Lemont Historic District is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 located in Lemont

Lemont, Pennsylvania

Lemont is a census-designated place in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States and is the location of the only remaining granary in Pennsylvania. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Centre County, Pennsylvania

Centre County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 153,990....

. The district includes 103 contributing buildings in Lemont. The district is almost exclusively residential with a few scatter community buildings. Notable dwellings include the William Williams House (1840s), Dr. Benjamin Berry House (1835), J.J. Hahn House and Store (1850s), John I. Thompson House (1880s), and Dr. J.Y. Dale House (1871). Notable non-residential buildings include the Thompson and Company Bank Building (1868), Spring Creek Presbyterian Church, and the former Lemont Methodist Church.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1979.