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Dyerstown 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 Dyerstown,
Plumstead Township Plumstead Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 12,442 at the 2010 census. History The Gardenville-North Branch Rural Historic District, Dyerstown Historic District, and Loux Covered Bridge ar ...
, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 17 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the crossroads village of Dyerstown. It is a largely residential district, with dwellings dating to the turn of the 19th century. The most recent dwelling was built about 1870. Some of the houses are reflective of vernacular
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style. The district also includes a former grist mill (1758, 1822) and associated outbuildings. The contributing structures are a stone arch bridge, and head race, dam, and remains of the mill race. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.


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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania