Danville West Market Street Historic District
Why it's listed
West Market Street in Danville is a residential district of about eleven acres overlooking the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. Its houses were built between about 1800 and 1925, when the neighborhood developed as a middle-class area beside the town's growing iron works and transport links, including the North Branch Canal and several rail lines. Within the district are Federal brick and frame houses, Greek Revival townhouses, Italianate dwellings, and later Second Empire, Queen Anne, Victorian Eclectic, Shingle and Colonial Revival homes. The William Hancock house at 11 West Market Street, a stone Second Empire mansion built in the early 1870s, is a textbook example of its style, while the Baldy house at 100 West Market Street is the largest dwelling in the district. Because few later buildings intrude on Market Street, the streetscape retains a continuous record of nineteenth-century domestic architecture.
Significance in brief: The district is significant for architecture in the 1800 to 1925 period, as it contains representative examples of many major domestic styles, including Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Victorian Eclectic, Queen Anne, Shingle and Colonial Revival. Its high level of integrity, with only three intrusions none fronting Market Street, makes it an unusually well-preserved middle-class nineteenth-century neighborhood tied to the town's iron industry and transportation growth.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 85001174, listed May 29, 1985. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Bounded by Courthouse Alley E., Front St S., Haney's Alley W. and Mahoning St. N., Danville |
|---|---|
| County | Montour County |
| Listed | May 29, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85001174 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1800-1925 |
| Architectural style | Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Victorian Eclectic, Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The district is entirely residential; three intrusions are present, none fronting onto Market Street. |
| Acreage | 11.2 |
| Coordinates | 40.05998, -76.60058 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 85001174.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5221395
- This listing as JSON
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