Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District

Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District is a national historic district located in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 55 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 11 contributing structures along Meeting House Road and the upper branch of Aquetong Creek. It overlaps with the Honey Hollow Watershed National Historic Landmark. The district encompasses a dozen farmsteads composed of 18th and 19th century farmhouses with their associated outbuildings. A number of the houses exhibit vernacular Federal and Georgian style details. Architecturally notable buildings include the Solebury Meeting House (c. 1806) and the Federal style John Blackfan House (c. 1836).[2]

Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District
Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District. November 2012.
LocationMeeting House and Aquetong Rds., between US 202 and Sugan Rd., Solebury Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°21′44″N 75°00′07″W
Area1,275 acres (516 ha)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.87001216[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1987

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Judith Hayman Moore; Jeffrey L. Marshall & Gregory Ramsey (March 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-28.


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