Buckingham Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 20,075 at the 2010 census. Buckingham takes its name from Buckingham in Buckinghamshire, England. Buckingham Township was once known as Greenville and was once the historic county seat of the English Bucks County.
New Hope is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,612 at the 2020 census. New Hope is located approximately 30 mi (48 km) north of Philadelphia, and lies on the west bank of the Delaware River at its confluence with Aquetong Creek. The two-lane New Hope–Lambertville Bridge carries automobile and foot traffic across the Delaware to Lambertville, New Jersey, on the east bank.
West Overton is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is on PA 819 between the towns of Mount Pleasant and Scottdale. Its latitude is 40.117N and its longitude is -79.564W.
Wycombe is an unincorporated community mainly in Wrightstown Township but also in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in the 1890s when the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad opened a line through the county, it was called "Lingohocken", the traditional Indian name of the area assigned to it by local residents. But the post office was named Wycombe to prevent confusion with the post office in Wingohocken. The Lingohocken Fire Company, located on the edge of town, retains this older name. New Hope Railroad still owns the rail line through the town, and, having finished restoring the former Reading Company station building in 2011, intends to restore service through Wycombe. They also store some of their original passenger cars last used in the 1970s adjacent to the station.
The Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station is a historic train station and freight depot located at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The two buildings were designed by Wilson Bros. & Company in 1889 and built by Cramp and Co. for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1902. The passenger station is constructed of dark Rockhill granite and Indiana limestone and is in a Late Victorian style. It is 1+1⁄2 stories tall and measures 25 feet wide by 97 feet 6 inches, long. It has a hipped roof with an eight-foot overhang. The freight station is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular stone block building measuring 128 by 30 feet. Also on the property is a large crane that was used for freight movement. The Quakertown station had passenger rail service along the Bethlehem Line to Bethlehem and Philadelphia until July 27, 1981, when SEPTA ended service on all its intercity diesel-powered lines. SEPTA still owns the line and leases it to the East Penn Railroad. Other towns, stations, and landmarks on the Bethlehem Line are Perkasie, Pennsylvania, Perkasie Tunnel, and Perkasie station.
The Bear Creek Village Historic District is a national historic district located in Bear Creek Village, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The district includes fifty-five contributing buildings, four contributing sites and two contributing structures in the borough of Bear Creek Village.
Upper Roxborough Historic District is a national historic district located in Philadelphia and Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 108 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 18 contributing structures in Upper Roxborough. The district includes a number of small scale farm and industrial workers' housing, estate houses, mill-owners' dwellings, and farm buildings. Notable buildings include the Shawmont Railroad Station (1834), Miquon Station designed by Frank Furness (1910), Riverside Paper Mills, Hagy's Mill ruin, St. Mary's Church, and "Fairview" and other buildings on the grounds of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. The Roxborough Pumping Station was also part of the district, but it was demolished in 2011 after sitting abandoned for over fifty years.
Churchville Historic District is a national historic district located in Churchville, Northampton Township and Upper Southampton Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. The district includes 140 contributing buildings, seven contributing structures and one contributing object in the crossroads village of Churchville. They include a variety of residential, commercial and institutional buildings and notable examples of Gothic Revival and Bungalow/craftsman architecture. Notable buildings include the John Hillings House, North and Southampton Dutch Reformed Church (1816), Churchville Train Station (1891), general store (1883), Studebaker and Willys car dealership (1920s), and Churchville Telephone Exchange (1900).
The Doylestown Historic District is a national historic district located in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district is composed of one thousand fifty-five contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Doylestown, including a variety of residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings and notable examples of Late Victorian and Federal style architecture.
