{"nrhp_refnum":"00000058","name":"Manheim Borough Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Colebrook, Laurel, Fuller Dr., And Fulton Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Manheim Borough","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.161011332000044,"lon":-76.39520526101994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Manheim Borough Historic District is a small industrial and commercial town in northwest Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, laid out in a grid around Market Square and covering about 230 acres. It contains 896 resources, of which 784 are contributing buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant under criteria A and C for commerce, industry and architecture. It developed from a glassworks founded by Henry William Stiegel in 1765 into an industrial and commercial center, and it holds a large concentration of mid-to-late nineteenth century buildings in several styles.","narrative":"Manheim Borough is a small town in northwest Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, laid out on a grid around Market Square, with Main Street and High Street meeting at its center. Henry William Stiegel, a German immigrant ironmaster, established a glassworks there in 1765, and the town grew from a village of craftsmen into an industrial and commercial center. The district's buildings date from 1762 to 1949, with most built between 1860 and 1930. Mid-to-late nineteenth century buildings include Italianate and Eastlake houses, Second Empire residences, and combined store-and-residence buildings such as the Kready Store, built about 1865 to 1875. The Eisenlohr cigar factory, the Hershey Machine and Foundry Company, and the Noggle clothing factory show the role of manufacturing. The district is listed for its commercial, industrial and architectural significance.","period_of_significance":"1762-1949","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Stick/Eastlake, Second Empire, Renaissance Revival, Bungalow, American Four-square","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.683043-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/00000058.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000058/6cb76af411-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000058/6cb76af411-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:62_Main_St_Manheim_LanCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:62_Main_St_Manheim_LanCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996371","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manheim_Borough_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6749333"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/manheim-borough-historic-district-00000058/"}