Rice's Landing Historic District

Rice's Landing Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop, 1991
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Location	Roughly bounded by the Monongahela R., Water, Second, Bayard, Carmichael, High, Main and Ferry including Pumpkin Run Pk., Rice's Landing, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′57″N 80°00′00″W
Area	81 acres (33 ha)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Vernacular Victorian
NRHP reference No.	92001723[1]
Added to NRHP	December 24, 1992

Rice's Landing Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Rice's Landing, Greene County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

History and architectural features

This district includes sixty-three contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and five contributing structures that are located in the borough of Rice's Landing. It is dominated by one- to two-story examples of vernacular Victorian, Colonial Revival, and American Craftsman-style buildings.

Notable non-residential buildings include the Methodist Episcopal Church (1873), a brick jail (1850s), the W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop (a National Historic Landmark), the Excelsior Pottery building, Rice's Landing National Bank building, the Hughes store, and the Nash-Rambler Garage.

Contributing structures include the remains of Monongahela River Lock Number 6, a concrete bridge (1914), a railroad bridge (1913), a railroad tunnel (1913), and Dilworth Mine-related structures.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Christine Davis (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rice's Landing Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved November 22, 2011.