South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District is a national historic district in

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in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 288 contributing buildings and two contributing objects. It encompasses a concentration of late-19th through early 20th century commercial, municipal, industrial and residential buildings. Most of them date from about 1900 to 1935. Notable non-residential buildings include several

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-related buildings, the South Bethlehem Post Office (1916), Bethlehem Public Library (1929), Protection Firehouse (Touchstone Theater, 1875), E.P. Wilbur Trust Building (1910), Holy Infancy Catholic Church (1892), St. John Windish Lutheran Church (1910), Windish Hall (c. 1915), and the Banana Factory (c. 1900). ''Note:'' This includes The district was added to the

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in 2005.

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Bethlehem, 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 {{Pennsylvania-NRHP-stub