{"nrhp_refnum":"96001552","name":"Hanover Historic District","other_names":["See Also: Eichelberger High School","Hanover Post Office","Neas"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Elm Ave., Broadway, Eisenhower Dr., Hollywood Ave., and Hanover borough boundary line","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hanover","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.81667473300004,"lon":-76.97885732157478,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of approximately 885 acres in the borough of Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, centred on Center Square where five major streets meet. It contains 3,036 buildings, five sites, six structures and one object, mostly residences with some commercial and industrial buildings.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its association with commerce, transportation and industry, tied to the town's growth as a trade centre on early highways and later railroads. It is also significant for architecture, as a collection of Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Pennsylvania German vernacular and American Four-square buildings with good integrity.","narrative":"Hanover Borough in southwestern York County contains a historic district of about 885 acres centred on Center Square, where five major streets meet. Most of its 3,036 buildings are residences, with commercial and industrial buildings along the railroad tracks in the northern half. The town was laid out in 1763 by Richard McAllister around a hub of five radiating streets, on land beside the Monocacy Road, an old route between Philadelphia and Maryland. Railroads built in 1852, 1873 and 1877 made the town a regional trade centre. Most of the district's architecture dates from c. 1870 to 1946, when a railroad-driven boom produced brick and frame houses and store-and-residence blocks. The district is regarded as significant for commerce, transportation and industry, and for its architecture, including Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Pennsylvania German vernacular and American Four-square buildings.","period_of_significance":"C. 1783 - 1946","architect_builder":"Dempwolf, J. A. and Reinhardt","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Pennsylvania German vernacular, American Four-square","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The majority of buildings are stated to retain good integrity and be in good condition, with few intrusions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.195479-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/96001552.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001552/ea9c4466c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001552/ea9c4466c6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanover_Theater_Hanover_PA_Mar_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanover_Theater_Hanover_PA_Mar_11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995744","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5649391"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/hanover-historic-district-96001552/"}