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Lansdowne Park Historic District

Coordinates: 39°56′22″N 75°16′33″W / 39.93944°N 75.27583°W / 39.93944; -75.27583
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Lansdowne Park Historic District
Lansdowne Park Historic District, September 2012
Lansdowne Park Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Lansdowne Park Historic District
Lansdowne Park Historic District is located in the United States
Lansdowne Park Historic District
LocationW. Greenwood, Owen, W. Baltimore, Windermere, & W. Stratford Aves., Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′22″N 75°16′33″W / 39.93944°N 75.27583°W / 39.93944; -75.27583
Area33.3 acres (13.5 ha)
ArchitectWilliam H. Free
Architectural styleDutch Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.87001986[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 5, 1987

The Lansdowne Park Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

History and architexctural features

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This district includes 103 contributing buildings; the majority are residences. Eighty-one of the houses were built between 1889 and 1891, with Queen Anne as the dominant architectural style. The remaining houses were built between 1899 and 1913 and include notable examples of the Dutch Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival styles. The oldest house is the Dickenson Farmstead, a 2½-story dwelling built in 1732 and expanded in 1790.[2] A notable non-residential building located in the district is St. John's Episcopal Church (1901); it closed in 2009.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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 Donald A. Kidder; Susanna C. Morikawa; Sheila Gallagher; William Sisson (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lansdowne Park Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  3. ^ "Parishioners say goodbye to St. John the Evangelist", Daily Times, October 12, 2009