{"nrhp_refnum":"08001271","name":"York Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Edgar and Charles St., MD and PA Railroad, Vander and Church Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"York","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.96118034950007,"lon":-76.71553595986816,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Industry","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the York Historic District in York, York County, Pennsylvania, covering an area southeast of central York along Prospect Street, Lamour Street and the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. It includes industrial complexes, rows of Colonial Revival rowhouses built c. 1900-1910, and a small number of other resources.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the addition is a natural extension of the existing district and helps illustrate the city's early twentieth-century industrial growth along rail corridors and the residential development that followed. Its rowhouses are presented as vernacular examples of the common middle-class housing found elsewhere in the district. The document states that the area is not necessarily important on its own for industry or architecture.","narrative":"Along Prospect Street southeast of central York, a boundary increase to the York Historic District combines industrial complexes along the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad with a long line of three-story Colonial Revival brick rowhouses built c. 1900-1910. The rows are attached in clusters, with narrow grocer's alleys between some groups and mansard roofs above second-story oriel windows. The industrial buildings include the Jacob Beitzel Lumberyard, a Late Victorian brick building begun c. 1895 and enlarged c. 1900, and the General Machine Works complex at 515 Prospect Street, which includes a c. 1918 office building. The Wolf Supply Company operated from the lumberyard into the mid-1970s. The rowhouses are regarded as typical vernacular examples of middle-class housing that complements the older district. The area was built up between 1903 and 1908 and was largely occupied by factory workers who walked to nearby plants.","period_of_significance":"1741-1953","architect_builder":"Jacob Beitzel (lumberyard and 501 Prospect Street building)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most residential properties are occupied and the residences are in fair condition; the document notes that improvements to larger vacant industrial buildings have brought renewed activity to the neighborhood.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.374567-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/08001271.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998858","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/york-historic-district-boundary-increase-08001271/"}