Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District

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Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District
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Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District. November 2012.
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LocationMeeting House and Aquetong Rds., between US 202 and Sugan Rd., Solebury Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°21′44″N75°00′07″W / 40.36222°N 75.00194°W / 40.36222; -75.00194
Area1,275 acres (516 ha)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Federal
NRHP reference No. 87001216 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1987

The Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

This district emcompasses fifty-five contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and eleven contributing structures that are located along Meeting House Road and the upper branch of Aquetong Creek. This district, which overlaps with the Honey Hollow Watershed National Historic Landmark, also encompasses a dozen farmsteads composed of eighteenth and nineteenth-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]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Judith Hayman Moore, Jeffrey L. Marshall, and Gregory Ramsey (March 1987). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 10, 2025.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Downloading may be slow.)