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The Mary B. Sharpe School is locally significant under Criteria C for Architecture as a public grade school that embodies the design tenets of “The Long Progressive Era, 1867-1930,” including the emphasis on natural light, air circulation, and use of elements of both the Romanesque Revival style and Colonial Revival style which were popular for progressive era schools.

Painters Folly is locally significant under Criterion C as a significant example of the Italianate architectural style with high integrity in the region.

The Keystone Mill, built in 1887 by S.S. Keeley for William Johnston & Sons, is significant under Criterion A in the area of industry as one of the largest and best-equipped shoddy mills in Philadelphia between 1887 and 1906.

The Southwark Municipal Piers, also known as Piers 38 and 40, South Wharves, are significant under Criterion A in the areas of commerce and transportation as one of the defining achievements of the City of Philadelphia’s early twentieth century port modernization program. The piers are also significant under Criterion C in the area of architecture as major examples of the Beaux Arts-style port terminals that cities across the United States built along their waterfronts between 1900 and 1930.

Sacred Heart General Hospital has local significance under Criterion A, Health and Medicine, as the primary, community-based provider of Catholic healthcare in Delaware County, PA beginning in the mid-20th century. It is also significant under Criterion C, Architecture as an institutional work of the prominent Philadelphia firms of both Henry D. Dagit & Sons and the later iteration of Dagit Associates, who specialized in projects with the Catholic church and contributed to the hospital campus over multiple generations.

The Johnstown Flood National Memorial Historic District (the District) is nationally significant under Criterion A in the areas of Entertainment/Recreation and Social History for its associations with the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club (SFFHC) and the Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889, and its aftermath.

Constructed in 1892-93, the Otto Eisenlohr and Bros Cigar Factory of Sellersville is significant at the local level under Criteria A-Industry, for the period beginning with the building’s completion in 1893 until 1910 as a cigar manufacturer and retaining industrial significance as the home of the Item Publishing Company, for the period of 1910 until 1943, when the publisher vacated the site. The Eisenlohr empire, with factories throughout Pennsylvania, was at one point the largest cigar manufacturer in the state, and the second-largest independent cigar manufacturer in the nation (c. 1911).

Silver Lake Schoolhouse #1 is significant under Criterion A in the areas of both Education and Ethnic Heritage/Irish. It is a very good example of a mid-19th century public one-room schoolhouse and reflects the Rise of the Common School System period from 1818 to 1867. It is also related to the development of Silver Lake Township as a prefamine rural settlement community for Irish immigrants attracted to this remote corner of Pennsylvania by the offer of affordable land for farming, freedom to practice their Catholic faith at a local church, and free public education.

The Pennock Sharpless House The Pennock E. Sharpless House is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places for its significance under Criterion B as the place that best represents the accomplishments of its owner, Pennock Edwards Sharpless, who established a very successful dairy processing and cream cheese manufacturing business in the Philadelphia region at the turn of the 20th century.  It is also eligible under Criterion C for Architecture as a locally significant example of the Free Classic variant of the Queen Anne style.

Under Criterion B, the Irish-Townsend House is locally significant for its association with Lydia Irish in the area of Social History and William P. Townsend in the area of Industry. Under Criterion C, the Irish-Townsend House is a good example of the Italianate style in New Brighton.

The Craig Family Cemetery (also known as the Fort Hunter African American Cemetery) is locally significant under Criteria A for Ethnic Heritage for its association with the African American history and Social History for its role as a site for recounting the history of both enslavement and the subsequent rise to freedom of those formerly enslaved and their descendants in central Pennsylvania.

The school is locally significant under Criterion A in the area of Education. The property is an important local example of early 20th-century school design and reflects significant developments in educational theories and policies in Bowmanstown during the Long Progressive Era and From Depression to District Reorganization time periods.

The original 1978 nomination for Dickson Works indicated that the property was significant in the areas of Commerce, Industry, and Architecture, with an unspecified period of significance dating to the 19th century. This amended nomination includes additional historical information related to the property, including its later use by the A&P, which expands the period of significance into the mid-20th century.

Bethany Presbyterian Church is locally significant under Criteria C for architecture as a good example of an early 19th century Georgian-style church with high integrity. The design of the church closely resembles those illustrated in commonly available architectural pattern books, including those by Asher Benjamin published from 1797-1843.