Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Pennsylvania - Bucks County
Bucks County Pennsylvania has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 20 places of National significance and 30 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Harriman Historic District, Trevose Manor, White Hall of Bristol College, Fonthill, Mercer Museum and Moravian Pottery and Tile Works and Fonthill.

Learn about the many famous people who are associated with these Bucks County historic places including George Clymer, Dr. Henry Mercer, Gen. Henry Knox, George Nakashima, Nicholas Biddle and Margaret Mead.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Bucks County places including Phoenix Bridge Co., Charles Lee, Dr. Henry C. Mercer, George Nakashima, Dr. Henry Mercer, Ley,Fred T.,Company,Inc., Thomas U. Walter, Alexander Jackson Davis, Soil Conservation Service and City Bridge Co.. Prominent architectural styles found in Bucks Country are Georgian, Colonial Revival and Late Victorian.

Harriman Historic District (added 1987 - #87000673)
Roughly bounded by Trenton Ave., Cleveland and McKinley Sts., Farragut Ave., and West Circle , Bristol
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This Bristol neighborhood still preserves the grid of red-brick homes and boarding houses built in a frantic 1918 rush to house World War I shipyard workers.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ley,Fred T.,Company,Inc.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Bridge in Solebury Township (added 1988 - #88000783)
Also known as See Also:Carversville Historic District
Carversville Rd. over Paunacussing Creek , Carversville
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Built in 1854, this double-arch stone span still carries cars over the Paunacussing Creek just as it carried horse-drawn wagons before the Civil War.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Trevose Manor (added 1976 - #76001607)
Also known as General James Wilkinson House;Joseph Growden House
5408 Old Trevose Rd. , Cornwells Heights
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Revolutionary War bullet holes still pepper the 1685 stone vault at this early Pennsylvania estate where Benjamin Franklin regularly visited his loyalist friend.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Wilkinson,Gen. James,et al.
Significant Year:
1847, 1782, 1685
Area of Significance:
Military, European
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1750-1799, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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White Hall of Bristol College (added 1984 - #84003177)
Also known as White Hall
701-721 Shadyside Ave. , Croyden
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This imposing 1835 Greek Revival landmark near the Delaware River served as a Civil War military academy before housing an orphanage for the children of Black Union soldiers.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Davis,Alexander Jackson
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, Hospital, School
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Fonthill, Mercer Museum and Moravian Pottery and Tile Works (added 1985 - #85002366)
Also known as See Also:Fonthill;Mercer Museum;Moravian Pottery and Tile Wo
Court St. and Swamp Rd. and Pine and Ashland Sts. , Doylestown
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Henry Mercer hand-mixed the concrete for these eccentric Doylestown towers, packing them with pre-industrial tools and custom-glazed clay tiles that still look fresh today.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mercer,Henry C.
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Mercer,Henry C.
Significant Year:
1916, 1907
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Museum, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
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Fonthill (added 1972 - #72001094)
Also known as Mercer Mansion;The Castle;See Also:Fonthill,Mercer Museum, a
E. Court St. at intersection of PA 313 , Doylestown
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Eccentric tilemaker Henry Mercer spent four years pouring this towering concrete fortress by hand, stuffing its forty-four rooms with historic prints and his own glazed clay tiles.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mercer,Dr. Henry C.
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Historic Person:
Mercer,Dr. Henry C.
