Rice's Landing Historic District is a national

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that is located in Rice's Landing,

Greene County, Pennsylvania Greene County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,954. Its county seat is Waynesburg. Greene County was created on February 9, 1796, from part of Washington County and named for Gene ...

. It was added to the

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in 1992.

History and architectural features

This district includes sixty-three contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and five contributing structures that are located in the borough of Rice's Landing. It is dominated by one- to two-story examples of vernacular Victorian,

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, and

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-style buildings. Notable non-residential buildings include the Methodist Episcopal Church (1873), a brick jail (1850s), the W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop (a

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), the Excelsior Pottery building, Rice's Landing National Bank building, the Hughes store, and the Nash-Rambler Garage. Contributing structures include the remains of Monongahela River Lock Number 6, a concrete bridge (1914), a railroad bridge (1913), a railroad tunnel (1913), and Dilworth Mine-related structures. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 1992.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Greene County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Pennsylvania