Honesdale Residential Historic District - Honesdale PA
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N 41° 34.849 W 075° 15.590
18T E 478340 N 4603269
Honesdale Residential Historic District includes 289 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites in a predominantly residential neighborhood of Honesdale.
Waymark Code: WM11FJG
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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Honesdale Residential Historic District, is a national historic district located at Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 289 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites in a predominantly residential neighborhood of Honesdale. The residences were built between 1830 and 1940, in a variety of popular architectural styles including Greek Revival, Italianate, Bungalow / American Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Second Empire, Queen Anne. The larger homes are typically 2 1/2-story, wood frame dwellings with hipped and gable roofs. The district also includes some former factories, such as the Irving Cut Glass Co. and Honesdale Show Company, and a former Armory. The contributing sites consist of four cemeteries and Riverside Park.

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Street address:
Roughly bounded by Lackawaxen R., Dyberry Cr. and Dyberry Cemetery, Overlook and 18th Sts.
Honesdale , PA


County / Borough / Parish: Wayne

Year listed: 1998

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Historic function: Defense, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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