Significant Year:
1910, 1908
Area of Significance:
Science, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Mercer Museum (added 1972 - #72001097)
Also known as Bucks Country Historical Society;See Also:Fonthill,Mercer Mu
Pine and Ashland Sts. , Doylestown
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Henry Mercer?s towering six-story concrete castle in Doylestown holds over 50,000 pre-industrial tools, even hanging entire carriages and wooden whaleboats directly from the ceilings.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mercer,Dr. Henry
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Mercer,Dr. Henry
Significant Year:
1916, 1904
Area of Significance:
Science, Education, Architecture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Library, Museum
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
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Moravian Pottery and Tile Works (added 1972 - #72001098)
Also known as Dr. Henry Chapman Mercer's Tileworks;See Also:Fonthill;Merce
Court St. and PA 313 , Doylestown
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Inside Henry Mercer''s chunky concrete castle, potters still use the original 1912 molds to hand-press clay into those famous Arts and Crafts tiles.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mercer,Dr. Henry Chapman
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Historic Person:
Mercer,Dr. Henry Chapman
Significant Year:
1912
Area of Significance:
Art, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Doylestown Historic District (added 1985 - #85001012)
Also known as See Also:Fountain House;Mercer Museum;James-Lorah House;Dung
Roughly bounded by Union, Cottage and E. Ashland Sts, Hillside Ave. and S. and N. West Sts. , Doylestown
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More than a thousand Federal and Victorian buildings line these streets, surrounding a towering six-story concrete castle packed with pre-industrial hand tools.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Federal, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Mixed
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Hammerstein, Oscar, II, Farm (added 1988 - #88002374)
Also known as Highland Farm
70 East Rd. , Doylestown
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Visitors to Highland Farm stand where the lyrics to Oklahoma took shape and a teenage Stephen Sondheim first learned the art of writing musicals.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Hammerstein,Oscar,II
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Fordhook Farm (added 1987 - #87000674)
Also known as Burpee Farm
105 New Britain Rd. , Doylestown
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W. Atlee Burpee bred his famous Golden Bantam sweet corn on this 19th-century Doylestown estate, launching the modern American seed industry from these very fields.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lee,Charles
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Science, Commerce, Education, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Horticulture Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Horticulture Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Fountain House (added 1972 - #72001095)
Also known as Girard Trust Company
State and Main Sts. , Doylestown
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This 1750s stone stagecoach inn still anchors the center of Doylestown with its massive wrap-around porches, though locals now drink iced coffee where tired colonial travelers once downed whiskey.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1825-1849, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Road-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution
More Information:
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Aldie (added 1982 - #82005094)
Also known as Mercer, William, Residence
Dublin Pk. and Easton Rd. , Doylestown
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This 1927 Tudor estate features William Mercer?s hand-carved gargoyles and custom Moravian tiles, preserving the eccentric craftsmanship of Doylestown''s jazz-age elite.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Schnediman,Samuel
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Mercer,Henry C.
Significant Year:
1927
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
James-Lorah House (added 1972 - #72001096)
Also known as Judge Chapman House;VIA House
132 N. Main St. , Doylestown
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Walk through this 1844 Doylestown mansion to see original mid-Victorian velvet furniture and rare working gas chandeliers, kept intact since a pioneering women''s civic group took ownership over a century ago.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Martin,Fred A.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Green Hills Farm (added 1974 - #74001755)
Also known as Buck,Pearl S.,House
SW of Dublin on Dublin Rd., Hilltown Township , Dublin
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Pearl S. Buck wrote her Nobel-winning novels inside this 1825 stone farmhouse, where her draft manuscripts and Chinese hardwood desks still sit exactly as she left them.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Buck,Pearl S.
Significant Year:
1933, 1835, 1933
Area of Significance:
Literature, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, School
More Information:
archives document
Durham Mill and Furnace (added 1976 - #76001608)
Durham Rd. , Durham
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Ironworkers at this Bucks County site forged the heavy grapeshot used in the Revolutionary War, leaving behind an 1820 stone structure built right over the 1727 blast furnace ruins.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal (added 1974 - #74001756)
Also known as Roosevelt State Park;See Also:Bridge in Tinicum Township;Uhl
Parallels W bank of the Delaware River from Easton to Bristol , Easton
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Step onto the sixty-mile dirt towpath where mule teams hauled Appalachian coal through hand-crafted stone locks back in 1832.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Communications, Engineering, Transportation, Conservation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Secondary Structure, Water Works, Water-Related
Current Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Water Works, Water-Related
More Information:
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Erwinna Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003434)
N of Erwinna on LR 09098, Tinicum Township , Erwinna
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Drivers still rattle across this tiny 1871 red timber span over Lodi Creek, which stands as Bucks County''s shortest working example of a classic lattice truss.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Fallsington Historic District (added 1972 - #72001099)
S of U.S. 1, E of New Tyburn Rd. , Fallsington
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Wander past 170 preserved buildings?including a Swedish-style log cabin from 1685?in the very Quaker settlement where William Penn used to worship.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Late Victorian, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
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Longland (added 1999 - #99001498)
Also known as Mead, Margaret, Farmstead
2909 Holicong Rd. (Buckingham Township) , Holicong
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This private 1750 stone homestead in Buckingham served as the headquarters for Revolutionary War General John Lacey during his grueling 1778 militia campaigns.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Mead, Margaret
Significant Year:
1844
Area of Significance:
Science, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Buckingham Friends Meeting House (added 1997 - #97000291)
Also known as Buckingham Meeting of Friends;Buckingham Monthly Meeting Hou
5684 Lower York Rd., Buckingham Township , Lahaska
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Wounded Revolutionary War soldiers once recovered inside this 1768 stone Quaker hall, which still keeps its original wooden benches and heavy room dividers.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bye,Arthur Edwin, Hutchinson,Matthias
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure, School
Current Function:
Education, Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure, School
More Information:
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Pemberton, Phineas, House (added 1971 - #71000684)
Also known as Bolton Mansion
Holly Dr., Bristol Township , Levittown
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Volunteers at this 1687 stone homestead, built by William Penn?s trusted clerk, guide visitors right up to the massive original hearths and rooms that survived both British raids and modern suburban development.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Pemberton,Phineas
Significant Year:
1790, 1687
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1650-1699
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Campbell's Bridge (added 1988 - #88000733)
Allentown Rd. over Unami Creek , Milford Square
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Bucks County masons hand-laid the rugged stone arch of this 1906 crossing, which still carries traffic over the rushing Unami Creek.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Pennsbury Manor (added 1969 - #69000154)
On the Delaware River S of Bordentown Rd. , Morrisville
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Historians on the Delaware River stoke forge fires, spin raw wool, and tend heritage-breed sheep to show exactly how William Penn ran his 17th-century country estate.
Historic Significance:
Person, Information Potential
Historic Person:
Penn,William
Significant Year:
1938, 1932, 1683
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Rural
Period of Significance:
1650-1699
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Summerseat (added 1971 - #71000685)
Also known as George Clymer House;Thomas Barclay House;Summerseat School
Clymer St. and Morris Ave. , Morrisville
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George Washington drew up his risky 1776 Christmas attack on Trenton inside this Morrisville Georgian mansion, which also happens to be the only home owned by two different signers of the Constitution.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Clymer,George
Significant Year:
1813, 1806
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
More Information:
archives document
Trenton City/Calhoun Street Bridge (added 1975 - #75001621)
Also known as Calhoun Street Bridge
Spans Delaware River between Morrisville, PA and Trenton, NJ , Morrisville
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Cars still rumble across this 1884 Phoenix truss structure, the Delaware''s oldest surviving wrought-iron crossing built with patented hollow columns that still carry daily traffic between Morrisville and Trenton.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Pine Valley Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003437)
N of New Britain on T 340, New Britain Township , New Britain
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Drivers still rumble across the 1842 native hemlock timbers of this historic Bucks County span, which survived the Civil War era and still carries daily traffic today.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Van Sant Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003438)
S of New Hope on T 392, Solebury Township , New Hope
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Heavy hand-hewn timbers from 1875 still hold up this 86-foot span over Pidcock Creek, letting visitors experience authentic nineteenth-century engineering just down the road from where Washington''s army camped.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Honey Hollow Watershed (added 1969 - #69000155)
2.5 mi. S of the Delaware River on PA 263 , New Hope
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Six local farmers teamed up here in 1939 to spark the nation''s first cooperative soil-saving project, leaving behind a network of quiet trails now managed by the Audubon Society.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Conservation, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Conservation Area
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area
More Information:
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Chapman, John, House (added 1974 - #74001757)
Also known as London Purchase Farm;Knox-Hamilton Headquarters;Dr. Chapman
S of New Hope off PA 232 on Eagle Rd., Upper Makefield Township , New Hope
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This 1740s Wrightstown stone home housed the pioneer surveyors who drew Pennsylvania''s earliest colonial boundaries, making it a quick, worthy roadside stop.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Knox,Gen. Henry,et al.
Significant Year:
1745
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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REMOVED
Twining Ford Covered Bridge (added 1994 - #80003439)
W of Newtown in Tyler State Park, Northampton/Newtown Townships , Newtown
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Local builders used traditional oak pegs and salvaged stone to rebuild the 150-foot Schofield Ford span in Tyler State Park after arson destroyed the 1873 original.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Newtown Creek Bridge (added 1988 - #88000787)
Richoro Rd. over Newtown Creek , Newtown
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Heavy traffic still rumbles over this 1796 double-arch stone span on Sycamore Street, where rough eighteenth-century chisel marks still scar the hand-cut masonry.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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South Perkasie Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003441)
S of Perkasie in Lenape Park, South Perkasie/Perkasie Townships , Perkasie
CrimsonDragonPhotographicArts, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Locals saved this 1832 Town truss crossing from the wrecking ball back in 1958, dragging the massive pine structure to Lenape Park where its centuries-old graffiti and hand-hewn wooden pegs still survive.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
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REMOVED
Mood's Covered Bridge (added 2004 - #80003440)
E of Perkasie on LR 09118, East Rockhill Township , Perkasie
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Craftsmen used traditional nineteenth-century techniques to entirely rebuild this 1874 Town truss crossing over Tohickon Creek after arsonists burned the original timbers in 2004.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Andalusia (added 1966 - #66000649)
Also known as Nicholas Biddle Estate;Pen Ryn
1.4 mi. N of Philadelphia on PA 32 , Philadelphia
Hohum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nicholas Biddle?s Greek Revival mansion on the Delaware River still shows off the massive columns and wealth of the nineteenth-century banker who fought Andrew Jackson over the nation''s money.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Biddle,Nicholas
Significant Year:
1844, 1839
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant
More Information:
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Keith House--Washington's Headquarters (added 1978 - #78002356)
Also known as Headquarters Farm
E of Pineville on Pineville Rd., Upper Makefield Township , Pineville
Zeete, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
George Washington spent the freezing days of December 1776 inside this 1763 brownstone farmhouse, drawing up the final plans for his famous Christmas night crossing of the Delaware.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Washington,George
Significant Year:
1776, 1742
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Loux Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003442)
