The Penn's Park General Store Complex, also known as the Gaines Property, is an historic, American commercial complex that is located in Penn's Park, Wrightstown Township,

Bucks County, Pennsylvania 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 Englis ...

. Situated south of the Penns Park Historic District, it was added to the

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in 1985.

History and architectural features

This complex consists of three primary buildings: a farmhouse, store building, and a frame

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, along with six outbuildings. The farmhouse was built in 1810, and is a two-and-one-half-story, six-bay, rectangular,

fieldstone Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...

building that was designed in the

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style. The store building was built in 1836, and is a three-story, three-bay by three-bay, fieldstone building. The outbuildings consist of a storage shed, wagon building, chicken house, livestock barn, woodshed, and

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. The store housed a

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until 1971. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 1985.

Gallery

Penn's Park General Store Farmhouse 01.JPG, Farm House (1810). Penn's Park General Store 02.JPG, Store House (1836). Penn's Park General Store Barn 01.JPG, Bank Barn (west side). Penn's Park General Store Barn 04.JPG, Bank Barn (north side). Penn's Park General Store Barn 02.JPG, Central Plaza and Barn.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1810 Buildings and structures in Bucks County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania