The Chalfont Historic District is a national
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located in a portion of the
Borough of Chalfont,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses Main Street (
Pennsylvania Route 152) and Butler Avenue (
U.S. Route 202 Business) with their
American colonial
American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period English (late-medieval), French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian. T ...
and
Victorian-style homes. The district includes 121 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the borough of Chalfont. Historic buildings include the Simon Butler Mill House, built in 1730, and the Chalfont train station.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ]
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2006.
See also
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References
Chalfont Historic District
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Historic districts in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania