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Downtown Berwick

With its unique Victorian architecture, Berwick’s Downtown District is the site of unique shops, restaurants, banks, office suites, a movie theater and much more.  Numerous events take place in and around the downtown each month.  The famous Thanksgiving Day “Run for the Diamonds” hosts about 1000 runners a year. The Jaycees Christmas Boulevard, a light and decoration display along Market Street, is held throughout the month of December.  In the spring, the Boulevard is transformed into a flowering vista.

When visitors traverse the Boulevard, they pass a beautiful, historic home, known locally as the Jackson Mansion.  This century-old Victorian Mansion was planned by Colonel Clarence G. Jackson in a Civil War Confederate prison. The building was completed in 1878, two years before Colonel Jackson died at the age of 38.  It was built of specially-worked Vermont stone, with hand carved wood-work, handmade tiled fireplaces, and heavy 9-foot high entrance doors, set in a beautifully landscaped park, a memorial to him and his wife Elizabeth.  The Jackson Mansion is currently home to the Berwick Historical Society.

The Borough of Berwick has several parks throughout the Borough. Test Track Park is the most nature-oriented park out of all of them, located along the beautiful Susquehanna River, where you can walk through trails, fish along the bank, launch a boat, and enjoy the beauties of nature just outside of town.

Other parks in the Borough include Ber Vaughn Park, Arbor Street Park, Sponsler’s Park, Vine Street Park and Louis D. Stevens Park. For more information, visit www.berwickborough.org.

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