College Hill, Easton, Pennsylvania | |
 College Hill, Cattell Street. August 2013. | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by McCartney St., Pierce St., Pardee St., the Forks Township line and the Delaware R., Easton, Pennsylvania |
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| 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[1] |
| 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.[3][4] 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. College Hill has a total of three historic religious institutional buildings, three parks, and the remains of Rinek Mansion grounds.[citation needed]
The neighborhood has 855 buildings. The northeast sector of College Hill contains professionally designed buildings, primarily built between 1830 and 1940 while the northwest sector contains a high concentration of 20th century pattern catalog houses which was built by the Speer Lumber company.[5] The district is primarily known for its mix of architectural styles.[5] The neighborhood also contains many small businesses.
Many College Hill residents are professors at Lafayette College, which lies south of College Hill. Generally, residents of College Hill are fairly wealthy and well educated.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Easton, Pa. and Phillipsburg, N.J." The Library of Congress. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "College Hill - Lehigh Valley Marketplace". Lehigh Valley Marketplace. July 20, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved October 31, 2011. Note: This includes Thomas E. Jones (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: College Hill Residential Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2011.