Lonaconing Historic District

The Lonaconing Historic District is a national historic district in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland. It comprises 278 buildings and structures consisting of a variety of 19th and early-20th century commercial, industrial, and residential buildings. These structures identify with the development of Lonaconing as a center of the iron, coal, and silk industries in the George's Creek Valley of Western Maryland. It includes a group of 40 late-19th and early-20th century brick or frame commercial structures, including a hotel, bank, three dry goods stores, and numerous other shops and warehouses, mostly constructed after a fire which devastated downtown in 1881.[2]

Lonaconing Historic District
Looking north on MD 36 (Main St.) towards Douglas Ave.
Lonaconing Historic District is located in Maryland
Lonaconing Historic District
Lonaconing Historic District is located in the United States
Lonaconing Historic District
LocationMD 36, MD 657, and Douglas Ave., Church, E. Main and Railroad Sts., Lonaconing, Maryland
Coordinates39°34′11″N 78°58′45″W
Area125 acres (51 ha)
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.83002919[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1983

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Looking south on MD 36

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Mark R. Edwards and Ellen K. Coxe (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lonaconing Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.


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