Point Pleasant Historic District | |
Location | River Rd. and Point Pleasant Pike, Point Pleasant, Plumstead Township and Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°25′20″N75°03′58″W / 40.42222°N 75.06611°W |
Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 89001652 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 5, 1989 |
The Point Pleasant Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Point Pleasant, Plumstead Township and Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]
This district includes seventy-four contributing buildings and four contributing structures that are located in the riverfront and resort village of Point Pleasant. They include a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings. The buildings are predominantly 2+1⁄2-story, stone and frame, gable roofed structures that are reflective of vernacular, Greek Revival, Italianate, and Bungalow/craftsman styles.
Notable buildings include "The Brambles," the Thomas Schwartz House (c. 1840), the Stover Mansion (Tattersall Inn), the Point Pleasant School (1850), the Baptist Church (1852), the Point Pleasant Hotel (c. 1840), the Jacob Sutters Hotel (c. 1870), Waterman's Inn (1832), and the Stover Grist and Saw Mill (c. 1742). The contributing structures are four bridges that cross the Pennsylvania Canal. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]
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