page_title: Tamaqua Historic District
hierarchical_section_title: Tamaqua Historic District
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of downtown Tamaqua, PA looking Northeast down Broad Street. This entire area is encompassed by the Tamaqua Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 2001.
context_page_description: Tamaqua Historic District is a national historic district located at Schuylkill Township and Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 944 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, 8 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Tamaqua. The residential buildings principally date to the early 20th century. They are mostly two-story, of brick and frame construction, and in a variety of popular architectural styles including Queen Anne, Late Victorian, Italianate, and Colonial Revival. Notable non-residential buildings include the Little Schuylkill Hotel, White Swan, Washington House, Shepp Building, Elks Lodge, Peoples Trust Company Building, Tamaqua National Bank, First National Bank of Tamaqua, U.S. Post Office, Majestic Theater and Hotel, Hegarty Blacksmith Shop, Conrad Biscoff Planing Mill and Furniture Factory, Tamaqua Manufacturing Company, Calvary Episcopal Church, First Methodist Church, St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church, American Hose Company, East End Fire Co., and the former Tamaqua Armory. The contributing sites are St.
context_section_description: Tamaqua Historic District is a national historic district located at Schuylkill Township and Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 944 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, 8 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Tamaqua. The residential buildings principally date to the early 20th century. They are mostly two-story, of brick and frame construction, and in a variety of popular architectural styles including Queen Anne, Late Victorian, Italianate, and Colonial Revival. Notable non-residential buildings include the Little Schuylkill Hotel (1827), White Swan (c. 1845), Washington House (c. 1842-1850), Shepp Building, Elks Lodge, Peoples Trust Company Building (c. 1915), Tamaqua National Bank (1908), First National Bank of Tamaqua (1905, 1919), U.S. Post Office (1932), Majestic Theater and Hotel, Hegarty Blacksmith Shop (1848), Conrad Biscoff Planing Mill and Furniture Factory (1865), Tamaqua Manufacturing Company (1910), Calvary Episcopal Church (1851), First Methodist Church (1852), St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church (1856), American Hose Company (1881), East End Fire Co. (1923), and the former Tamaqua Armory. The contributing sites are St. Jerome's Cemetery (c. 1837), Odd Fellows Cemetery (1865), and the foundation of the Fitzpatrick Shirt Factory (1888). Contributing structures include three runs of iron steps and five bridges. Located in the district and separately listed are the Anthracite Bank Building, George Ormrod House, and Tamaqua Railroad Station.
  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
caption: Tamaqua Historic District, July 2010
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