The Hulmeville 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 ...

which is located in

Hulmeville Hulmeville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,003 at the 2010 census. History The Hulme family name, originally DeHoulme, is of Norman origin, dating from William the Conqueror. Members of the family originally set ...

Bucks County Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. The county is named after the English ...

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. It was added to the

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in 1986.

History and architectural features

The district includes one hundred and three contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and one contributing object which are located in the borough of Hulmeville. They include a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings, some of which are representative of the vernacular

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

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, and

Late Victorian Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. ''Victorian'' refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian we ...

styles. Notable buildings include the John Pryor/John Hulme House, which was built circa 1794, the Edward Hicks House, which was erected circa 1808, Johnson's Hall, which was built in 1871, the Hulmeville Borough Hall, which was erected in 1894, the Silas Barkley Mill, which was built in 1880, and the Episcopal church, which was erected in 1851. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 1986.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Victorian architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania