{"nrhp_refnum":"86001030","name":"Lititz Moravian Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by E. Main, Willow and Locust, Marion and Orange, and S. Cedar and S. and N. Broad Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lititz","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.15413776650007,"lon":-76.30090652333939,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of religious, residential and commercial buildings, plus open spaces, along East Main Street and Broad Street in the Borough of Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The buildings range in date from about 1755 to about 1930.","why_significant":"The district is regarded as the third planned Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania and the only town in Lancaster County founded as a Moravian community. It is also one of two county communities that grew out of a distinct religious community, and it contains many 18th and 19th century residential, religious and commercial buildings. Its development shifted in 1855 when the town opened to non-Moravian settlers.","narrative":"Lititz is a town in Lancaster County whose core was laid out by the Moravian Church, beginning with a site offered in 1754 and surveyed into building lots in 1757. Members leased lots and built houses and businesses under church regulations, and the buildings fronted a large open square lined with religious and communal structures. The Sisters' House, dating from 1758, and the Brothers' House, from 1759, are among them. The district contains 127 buildings, 113 of them contributing, along East Main Street and Broad Street. Its architecture includes Germanic stone houses from the 1780s, Federal dwellings, and later brick and wood buildings in Second Empire, Italianate and Queen Anne styles. The town is significant for its distinctive planned settlement and its shift from a self-contained religious community to a commercial center after the town opened to non-Moravian residents in 1855. Its Moravian Church Cemetery, first used in 1758, adds to its character.","period_of_significance":"1755-1935","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Germanic, Federal, Second Empire, Italianate, Queen Anne, American Four Square and Commercial styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"The district's general condition and integrity are described as very good, and a local historic district ordinance keeps unsympathetic alterations and new construction to a minimum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.408423-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86001030.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001030/41bc234a1d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001030/41bc234a1d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Allie_Caulfield","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LititzStreetScene.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Allie_Caulfield</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:LititzStreetScene.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996288","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lititz_Moravian_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6648566"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/lititz-moravian-historic-district-86001030/"}