Unionville Village Historic District

Coordinates: 39°53′42″N 75°44′09″W / 39.89500°N 75.73583°W / 39.89500; -75.73583
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Unionville Village Historic District
House in the Unionville Village Historic District, March 2010
Unionville Village Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Unionville Village Historic District
Unionville Village Historic District is located in the United States
Unionville Village Historic District
LocationPA 162 and PA 82, Unionville, East Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°53′42″N 75°44′09″W / 39.89500°N 75.73583°W / 39.89500; -75.73583
Area120 acres (49 ha)
Built1751
NRHP reference No.79002205[1]
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1979

The Unionville Village Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Unionville in East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

History and architectural features

This district encompasses sixty-nine contributing buildings that are located in the village of Unionville and includes a variety of brick, stone, and frame residences, the earliest of which is dated to about 1750. Notable buildings include the Unionville Academy (1834), a country store (c. 1875), the Union Hotel (1834), the Cross Keys Inn (1751), the Unionville Saddle Shop (1887), the Unionville Hall (1849–50), the Grange Hall (1845; originally the Friends Meetinghouse), and the Green Lawn Seminary.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

  • Friends meeting house, once used as a Grange building, is now used as a Sunday school by the Grace Fellowship Church
    Friends meeting house, once used as a Grange building, is now used as a Sunday school by the Grace Fellowship Church
  • Side of the meeting house
    Side of the meeting house

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John Mantague and David M. Berman (October 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Unionville Village Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 23, 2012.