{"nrhp_refnum":"00000847","name":"Red Lion Borough Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Edgewood Ave., Windsor Twp. line, MD&PA RR., Chestnut Rd., Country Club Rd., and York Twp. line.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Red Line","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.90131253750005,"lon":-76.60977351661347,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering about 260 acres in Red Lion Borough, central York County, Pennsylvania, centered on the intersection of Broadway and Main Streets. It contains 1565 buildings, 4 sites and 3 structures, most of them mixed residential, commercial and industrial properties built roughly between 1874 and 1950.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criterion A for industry and commerce, because the borough grew as a center of cigar making and later furniture manufacturing. It is significant under Criterion C for architecture, as a locally important collection of late 19th to mid 20th century vernacular residential, industrial and commercial buildings. Its growth from a railroad stop to a self-sufficient industrial town is central to the argument.","narrative":"Red Lion Borough's historic district covers about 260 acres in central York County, centered on the crossing of Broadway and Main Streets. Its 1565 buildings are tightly packed on narrow lots, mostly two-story brick or frame structures, and many are attached duplexes or row houses. The town began in 1874 as a stop on the Peach Bottom Railroad, named after Catherine Meyer's tavern, and was incorporated as a borough in 1880. From the 1880s through the 1920s, it became a major center of cigar manufacturing, with dozens of small factories and, by 1927, 86 factories reported. Furniture makers arrived after 1907. The district's buildings, mostly vernacular with decorative elements of popular styles, show that growth in residential, commercial and industrial form. Most date between 1890 and 1930.","period_of_significance":"1874-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Queen Anne, Late Victorian, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The document states that the district retains its historic integrity, with few modern intrusions, and that its resources are generally in good condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.029093-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/00000847.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000847/728fc5072f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000847/728fc5072f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"JOHN LLOYD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Lion,_Pennsylvania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JOHN LLOYD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Lion,_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997974","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lion_Borough_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7304524"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/red-lion-borough-historic-district-00000847/"}