Milton Historic District (Milton, Pennsylvania)

Milton Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
YMCA in Milton Historic District, November 2009
Location	Roughly bounded by Eight and Upper Market Sts., Spruce Ave. and Stanton, High and Apple Sts., and the Susquehanna River, Milton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°01′20″N 76°50′59″W / 41.02222°N 76.84972°WCoordinates: 41°01′20″N 76°50′59″W / 41.02222°N 76.84972°W
Area	101 acres (41 ha)
Built	1852
Architect	Nesbit, John; Et al.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	86001933[1]
Added to NRHP	July 24, 1986

Milton Historic District is a national historic district located at Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 719 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Milton. The buildings mostly date from the 1880s to the early 20th century; older buildings were largely lost due to a fire in 1880 and floods in 1972 and 1977. Residential buildings are in a variety of architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, Queen Anne, and Richardsonian Romanesque. Notable buildings include two surviving Federal style stone houses at 355 S. Front and 37 W. 4th, Methodist Episcopal Church (1882), First Presbyterian Church (1882), Hotel Milton, former Elk's Home, Sears Roebuck Building, former Dreifuss Brothers Store, Stetler Hotel, Milton Water Company Building (1890), Milton National Bank / Public Library, Masonic Temple (1930), U.S. Post Office, former Shimer Corporation works, Pennsylvania and Reading Freight Station, YMCA building, and Reid Tobacco Company.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

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  Milton Post Office, October 2011
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  Milton Freight Station

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Douglas R. McMinn (March 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Milton Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-27.