{"nrhp_refnum":"92001723","name":"Rice's Landing Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by the Monongahela R., Water, Second, Bayard, Carmichael, High, Main and Ferry including Pumpkin Run Pk.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rice's Landing","county":"Greene County","state":"PA","lat":39.95168173900004,"lon":-80.00338987636897,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-12-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rice's Landing Historic District is a river port and early industrial town on a narrow terrace along the Monongahela River in northeastern Greene County, Pennsylvania, with its upland hillsides and ridgetops. The district contains 63 buildings, five structures and four archaeological sites.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant in the areas of transportation, industry and architecture as a preserved mid-19th to early-20th century Upper Monongahela River port and early industrial town. It cites the Young Machine Shop, the Excelsior Pottery, the Dilworth Mining Complex and Lock #6 as key resources, and states that the town integrated the river navigation system, rail transportation, bituminous coal mining and early industry in one location.","narrative":"Rice's Landing occupies a narrow river terrace, steep hillslope and upland ridgetop beside the Monongahela River in northeastern Greene County. Its vernacular buildings, mostly one and two stories, date from the Mid-Victorian to Craftsman periods. The town was founded in 1780 by John Rice, and after canalization brought Lock #6 in 1856, it served as a shipping point for goods bound for much of northeastern Greene County. Industrial sites include the W. A. Young Machine Shop, a preserved river-side plant whose foundry was added during the coal boom, and the Excelsior Pottery, where Isaac Hewitt, Jr. produced salt-glazed stoneware in the early 1870s. The Dilworth deep shaft mine, opened by the 1900s, shipped coal directly into barges, and its fan house survives. The district was listed for its well-preserved river port and coal-era character and for its cohesive architecture, which the nomination compares favorably with other Upper Monongahela towns that lost integrity to floods and later development.","period_of_significance":"1854 - 1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other/Victorian Vernacular; Bungalow; Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The now vacant garage is noted as vacant; the Rice's Landing bank now functions as a center for the town's historical society; the Dilworth fan house still operates for the new Dilworth Mine.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.578078-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92001723.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001723/37f3bf04e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001723/37f3bf04e1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jet Lowe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.A._Young_%26_Sons_Foundry_%26_Machine_Shop.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet Lowe</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.A._Young_%26_Sons_Foundry_%26_Machine_Shop.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997982","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice%27s_Landing_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7322968"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/greene-county/rices-landing-historic-district-92001723/"}