Academy Hill Historic District is a national

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located in Stroudsburg,

Monroe County, Pennsylvania Monroe County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,327. Its county seat is Stroudsburg. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state. The county was formed fr ...

. Bordered by Sarah, 8th, Fulmer, and 5th streets, the district encompasses 180 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Stroudsburg. The district was added to the

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in 1988.

History and architectural features

The oldest community in Pennsylvania's Pocono Region, Stroudsburg was incorporated as a

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in 1815 and then designated as the county seat at the time Monroe County was created in 1836. It is also the site of multiple historic homes, the majority of which date from the mid-19th to early 20th century, and which are representative of a number of popular architectural styles of this period, including

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single or one and a half storey, if a smaller upper storey exists it is frequently set in the roof and Roof window, windows that come out from the roof, and may be surrounded by wide ve ...

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, Queen Anne, North Cat, Gavel End Bungalow, Northern Removed Colonial, and West Gate Bungalow. Eight of the buildings pre-date 1858. ''Note:'' This includes

Listing of this district on the National Register of Historic Places

In November 1988, Janet W. Foster, the associate director of Acroterion in Morristown, New Jersey, completed the nomination form to secure this placement of the Academy Hill Historic District on the

. The district was then officially added to the National Register later that same year.Academy Hill Historic District, in "National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations," in ''Federal Register'', Vol. 54, No. 242, December 19, 1989, p. 51955.

References

External links

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Academy Hill Historic District, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Waymarking.com, retrieved online September 28, 2019. *

" Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Monroe County Historical Association, retrieved online September 28, 2019. {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Houses in Monroe County, Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Pennsylvania