SE of Pipersville on LR 09060, Plumstead Township , Pipersville
Martin H., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1874 Town truss span still carries daily traffic over Cabin Run Creek, letting drivers rumble across the same hemlock planks laid down just nine years after the Civil War.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Frankenfield Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003444)
N of Tinicum on T 421, Tinicum Township , Point Pleasant
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Carpenters put together this 1872 red timber span over Tinicum Creek using a dense web of wooden pegs and Town lattice trusses that still carry local traffic today.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Cabin Run Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003443)
S of Tinicum on LR 09099, Plumstead Township , Point Pleasant
PattiParker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Built back in 1871, this white timber crossing still carries local cars over the water using its original Town truss woodwork.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Bridge in Tinicum Township (added 1988 - #88000814)
Also known as See Also:Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal
LR 920 over Pennsylvania Canal , Point Pleasant
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Masons hand-shaped the massive brownstone arches of this 1874 crossing over Tohickon Creek, leaving a rugged slice of Reconstruction-era engineering that still carries Cafferty Road traffic today.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Murray,Dougal & Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Sheard's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003445)
E of Quakertown on LR 09129, Haycock/East Rockhill Townships , Richardtown
PattiParker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Drivers still rumble across this 1873 Town lattice truss span, which stretches 130 feet over Tohickon Creek next to a weathered Reconstruction-era gristmill.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Thompson, John, House (added 1973 - #73001595)
Also known as Hip Roof House
1925 Second Street Pike, Northampton Township , Richboro
Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1740 fieldstone homestead along Almshouse Road showcases the rugged Quaker masonry that defined Bucks County decades before the Revolutionary War.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Thompson,John
Significant Year:
1740
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Hampton Hill (added 1973 - #73001594)
Also known as Bennet-Search House
1269 Second Street Pike, Northampton Township , Richboro
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Passersby along the quiet Solebury road get a clear view of rough-cut 1740s Quaker masonry at this privately owned, intact fieldstone homestead.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bennet,Abraham
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Bridge in Yardley Borough (added 1988 - #88000770)
Reading Ave. over VanHorn Creek , Scammells Corner
Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freight trains still rumble over this 1876 sandstone arch, crossing right above the old canal towpath where mules once hauled Pennsylvania coal.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Nakashima, George, House, Studio and Workshop (added 2008 - #08000782)
1847 and 1858 Aquetong Rd. , Solebury
Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
These handmade mid-century buildings in Bucks County still show the exact workspaces where a legendary Japanese-American craftsman revolutionized organic, live-edge furniture design starting in 1946.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Nakashima, George
Area of Significance:
Art
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Museum, Professional, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Museum, Professional, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Cuttalossa Valley Historic District (added 2002 - #02000705)
Cuttalossa Rd. from Sugan Rd. to the Delaware R. , Solebury
Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Walkers trace the steps of nineteenth-century poets and impressionist painters along a quiet dirt road lined with 18th-century stone gristmills and active sheep farms.
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Federal
Historic Person:
Garber, Daniel
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture, Art, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Spinner House (added 1979 - #79002175)
Spinnerstown and Sleepy Hollow Rds. , Spinnerstown
Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Walkers and drivers passing through Milford Township still stop to admire the 1815 brick homestead of David Spinner, the pioneering Pennsylvania German potter whose redware plates now fetch thousands at auction.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Springhouse Farm (added 2007 - #07000796)
Also known as Knight, Eric, Farm
2184 Springhouse Ln. , Springfield
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This preserved late-1700s Tinicum Township homestead lets history buffs examine original German-style stone masonry and early American farm layouts right from the rural roadside.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Knight, Eric
Area of Significance:
Literature
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Knecht's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1980 - #80003432)
NE of Springtown on T 424, Springfield Township , Springtown
CrimsonDragonPhotographicArts, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Built in 1873, this red 110-foot Town truss span still carries daily traffic over Cooks Creek on the same hemlock timbers nineteenth-century farmers used.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
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REMOVED
Haupt's Mill Covered Bridge (added 1986 - #80003446)
SE of Riegelsville on LR 09061, Durham Township , Springtown
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History buffs still trek to Durham Creek to find the surviving 1872 stone abutments, the only remnants left after arsonists burned the historic timber crossing in 1985.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related

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