{"nrhp_refnum":"86000319","name":"Real Estate Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2--8 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bangor","county":"Northampton County","state":"PA","lat":40.86708120900005,"lon":-75.20514658599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story trapezoidal masonry commercial and apartment building with a one- to two-story brick and frame addition, located at the northwest corner of Main and Market Streets in downtown Bangor, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1905-1907.","why_significant":"The building is argued to reflect Bangor's emergence as a commercial center of the Slate Belt during the slate industry boom. It is one of only two early high rise buildings in Bangor designed for mixed commercial and residential use, and its Italianate and Georgian Revival design is considerably more ornate than contemporary local buildings. It is also tied to David S. Huddleson, who built it to house a large department store and apartments.","narrative":"Downtown Bangor at the northwest corner of Main and Market Streets is the site of this five-story masonry building, erected between 1905 and 1907 on a trapezoidal plot that follows the angle of the intersection. Its east and south facades, the most ornate on the building, combine Italianate and Georgian Revival features, including stone quoins, steel bay windows, and a modillioned cornice at the fifth floor. Built for David S. Huddleson, an Irish immigrant who had earlier run a grocery store, it held the area's largest department store on the lower floors, with apartments above. The department store drew customers from throughout the Slate Belt Region until 1938. The building is significant for its architectural style and its mixed commercial and residential use, which was rare for Bangor at the time. It was one of only two early high rise buildings in the town designed for that purpose, and it reflects the growth that followed the slate industry's expansion. A rear brick and frame addition extends to the west.","period_of_significance":"1905-1907","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate and Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Altered; first-floor facades have corrugated metal banding and a boarded display window, and the interior has been drastically altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.325291-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86000319.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000319/b9bb0d7c53-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000319/b9bb0d7c53-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Real_Estate_Building,_Bangor_PA_02.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Real_Estate_Building,_Bangor_PA_02.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994571","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Estate_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7300901"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northampton-county/real-estate-building-86000319/"}