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Hamorton Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
90000704

Added to NRHP
  
26 April 1990

Area
  
13 ha

Hamorton Historic District

Location
  
Junction of U.S. Route 1 and Pennsylvania Route 52, Kennett Township, Pennsylvania

Built by
  
Hamor, Abraham; Martin, E.William

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival

Hamorton Historic District is a national historic district located in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It encompasses 75 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the crossroads community of Hamorton. It largely consists of a variety of stone, brick, and frame residences built between 1780 and 1930. The village was laid out in the 1830s and developed as a "company town" in the early 20th century by Pierre S. du Pont (1870–1954).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

References

Hamorton Historic District Wikipedia