Hopewell Historic District

Hopewell Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Pennsylvania state historical marker
House in the Hopewell Historic District, December 2009
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Location	Roughly, Hopewell Rd. from Lower Hopewell Rd. to Roneys Corner Rd. and area S, and Lower Hopewell Rd. N past Calvery Rd., East Nottingham Township and Lower Oxford Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°46′46″N76°01′01″W / 39.77944°N 76.01694°W / 39.77944; -76.01694
Area	138 acres (56 ha)
Built	1853
Architectural style	Georgian, Vernacular Penn
NRHP reference No.	91000226 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 28, 1991
Designated PHMC	November 10, 1996 [2]

The Hopewell Historic District is a national historic district which is located in East Nottingham Township and Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

The district encompasses remaining structures from the former borough of Hopewell, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. ^[1]

History and architectural features

It encompasses twenty-six contributing buildings, eight contributing sites, and two contributing structures which are located in the former borough of Hopewell. This district largely consists of a variety of stone and brick residences and outbuildings that were built between 1810 and 1914. They include examples of Georgian and vernacular styles. Notable properties include the Col. David Dickey House-Hopewell Academy, which was built circa 1814, the Samuel Dickey Farm, the Schoolhouse/Lyceum Building, which was erected in 1888, the Lower Mill, which was built circa 1815, the site of the Upper Mill, a store/post office, which was built sometime around 1810, five tenant houses, and three bridges. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
3. Patricia A. Maley (September 1990). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Hopewell Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 15, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)