{"nrhp_refnum":"88000449","name":"Elmwood Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Goepp Circle, Woodruff St., Park Pl., andCarson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bethlehem","county":"Northampton County","state":"PA","lat":40.62475371050007,"lon":-75.36531936062681,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Elmwood Park is an early-20th century suburban, working-class residential district six blocks northeast of Bethlehem's midtown section in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was built chiefly from 1917 through 1920 around an oval street pattern and a central playground.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Elmwood Park was the first large, private suburban residential project in Bethlehem built consistent in construction, material, scale, and style, marking the start of large-scale unified housing in the city. It is presented as an early local example of a tract housing trend in eastern Pennsylvania, and it housed workers of the Bethlehem Steel Company during World War I.","narrative":"Built between 1917 and 1920 on a plain six blocks northeast of Bethlehem's midtown, Elmwood Park is a residential district of one-and-one-half and two-story houses, mostly brick, clapboard, or stucco, with Colonial Revival details. The developers Wood and Hawthorne of Pittsburgh laid out 235 lots around an oval street and a central playground, creating a planned village-like setting. The district includes 68 contributing houses in forms ranging from single dwellings and double residences to butterfly-plan triple units and apartment buildings with six or seven residences. Its significance lies in its uniformity of mass, scale, roof slopes, porches, and window arrangement, which set it apart from the piecemeal housing common in Bethlehem. Built to house workers at the Bethlehem Steel Company during World War I, it is regarded as an early example of large-scale unified housing in the region. Later alterations and post-1950 infill have reduced its uniformity somewhat.","period_of_significance":"1917-1920","architect_builder":"Wood and Hawthorne (developers, Pittsburgh); Dodson Realty of Bethlehem (marketing)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Roughly 60 per cent of original dormers, porches, windows and surfaces remain; many houses have been altered with aluminum siding, enclosed porches and replaced roofs.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.602072-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88000449.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000449/5a447bb680-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000449/5a447bb680-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elmwood_Park_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elmwood_Park_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79002307","name":"Lehigh Canal; Allentown to Hopeville Section","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/lehigh-canal-allentown-to-hopeville-section-79002307/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994648","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Park_Historic_District_(Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5366987"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northampton-county/elmwood-park-historic-district-88000449/"}