Wycombe Village Historic District is a national historic district located in Wycombe, Buckingham Township and Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 56 buildings and 3 structures. Including a variety of residential, commercial and institutional buildings, with notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow/craftsman architecture. Most were built between 1891 and 1915. Notable buildings include the Carver-Slack Farmstead, Coal and Lumber Yard / Feed Mill (1892-1927), Wycombe Station (1891-1892), Edward Kirk House (1911), Albert S. Worthington House (1908), Cope Mansion (1899), Wycombe Hall / Cope Hall (1909), Warner S. Thompson Mansion (1901), Albert J. Thompson Mansion and the Wycombe Independent Schoolhouse (1913). Located in the district and separately listed with the National Register of Historic Places is the Gen. John Lacey Homestead. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Holicong Village Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Holicong, Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Village of Edgewood Historic District is a national historic district located in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 28 contributing buildings in the crossroads village of Edgewood. They include a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings, some of which are representative of the Late Victorian style. Notable buildings include the Presbyterian Congregation of Newtown chapel (1881), Grange Hall (1921), Tomlinson's Store, Heston Hall, Biles' House (1790), Biles' Corner, Flowers' House and outbuildings, and Old Shade tavern.
The Mechanicsville Village Historic District, also known as Fenton's Corner, New-Work, and Halifax, is a national historic district that is located in Mechanicsville, Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Springtown Historic District is a national historic district located in Springtown, Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 143 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the rural village of Springtown and surrounding area. They include a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings built between 1738 and 1956. The buildings include modest Georgian and Federal style residences. Notable buildings include the Conrad Hess Mansion House, White Horse Tavern, Sarah Dean Tenant House, Kooker-Eakin Farm, Springtown Inn, S.G. Mills General Store, Salem United Methodist Church, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church (1872), Grace Church (1888), and Franklin Grange Building. Located within the district is the separately listed John Eakin Farm (1738).
Springdale Historic District is a national historic district located in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 29 contributing buildings in a rural industrial area in the borough of New Hope. Notable buildings include the Heath House / Huffnagle-Hood Mansion and grist mill, James Magill House (1790), three-story stone textile mill, Conrad Hartman Store, and small single-family dwellings for black and unskilled laborers.
The Newtown Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It includes 293 contributing buildings in the borough of Newtown, which date from the late-17th century to the early-20th century and are reflective of a number of popular architectural styles including Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal, Queen Anne, and Gothic Revival. Notable buildings include the Chapman Buckman House and mill, Hart House, Newtown Hardware House, Keller Building, Jenks House (1828), White Hall Hotel, Temperance House (1774), Smock House (1792), the Brick Hotel, St. Luke's Church, LaRue Apartments (1838), and the Edward Hicks House. Located in the district and listed separately are the Half-Moon Inn and Friends Meeting House. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with two boundary increases in 1986.
Uhlerstown Historic District, also known as Uhlerstown Village and Rural Historic District, is a national historic district located in and around Uhlerstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 63 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 16 contributing structures along the Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal centered on the village of Uhlerstown. Notable buildings and structures include a covered bridge (1832), Michael Uhler house, a stone hotel, Redman's Hall, lock tender's house, a feed mill, a general store, Uhler's old store and post office, a boat building shop, lime kiln, and several mule barns.
Elverson Historic District is a national historic district located in Elverson, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 133 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Elverson. The district includes a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings with examples of Bungalow/craftsman, Georgian, and Gothic Revival architecture. Contributing buildings date from about 1750 to about 1930. Notable buildings include "The Bank House", train station (1870), Springfield M.E. Church (1869), Blue Rock Hotel (1860), Dengler Bro. Store, Whoye Horse Tavern (1811), The Creamery (1906), and Springfield School (1873). One of the contributing structures is the railroad car "Baltimore County."
The Lionville Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Northbrook Historic District, also known as Marshall's Mill and Marshall's Station, is a national historic district located in Newlin Township, Pocopson Township, and West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 14 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in the village of Northbrook. They are mostly located on five properties and built in the 18th and 19th century. They include the Blacksmith's house, station house, post office and store, coal and lumber company, Lewis Marshall house, Gothic Revival style Indian Rock Farm, Baily House (1902), Northbrook Sunday School (1900), and the site of Hannah Freeman's cabin, Indian Rock, and Indian Burial Ground.
