Milford Historic District (Boundary Increase)

The story

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The Milford Historic District (Boundary Increase) is a historic district covering roughly the gridded portion of Milford, in Pike County, Pennsylvania. The addition covers 212 acres, with buildings dated from about 1765 to about 1951 in styles including Georgian, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Colonial Revival and Bungalow.

Why it's listed

Listed in the National Register in 2002, it enlarges the Milford Historic District listed in 1998, added under criteria A and C with state-level significance in commerce, architecture and entertainment and recreation. Its period of significance runs from about 1765 to about 1951, matching the district's earliest and latest dated buildings.

Physical character

Walls are wood, brick, stone and stucco, set on foundations of stone, brick and concrete, under roofs of asphalt, slate and ceramic tile. Recurring features include gambrel and intersecting gable roofs, verandas, bay windows, bargeboard trim and mansard roofs. The increase adds 344 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures, along with 102 noncontributing buildings, 102 noncontributing structures and 1 noncontributing object.

Historical context

Thomas Quick settled in the Milford area in the 1730s, and John Biddis published a prospectus promoting the area in 1793. The borough was incorporated in 1874, and the Broad Street Bridge was built in 1867. D. W. Griffith filmed two motion pictures in Milford in 1912. The Winsor Inn was converted into an exclusive hotel in 1926, and the Bluff House burned down in 1947.