Jersey Shore Historic District is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 located at Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania

Jersey Shore is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is on the West Branch Susquehanna River, west by south of Williamsport. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, Jersey Shore held farms, railroad shops, cigar factories, a...

, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

-Appalachian Mountains and Allegheny Plateau:Lycoming County is divided between the Appalachian Mountains in the south, the dissected Allegheny Plateau in the north and east, and the valley of the West Branch Susquehanna River between these.-West Branch Susquehanna River:The West Branch of the...

. The district includes 286 contributing buildings in the central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 and surrounding residential area of Jersey Shore. The buildings were mostly built during the period 1830 to 1860, and are representative of Victorian

Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...

, Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

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, and Federal

Federal architecture

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...

 style architecture. Notable buildings include the Abraham Lawshe House (c. 1840), Gallagher-Webb House (c. 1842), Mark Slonaker House (c. 1845), Stone-Nice House (c. 1845), Bailey-Allen House (c. 1850), Sanderson-Sebring House (c. 1852), Samuel Humes Building (1852), Moran-Trump House (1855), West Branch Dormitory Building (1856), and McHenry-Cline House (c. 1885).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1975.