{"nrhp_refnum":"99000321","name":"Newport Historic District","other_names":["Reider's Ferry"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Fickes Ln., Oliver St., Front St., Little Buffalo Run, Bloomfield Av. and Sixth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newport and Oliver Township","county":"Perry County","state":"PA","lat":40.47768175400006,"lon":-77.13241654761154,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of roughly 483 resources in the borough of Newport and Oliver Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, centred on Center Square and including residences, commercial and industrial buildings, public buildings, three stone arch bridges and a cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its long-term role in regional and local commerce and industry, and for its largely intact collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century buildings, including many vernacular I-houses and commercial blocks around Center Square. Its development is tied to water power, river and canal transport, and the Pennsylvania Railroad.","narrative":"Newport is a river-town grid of about six by seven blocks in Perry County, Pennsylvania, with its commercial core at Center Square, where three-storey brick buildings occupy each corner. Its origins lie in a gristmill that David English built on Little Buffalo Creek around 1765, and the town grew as flour and feed were shipped by flatboat to Harrisburg and Baltimore. The Juniata Division of the Pennsylvania Canal reached it in 1830 and the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849. The district is regarded as significant for its long-term commercial and industrial role, with tanneries, forges, garment factories and mills operating over more than a century. Most of the roughly 361 residences are two-storey I-houses built between 1865 and 1920, reflecting the town's late nineteenth-century prosperity. The 1871 Graham Hotel, the 1875 Butz Building and the 1876 Centennial Building anchor the square, and the Jones Warehouse on Front Street dates from about 1817.","period_of_significance":"1817-1948","architect_builder":"Hetrick, John L., Frank, J.C., Fleisher, G.& J.E.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne; vernacular I-house","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The district includes many buildings in use, with the commercial cluster around Center Square described as virtually intact; the Third Street Bridge is closed to all but pedestrian traffic.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.083321-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/99000321.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000321/1b6dd00c41-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000321/1b6dd00c41-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newport_Boro_HD.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newport_Boro_HD.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996741","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Historic_District_(Newport,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15262180"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/perry-county/newport-historic-district-99000321/"}