Charlestown Village Historic District
Charlestown Village Historic District | |
 Job Harvey House, Charlestown Village Historic District, HABS Photo, August 1958 | |
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| Location | Southwest of Phoenixville on Charlestown Road, Charlestown Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°05′58″N 75°33′24″W / 40.09944°N 75.55667°W |
| Area | 126.1 acres (51.0 ha) |
| Built | 1745 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002374[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 1978 |
Charlestown Village Historic District is a national historic district located in Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is adjacent to the Middle Pickering Rural Historic District. It encompasses 21 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure on 7 properties in the crossroads village of Charlestown. They date between about 1740 and 1870, and are reflective of a number of popular architectural styles including Late Victorian and Italianate. The oldest is the Job Harvey House, built about 1740. Also included is the Charlestown Woolen Mill (1862-1865), William Nixon House (c. 1817), Charlestown Methodist Episcopal Church (1840, 1881), Moses King House, William Howard house and wheelwright shop, and the "Town Hall."[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on October 28, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2012. Note: This includes CHarles Dunlevey (August 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Charlestown Village Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved November 5, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Job Harvey House, Church Road (Charlestown Township), Charlestown, Chester County, PA: 4 photos, 4 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Charlestown Woolen Mill, video, 1:11, Wanda Kaluza, October 5, 2014.
