Bear Creek Village Historic District facts for kids
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Bear Creek Village Historic District
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Former store on White Haven Road
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 Location in Pennsylvania
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| Location | PA 115 at Bear Creek Dam, Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania |
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| Area | 222 acres (90 ha) |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architect | Raife, Phillip R.; et al. |
| Architectural style | Stick/eastlake, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001287 |
| Added to NRHP | October 28, 1999 |
Bear Creek Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Bear Creek Village, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 55 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the borough of Bear Creek Village. It includes houses and workers' cottages, summer cottages, outbuildings, churches, cemeteries, a dam and lake, and the remains of 19th and early 20th century lumbering and ice industries. Notable contributing resources include the Bear Creek Dam, Albert Lewis Residence (1895, 1922-1923), The Pines (c. 1875), Grace Chapel (1884), the Lewis Family Cemetery, former St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church (1911), store and post office (c. 1885), Bear Creek Association clubhouse (c. 1920), and former Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (c. 1895).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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Front of Lewis Mansion
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Lewis Mansion
