Manheim Borough Historic District, Historic district in Manheim, Pennsylvania.
Manheim Borough Historic District is a neighborhood in Pennsylvania containing about 787 buildings that show Renaissance Revival and Italianate architectural styles. The buildings form a grid street pattern and still house shops on the ground floors with residences above, preserving the original mixed-use character.
Glassmaker Henry William Stiegel founded the settlement in 1762 and established glassworks that sparked regional economic growth. Over the 1800s, additional factories emerged including cigar manufacturing and railroad connections, transforming the place into a regional trade hub.
The district reflects how a glassmaking founder shaped the town's identity, with later industries like cigar manufacturing becoming central to local pride and daily work. You can see this heritage in the way ground-floor shops still serve the community and how residents maintain the historic streets as a record of their past.
You can easily reach the district via Pennsylvania Route 72 and Route 772, which run directly through the area. The best way to explore it is on foot by walking the streets to see the building facades and architecture from all angles.
The Eisenlohr Cigar Factory still stands as a reminder of when cigar production was the economic heart of the settlement. This industrial legacy remains visible in how the building fits into the neighborhood and tells the story of workers and local commerce from that era.
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