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Wycombe Village Historic District

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Built
  
1891-1915

Area
  
26 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
85000177

Added to NRHP
  
31 January 1985

Wycombe Village Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Township Line, Mill Creek and Forest Grove Rds., Cherry Lane, Washington and Park Aves., Wycombe, Buckingham Township and Wrightstown Township, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman, Other, Queen Anne, Vernacular Queen Anne

Wycombe Village Historic District is a national historic district located in Wycombe, Buckingham Township and Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 56 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the crossroads village of Wycombe Village. They include a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings and notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow/craftsman architecture. Most were built between 1891 and 1915. Notable buildings include the Carver-Slack Farmstead (c. 1790-1820), Coal and Lumber Yard / Feed Mill (1892-1927), Wycombe Station (1891-1892), Edward Kirk House (1911), Albert S. Worthington House (1908), Cope Mansion (1899), Wycombe Hall / Cope Hall (1909), Warner S. Thompson Mansion (1901), Albert J. Thompson Mansion (1899, 1909), and Wycombe Independent Schoolhouse (1913). Located in the district and separately listed is the Gen. John Lacey Homestead.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

References

Wycombe Village Historic District Wikipedia


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