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Hopewell Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
91000226

Area
  
56 ha

Added to NRHP
  
28 February 1991

Designated PHMC
  
November 10, 1996

Year built
  
1853

Hopewell Historic District

Location
  
Roughly, Hopewell Rd. from Lower Hopewell Rd. to Roneys Corner Rd. and area S, and Lower Hopewell Rd. N past Calvery Rd., East Nottingham Township and Lower Oxford Township, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Georgian, Other, Vernacular Penn

Hopewell Historic District is a national historic district located in East Nottingham Township and Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 8 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the former borough of Hopewell. It largely consists of a variety of stone and brick residences and outbuildings built between 1810 and 1914. They include examples of Georgian and vernacular styles. Notable properties include the Col. David Dickey House-Hopewell Academy (c. 1814), Samuel Dickey Farm, Schoolhouse / Lyceum Building (1888), Lower Mill (c. 1815), site of the Upper Mill, store / post office (c. 1810), five tenant houses, and three bridges.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

References

Hopewell Historic District Wikipedia