The Spring Grove Borough 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 ...

that is located in Spring Grove Borough in

York County, Pennsylvania York County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster ...

. It was listed on 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 v ...

in 1984.

History and architectural features

This district includes 199 contributing buildings that are located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of the paper mill borough of Spring Grove. Most of the buildings date between 1880 and 1900, and include notable examples of the Queen Anne,

Georgian Revival Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I, George II, Georg ...

, 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 R ...

styles. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

in 1984.

Gallery

Aldine Apts, Main St, Spring Grove, YorkCo PA.JPG, Aldine Apartments Glatfelter House, Main St, Spring Grove, Yorkco, PA.JPG, Glatfelter house Glatfelter House 2, Main St, Spring Grove Yorkco, PA.JPG, Gable of the Glatfelter house School,East St, Spring Grove, YorkCo PA.JPG, School on East Street School griffen, East St. Spring Grove, YorkCo, PA.JPG, Griffen at the East Street school Sacred Heart N Main, Spring Grove, YorkCo PA.JPG, Sacred Heart Church on Main Street

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in York County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania