Roughly bounded by Union, Cottage and E. Ashland Sts, Hillside Ave. and S. and N. West Sts., Doylestown, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Bucks.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 10, 1985. NRIS 85001012.
1055 contributing buildings.Also known as:
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.
Notable buildings include the Intelligencer Building (1876), Lenape Hall (1874), Hart Bank (1850), County Jail (1885), Henry Lear House (1875), Charles E. Meyers House (1887), John Barclay House (1814), Meredith Shaw Mansion (c. 1812), and Shive's Hardware Store (c. 1833).
Located in the district and separately listed are the Fountain House, James-Lorah House, Mercer Museum (1916), Pugh Dungan House, and Shaw Historic District.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995274