{"nrhp_refnum":"04001458","name":"Wellsboro Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Nichols,Tioga,Charleston,Jackson,East, Bacon,Morris, Sturrock, Meade, Grant,Walnut, Academy, etc.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wellsboro","county":"Tioga County","state":"PA","lat":41.754666267500056,"lon":-77.3000491463913,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-01-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government","Commerce","Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 360-acre mixed-use historic district in the Borough of Wellsboro, the county seat of Tioga County in northern Pennsylvania, containing commercial, residential, institutional, and religious buildings along with the Green, a public park opposite the county court house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant under Criterion A for its association with county government, regional commerce, and the military through the National Guard Armory, and under Criterion C for its concentration of architecture in many styles built between 1835 and 1953. It cites the 1835 Federal-style Tioga County Court House as the earliest building and notes work by architects William Halsey Wood and Thomas H. Atherton.","narrative":"Wellsboro's downtown and surrounding residential streets make up this 360-acre district in the county seat of Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The district holds 648 unlisted resources, of which 535 are contributing, and includes the Green, a public park opposite the 1835 Federal-style Tioga County Court House, built of native sandstone. Buildings date from 1835 to the early 1950s and represent many styles, from Greek Revival and Gothic Revival houses to Italianate and Queen Anne residences, Bungalows, American Foursquares, and Art Deco and Moderne commercial buildings. Growth followed the lumber industry and later the glass industry, which began in the twentieth century after Corning acquired the Columbia Window Glass Works plant in 1916. The district is significant for its links to county government, regional commerce, and the 1932 Wellsboro Armory, and for the range of its architecture. Its architects include William Halsey Wood and Thomas H. Atherton.","period_of_significance":"1835-1953","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Italianate, Stick, Eastlake, Queen Anne, French Second Empire, Neo-Classical and Colonial Revival, Bungalow, American Foursquare, Art Deco, Moderne","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 17:10:27.262119-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/04001458.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001458/0c3f9cc784-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001458/0c3f9cc784-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Nicholas","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tioga_County_Courthouse_Official.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicholas</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:Tioga_County_Courthouse_Official.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998616","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellsboro_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7981739"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/tioga-county/wellsboro-historic-district-04001458/"}