East York Historic District

Laid out in 1903 as a grid-plan suburb just outside York, East York stretches along both sides of East Market Street, the Lincoln Highway, with its largest lots and most prominent houses fronting that road. Its 308 resources were built mainly during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and the district is notable for its variety of houses in Colonial Revival, Tudor, Prairie and Craftsman styles, along with French Eclectic and a 1936 Art Deco apartment building. Lots were deed restricted, and the developer set standards for house size and cost, which produced a planned neighborhood of middle and upper income families. Trees now form canopies over many streets, and detached garages match their houses in style and materials. Many large Market Street houses were later converted into doctors' and dentists' offices. The development's early reliance on the trolley and later bus service reflects the transportation patterns that shaped suburbs of its era.