East Washington Historic District

East Washington is a residential borough east of the city of Washington, Pennsylvania, with most of its houses built between 1880 and 1900. Its dwellings range from large houses on spacious lots near the core to smaller, closely spaced homes on side streets. Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Colonial Revival and Victorian Vernacular types predominate, with towers, turrets, spindled and jigsawn porches, Palladian windows and inset balconies common throughout. Notable examples include a brick Italian villa at 63 South Wade, a Shingle Style house at 355 Wheeling Street, and a row of detached houses on North Avenue. The district was built without a master plan or single developer, and it grew from the growth of glass manufacturing, oil and gas, and later steel in the region. It was incorporated as a borough in 1892. Its high proportion of intact buildings from this period, and the variety of styles within a small area, are the reasons for its listing.