Church, Market and Main Streets, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Northampton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 16, 2012. NRIS 12001016.
The Historic Moravian Bethlehem Historic District encompasses a complex of the oldest surviving buildings in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The National Historic Landmark District is a subset of the larger Central Bethlehem Historic District which is specifically focused on the early buildings constructed by the Moravians, who settled the city in the 18th century.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2012 for its historical assemblage of communal religious buildings and history.
In 2016, it was named to the U.S. Tentative List for nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List. During the 46th World Heritage Committee session in 2024, it officially became a World Heritage Site, together with other Moravian church settlements in Denmark, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
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