{"nrhp_refnum":"97001670","name":"Honesdale Residential Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Lackawaxen R., Dyberry Cr. and Dyberry Cemetery, Overlook and 18th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Honesdale","county":"Wayne County","state":"PA","lat":41.58112104850005,"lon":-75.25916517546192,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-02-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in the north part of Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, containing 289 contributing buildings, mostly houses with some former factories and an armory, built between about 1830 and 1940.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an intact concentration of architecture reflecting the growth of a major residential area after Honesdale became county seat in 1841 and the arrival of the Delaware and Hudson Canal and coal trade. Its 19th and early 20th century Queen Anne, Italianate, and Shingle style homes are presented as its main significance under criterion C. It is also linked to local industries such as cut glass and shoe manufacturing and to builders including the Kreitner brothers.","narrative":"Honesdale's north residential district is an intact neighborhood of houses built between about 1830 and 1940, spread along North Main Street and the streets to its east and west. The largest homes, many two and a half stories with wood frames, were built for merchants and managers, while smaller houses were built for working people. The district's architecture includes Queen Anne, Italianate, Shingle, Second Empire and Greek Revival examples. Honesdale became county seat in 1841, and the Delaware and Hudson Canal and coal trade drove the building boom that followed. Local industries, including cut glass and a shoe factory, also shaped the district. Builders William and Frederick Kreitner were responsible for more than fifty houses here. The district is listed for its concentration of buildings that embody these styles and periods of construction, and for the relatively unaltered condition of most of them.","period_of_significance":"1830-1947","architect_builder":"Kreitner, William & Frederick (builders); Beers, Elias T. (builder); Wood, Benjamin (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Italianate, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Second Empire, Greek Revival, Folk Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The nomination states the district retains integrity, with 41 noncontributing buildings and minimal alterations to contributing buildings; some homes have been subdivided into multiple dwellings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.623474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/97001670.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001670/4cf167ef54-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001670/4cf167ef54-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Vonsky87","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honesdale_PA_Hist_Res_Dist_3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Vonsky87</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honesdale_PA_Hist_Res_Dist_3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995894","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honesdale_Residential_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5893245"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/wayne-county/honesdale-residential-historic-district-97001670/"}