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Damascus Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Damascus Hist Dist, PA
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Location	Roughly, PA 371 from Galilee Rd. to the Delaware R. and adjacent part of Rt. 63027 S of PA 371, Damascus Township, Pennsylvania
Area	45 acres (18 ha)
Built	1810
Architectural style	Renaissance, Greek Revival, Queen Anne
MPS	Upper Delaware Valley, New York and Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	92001000
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1992

Damascus Historic District, is a national historic district located at Damascus Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 36 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the community of Damascus. The buildings are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Greek Revival, Queen Anne, and Renaissance Revival. Notable buildings include the Baptist Church (c. 1832), Damascus Academy, Vail and Appley Store (c. 1860), Methodist Church (1857), Philip O'Reilly House (c. 1840), and Luther Appley House (c. 1850). The sites are the Hillside Cemetery and Overlook Cemetery.

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