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
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
Area	138 acres (56 ha)
Built	1853
Architectural style	Georgian, Vernacular Penn
NRHP reference No.	91000226
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 28, 1991
Designated PHMC	November 10, 1996

Last updated August 07, 2023

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

It 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 structureswhich 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]

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

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References

1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Patricia A. Maley (September 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hopewell Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 23, 2012.

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[nris-1] 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[phmcdatabase-2] "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.

[arch-3] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Patricia A. Maley (September 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hopewell Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 23, 2012.

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