Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District


Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District. November 2012.
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Location	Meeting House and Aquetong Rds., between US 202 and Sugan Rd., Solebury Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°21′44″N 75°00′07″W / 40.36222°N 75.00194°W / 40.36222; -75.00194Coordinates: 40°21′44″N 75°00′07″W / 40.36222°N 75.00194°W / 40.36222; -75.00194
Area	1,275 acres (516 ha)
Architectural style	Georgian, Federal
NRHP Reference #	87001216^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1987

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]

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

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "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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