College Hill Residential Historic District

	College Hill, Easton, Pennsylvania
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	College Hill, Cattell Street. August 2013.
Location	Roughly bounded by McCartney St., Pierce St., Pardee St., the Forks Township line and the Delaware R., Easton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°42′17″N 75°12′17″W / 40.70472°N 75.20472°W
Area	366 acres (148 ha)
Built	1887
Architect	Michler,William; Speer Lumber Co.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.	91000506
Added to NRHP	May 01, 1991

College Hill is a residential neighborhood in Easton, Pennsylvania. The neighborhood is situated on the hill overlooking downtown Easton which was once known as Mount Lafayette, and before that, Mount Washington.^[2]^[3] Lafayette College borders the neighborhood on its southwest side. The northern boundary of the neighborhood is Forks Township. The boundary lies along Chestnut Ridge, a steep hill that rises to 700 feet.

The neighborhood has 855 buildings, primarily built between 1830 and 1940.^[4] The district contains a mix of architectural styles, including Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Stick Style, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Foursquare, and Homestead Temple House.^[4]

One notable building is McKelvy House (200 High St.) designed in 1888 by McKim, Mead, and White. The building is currently owned by Lafayette College and used as a student residence. It was built John Eyerman, a Lafayette alumnus and faculty member, as a gift to his bride Lucy Maxwell.^[5]

Specific properties on the National Register of Historic Places include 630 Weygadt Dr.^[6]

Many College Hill residents are professors at Lafayette College. Generally, residents of College Hill are fairly wealthy and well educated.

Gallery

Cattell St.
Brodhead St.
McKelvy House, High St.
Residence on Weygadt Dr.
St. Peter Lutheran Church.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Skillman, David Bishop (1932). The Biography of a College: Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College. Easton, Pennsylvania: Lafayette College. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "College Hill - Lehigh Valley Marketplace". Lehigh Valley Marketplace. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Thomas E. Jones (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: College Hill Residential Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-31.
^ "McKelvy House". Historic Campus Architecture Project. Council of Independent Colleges. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
^ Laskey 2009, p. 23

External links

Laskey, Caitlin Douglas (2009) Recreating an Early 20th-Century Kitchen: A Case Study in Preservation and Green Design. (Masters thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved March 2010.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Skillman, David Bishop (1932). The Biography of a College: Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College. Easton, Pennsylvania: Lafayette College. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[3] "College Hill - Lehigh Valley Marketplace". Lehigh Valley Marketplace. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

[arch-4] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Thomas E. Jones (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: College Hill Residential Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-31.

[5] "McKelvy House". Historic Campus Architecture Project. Council of Independent Colleges. Retrieved 2010-03-08.

[6] Laskey 2009, p. 23

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