Spring Valley Historic District

Spring Valley Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
House in the Spring Valley Historic District, December 2011
40°19′07″N 75°04′59″W / 40.31861°N 75.08306°W / 40.31861; -75.08306
Area	40.5 acres (16.4 ha)
Architectural style	Georgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.	88000140[1]
Added to NRHP	January 7, 1988

The Spring Valley Historic District, also known as Mechanic's Valley, is a national historic district that is located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

History and architectural features

This district includes thirty-two contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures that are located in the crossroads village of Spring Valley. They include a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings, some of which are representative of the vernacular Georgian and Federal styles.

The residential buildings are predominantly two-and-one-half-story, stuccoed stone structures, some of which date to the mid-eighteenth century. Notable buildings include the Upper Mill or Spring Valley Mill (c. 1740), the Lower Mill (c. 1820), a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, a cooperage, a store, and two inns—the "Neff's Tavern" and Temperance Inn (c. 1838). The contributing structures are the Spring Valley Mill Dam and a stone arch bridge.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

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