Academy Hill Historic District (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)

Academy Hill Historic District is a national historic district located in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Bordered by Sarah, 8th, Fulmer, and 5th streets, the district encompasses 180 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Stroudsburg.[2][3]

Academy Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by Sarah, 8th, Fulmer and 5th Sts., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°59′19″N 75°11′42″W
Area	42 acres (17 ha)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne, North Cat, Gavel End Bungalow, Northern Removed Colonial, West Gate Bungalow
NRHP reference No.	89002258[1]
Added to NRHP	January 4, 1990

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

History and architectural features

The oldest community in Pennsylvania's Pocono Region, Stroudsburg was incorporated as a borough in 1815 and then designated as the county seat at the time Monroe County was created in 1836.[4] It is also the site of multiple historic homes, the majority of which date from the mid-19th to early 20th century, and which are representative of a number of popular architectural styles of this period, including Colonial Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, Queen Anne, North Cat, Gavel End Bungalow, Northern Removed Colonial, and West Gate Bungalow. Eight of the buildings pre-date 1858.[5][6]

Listing of this district on the National Register of Historic Places

In November 1988, Janet W. Foster, the associate director of Acroterion in Morristown, New Jersey, completed the nomination form to secure this placement of the Academy Hill Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] The district was then officially added to the National Register later that same year.[7]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Academy Hill Historic District," in "Pennsylvania-Monroe County." Washington, D.C.: National Register of Historic Places, retrieved online September 28, 2019.
3. Academy Hill Historic District, in "National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations," in Federal Register, Vol. 54, No. 242, December 19, 1989, p. 51955. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, retrieved online September 28, 2019.
4. Keller, Robert Brown. History of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, p. 68. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: The Monroe Publishing Company, 1927.
5. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Janet W. Foster (November 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Academy Hill Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
6. Bailey, Gauvin. "Colonial Architecture Project". Colonial Architecture Project. Gauvin Alexander Bailey. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
7. Academy Hill Historic District, in "National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations," in Federal Register, Vol. 54, No. 242, December 19, 1989, p. 51955.

External links

• Brick Queen Anne, Academy Hill Historic District, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Waymarking.com, retrieved online September 28, 2019.
• "Historic Stroudsburg: A Walking Tour." Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Monroe County Historical Association, retrieved online September 28, 2019.