Wrightsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Wrightsville 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 ...

. The district includes 350 contributing buildings and 5 contributing structures in the central business district and surround residential areas of Wrightsville. A majority of the dwellings are small, frame vernacular workers' houses dated to the 19th century. More substantial brick and stone dwellings date to as early as he 1790s. Notable industrial buildings and structures include the Wrightsville Hardware Complex, McConkey Building, Wrightsville

silk mill A silk mill is a factory that makes silk for garments using a process called silk throwing. Traditionally, silk mills were concentrated in Japan, England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Italy and Switzerland. The silk throwing process Silk is a natur ...

, and

lime kiln A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone ( calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide). The chemical equation for this reaction is : CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2 This reaction can take p ...

s. ''Note:'' This includes 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 ...

in 1983.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in York County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania Lime kilns in the United States {{YorkCountyPA-NRHP-stub