Hampton Hill | |
Location: | 1269 Second Street Pike, Richboro, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 40.2236°N -75.0094°W |
Built: | c. 1744, c. 1790 |
Builder: | Bennet, Abraham |
Architecture: | Colonial |
Added: | April 2, 1973 |
Refnum: | 73001594 |
Hampton Hill, also known as the Bennet-Search House, is an historic, American home that is located in Richboro, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The first section of this historic structure was built circa 1744, and is a -story, two-bay by one-bay, stone house with a gable roof. The larger section was built circa 1790, and is a -story, three-bay by two-bay, stone house with a gable roof. The roof was covered with slate during the twentieth century. The house is thought to have harbored formerly enslaved people who were escaping captivity via the Underground Railroad.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.