{"nrhp_refnum":"89002258","name":"Academy Hill Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Sarah, 8th, Fulmer and 5th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stroudsburg","county":"Monroe County","state":"PA","lat":40.98871195700005,"lon":-75.19470153913068,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of 140 principal buildings in the Borough of Stroudsburg, north of Main Street and the Monroe County Courthouse, centered on Scott and Thomas Streets. Most buildings are houses built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the district is laid out on a grid of tree-shaded streets.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a locally outstanding collection of late 19th and early 20th century high-style residential architecture, with excellent Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and American Foursquare examples. It notes the district's unusual preservation and cohesive architecture, and says it reflects the growth of the county seat as a residential area. Its residents included a cross-section of the local workforce.","narrative":"Stroudsburg's Academy Hill district is a residential neighborhood of 140 principal buildings north of Main Street and the Monroe County Courthouse, mostly built between 1875 and 1923 on lots averaging 50 by 100 feet. Its houses are largely wood frame with slate gable roofs, and many are two and a half stories tall. Queen Anne-inspired houses with steep gables, jigsawn ornament and porches predominate, alongside American Foursquares and Colonial Revival houses. The district developed after the Civil War as a middle-class suburb, aided by trolley service and public utilities installed in the 1880s. Thomas Street, Scott Street and Sarah Street, which contains the district's earliest surviving houses, form its core. The district is regarded as an unusually well-preserved example of late 19th-century residential design in the county, with original slate roofs, porches and wood detailing largely intact.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1806-1937","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival; Early 20th Century/Craftsman; American Foursquare","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Most houses remain residential, in single-family and multi-family use, and the district retains exceptional integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.68093-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/89002258.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998303","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Hill_Historic_District_(Stroudsburg,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4671366"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/monroe-county/academy-hill-historic-district-89002258/"}