Upper Aquetong Valley Historic District is a national

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located in Solebury Township,

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. The district includes 55 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 11 contributing structures along Meeting House Road and the upper branch of Aquetong Creek. It overlaps with the

Honey Hollow Watershed The Honey Hollow Watershed is a watershed on the south side of the Delaware River a few miles north of New Hope, Pennsylvania. It is the site of the first privately owned soil conservation district in the United States. Created by five landowne ...

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. The district encompasses a dozen farmsteads composed of 18th and 19th century farmhouses with their associated outbuildings. A number of the houses exhibit vernacular

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and

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style details. Architecturally notable buildings include the Solebury Meeting House (c. 1806) and the Federal style John Blackfan House (c. 1836). ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1987.

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