The Unionville Village 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 cer ...
that is located in
Unionville in
East Marlborough Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially known as Chesco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the Delaware Valley region of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53 ...
.
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 ...
in 1979.
History and architectural features
This district encompasses sixty-nine contributing buildings that are located in the village of Unionville and includes a variety of brick, stone, and frame residences, the earliest of which is dated to about 1750. Notable buildings include the Unionville Academy (1834), a country store (c. 1875), the Union Hotel (1834), the Cross Keys Inn (1751), the Unionville Saddle Shop (1887), the Unionville Hall (1849–50), the Grange Hall (1845; originally the Friends Meetinghouse), and the Green Lawn Seminary.
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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 ...
in 1979.
Gallery
Unionville PA Friends front.jpg, Friends meeting house, once used as a Grange building, is now used as a Sunday school by the Grace Fellowship Church
Unionville PA Friends side.jpg, Side of the meeting house
References
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Historic districts in Chester County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania