Charlestown Village Historic District


Charlestown Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. 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
Coordinates	40°05′58″N 75°33′24″W / 40.09944°N 75.55667°W / 40.09944; -75.55667Coordinates: 40°05′58″N 75°33′24″W / 40.09944°N 75.55667°W / 40.09944; -75.55667
Area	126.1 acres (51.0 ha)
Built	1745
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Italianate
NRHP Reference #	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

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes CHarles Dunlevey (August 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Charlestown Village Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.

External links

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.

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