Rice's Landing Historic District

Rice's Landing Historic District is a national historic district located at Rice's Landing, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 63 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 5 contributing structures in the borough of Rice's Landing. The district is dominated by one- to two-story examples of vernacular Victorian, Colonial Revival, and American Craftsman style buildings. Notable non-residential buildings include the Methodist Episcopal Church (1873), brick jail (1850s), W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop (a National Historic Landmark), Excelsior Pottery, Rice's Landing National Bank building, Hughes store, and the Nash-Rambler Garage. Contributing structures include the remains of Monongahela River Lock Number 6, concrete bridge (1914), railroad bridge (1913), railroad tunnel (1913), and Dilworth Mine related structures.[2]

Rice's Landing Historic District
W.A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop, 1991
LocationRoughly bounded by the Monongahela R., Water, Second, Bayard, Carmichael, High, Main and Ferry including Pumpkin Run Pk., Rice's Landing, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′57″N 80°00′00″W
Area81 acres (33 ha)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Other, Vernacular Victorian
NRHP reference No.92001723[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1992

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Christine Davis (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rice's Landing Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-22.


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