South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District

South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District is a national historic district in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District
South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District, October 2011
LocationRoughly bounded by Wyandotte, Columbia, Hayes, and Morton St., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°36′45″N 75°22′30″W
Area74 acres (30 ha)
Built1917
ArchitectLeh, A.W.; et al.
Architectural styleGothic, Italianate
NRHP reference No.05001500[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 2006

The district includes 288 contributing buildings and two contributing objects. It encompasses a concentration of late-19th through early 20th century commercial, municipal, industrial and residential buildings. Most of them date from about 1900 to 1935. Notable non-residential buildings include several Bethlehem Steel-related buildings, the South Bethlehem Post Office (1916), Bethlehem Public Library (1929), Protection Firehouse (Touchstone Theater, 1875), E.P. Wilbur Trust Building (1910), Holy Infancy Catholic Church (1892), St. John Windish Lutheran Church (1910), Windish Hall (c. 1915), and the Banana Factory (c. 1900).[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

  • Panoramic View of South Bethlehem
  • Holy Infancy Catholic Church, October 2011

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 Shelby Weaver Splain (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: South Bethlehem Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-29.


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