Gardenville–North Branch Rural Historic District

Gardenville–North Branch Rural Historic District
The Gardenville Hotel. October 2012.
Location Roughly bounded by Durham Rd., Pt. Pleasant Pike, Valley Park Rd. and N. Branch Neshaminy Cr., Gardenville, Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°22′35″N 75°06′57″W / 40.37639°N 75.11583°W / 40.37639; -75.11583Coordinates: 40°22′35″N 75°06′57″W / 40.37639°N 75.11583°W / 40.37639; -75.11583
Area 600 acres (240 ha)
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Italianate, Georgian
NRHP reference # 91000954[1]
Added to NRHP November 7, 1991

Gardenville–North Branch Rural Historic District is a national historic district located at Gardenville, Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 107 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 18 contributing structures in the village of Gardenville and surrounding rural areas. They include a variety of residential and commercial buildings and related farm outbuildings and structures, some of which are representative of the vernacular Georgian and Italianate styles. Notable buildings include the Gardenville Hotel (c. 1875), Plough Tavern (c. 1761), Quaker Meetinghouse (1875), Ewing-Michener Farm, Asha Foulke Farm, Wismer-Myers Farm, Durham Crest Farmhouse, and Berger Poultry Farm. The district includes a number of notable bank barns.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Kathryn Ann Auerbach (January 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gardenville–North Branch Rural Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-19.


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