The North East Historic District is a national historic district that is located in North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania. 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 1990.

History and architectural features

This district encompasses 114 contributing buildings that are located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of North East, and includes commercial, residential, institutional, and religious structures. The buildings were built from the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth centuries and were designed in a variety of popular architectural styles, including

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 a ...

, Queen Anne, and

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

. Located at the center of the district is Gibson Park. Notable non-residential buildings include commercial buildings along East and West Main Street and South Lake Street, the Concord Hotel, the Crescent Hose Company, the Baptist Church, the Presbyterian Church, the Methodist Church, two main buildings of St. Mary's Seminary, the McCord Memorial Library (1916), and the Heard Memorial School. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 1990.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Erie, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, Pennsylvania