational Cemetery). The buildings are primarily 2 1/2 stories tall and constructed of brick or frame. Most of the remaining stone buildings were built prior to 1858 when Nazareth came under civil control from the
Moravian church.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ]
Notable non-residential buildings include the Nazareth Moravian Church (1861, St. John's U.C.C. Church (1905-1907), and St. John's Lutheran Church (1858). Located in the district is the separately listed
Nazareth Hall Tract.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ]
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Gallery
Nazareth Moravian Church, Nazareth PA 01.JPG, Nazareth Moravian Church
Center Square, Nazareth PA 02.JPG, Civil War Monument on Center Square
Memorial Library of Nazareth, PA 01.JPG, Memorial Library of Nazareth
E Belvidere St, Nazareth PA 01.JPG, Belvidere Street.
St Johns UCC, Nazareth PA.JPG, St. John's United Church of Christ (1906)
References
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Historic districts in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Pennsylvania