{"nrhp_refnum":"80003570","name":"Muncy Historic District","other_names":["See Also:St. James Episcopal Church"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Ridell Lane, Sherman, Washington and Mechanic Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Muncy","county":"Lycoming County","state":"PA","lat":41.204608748000055,"lon":-76.78467989451116,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 151.9 acres in the Borough of Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, containing 444 buildings, most of them dating from the late 18th through early 20th centuries.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its architecture, which reflects three distinct building eras tied to periods of prosperity in the borough's history. It also reflects Muncy's role as a regional merchant and trade center during the mid-19th century and its later shift to industry.","narrative":"Muncy's historic district covers 151.9 acres in the borough along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, with 444 buildings laid out on a municipal grid adopted in 1797 using 50-by-180-foot lots. Its buildings date from three main eras, roughly 1790 to 1830, 1840 to 1875 and 1885 to 1905, and they include log and frame houses, brick residences, churches and commercial blocks. Muncy grew into a regional trading center after the West Branch Canal arrived in 1834, and merchants built large houses and commercial buildings in the following decades. The Muncy Female Seminary, founded in 1847, added an educational role to the town. The district is significant for how fully its streetscape preserves this sequence, with only a few dozen intrusions, and for its range of styles, including a Gothic Revival church by Richard Upjohn, St. James Episcopal Church.","period_of_significance":"1790-1905","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival and Eclectic","criteria":[],"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 17:11:32.252669-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003570.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003570/dcbafbaf5b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003570/dcbafbaf5b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muncy_Historic_District_Jul_11.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muncy_Historic_District_Jul_11.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996654","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muncy_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6935703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lycoming-county/muncy-historic-district-80003570/"}