Springtown Historic District

The story

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Springtown Historic District is a historic district along Main Street in Springtown, Bucks County, in Springfield Township, listed in the National Register in 2008. It covers 161.5 acres, with construction spanning from about 1738 to about 2001, in styles including Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Victorian Gothic, Colonial Revival, Cape Cod and Bungalow.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture, commerce and agriculture. The nomination gives its period of significance as 1736 to 1956, beginning with the area's early settlement in 1736.

Physical character

Walls are mostly stone, brick and frame, some of limestone, on limestone foundations, under slate roofs. Outbuildings and additions are built variously of stucco block, stone, frame and brick, with slate and asphalt elsewhere. Stone houses and stone bank barns predominate, with gable and gambrel roofs, some steep and cross gabled, while high-style buildings add decorative porches, one with brackets, round arched attic windows and window labels. Around 1951 Claire Hershey remodeled one of the district's buildings.

Historical context

A gas station stood in the village center by 1918, and a new building went up for it in 1946. The Springfield Times, a weekly newspaper, was published from 1885 to 1918, and Gutshall's Chevrolet operated in the district from 1921 to 1992. The John Eakin farm, part of the district's agricultural history, was individually listed in the National Register in 2005.