Uhlerstown Historic District Explained

Uhlerstown Historic District
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Location:Roughly bounded by the Delaware R., Jugtown Hill Rd., and the Delaware Canal, Tinicum Township, Uhlerstown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.5289°N -75.0722°W
Added:May 26, 1994
Refnum:94000517

The Uhlerstown Historic District, also known as Uhlerstown Village and the Rural Historic District, is a national historic district that is located in and around Uhlerstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

History and architectural features

This district encompasses sixty-three contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and sixteen contributing structures that are located along the Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal and centered on the village of Uhlerstown.

Notable buildings and structures include a covered bridge (1832), the Michael Uhler house, a stone hotel, Redman's Hall, a lock tender's house, a feed mill, a general store, Uhler's old store and post office, a boat building shop, a lime kiln, and several mule barns.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H097613_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Uhlerstown Historic District]. 2012-10-28. Jeffrey L. Marshall. PDF. October 1992.