{"nrhp_refnum":"79002285","name":"Annville Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Quittapahilla Creek, Lebanon, Saylor and Marshall Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Annville","county":"Lebanon County","state":"PA","lat":40.32912523000007,"lon":-76.51381331839026,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district comprising the residential core of Annville, a town on the north bank of the Quittapahilla Creek in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, with buildings ranging from 18th-century log and stone houses to Victorian mansions. The town was formally laid out in 1763-64 by Andrew Miller, Adam Ulrich and Abraham Raiguel.","why_significant":"The district is described as an excellent example of a linear community that developed along early roads and waterways. It contains a wide range of architectural styles and building practices common in Central Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries, and many of its buildings are regarded as outstanding examples of their type.","narrative":"Annville sits on the north bank of the Quittapahilla Creek, where dammed water power and early grist mills drew settlers in the 1720s. The town was formally laid out in 1763-64 by Andrew Miller, Adam Ulrich and Abraham Raiguel, each of whom platted his section somewhat independently, which left visible street irregularities where the three sectors meet. Lots were 66 by 200 feet, and houses were built close to the street with rear gardens and alleys for barns. The district holds a sequence of building types, from log houses along Queen Street, roughly thirty of which survive, to limestone houses from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including the Abraham Herr Manor House. Later 19th-century factories, hotels along the Berks-Dauphin Turnpike, and Victorian mansions on East Main Street reflect growth following the railroad and limestone quarrying. The district is significant for its architecture and for documenting this progression of building styles in a Central Pennsylvania town.","period_of_significance":"1700-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["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 17:11:29.990703-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002285.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002285/6928f0df19-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002285/6928f0df19-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annville_St_Anthony_Coptic_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:Annville_St_Anthony_Coptic_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994531","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4769794"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lebanon-county/annville-historic-district-79002285/"}