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Chalfont Historic District

Coordinates: 40°17′25″N 75°12′38″W / 40.29028°N 75.21056°W / 40.29028; -75.21056
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Chalfont Historic District
Main Street in Chalfont
Chalfont Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Chalfont Historic District
Chalfont Historic District is located in the United States
Chalfont Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Chestnut Street Park Avenue, Main Street, Butler Avenue and Sunset Avenue, Chalfont, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°17′25″N 75°12′38″W / 40.29028°N 75.21056°W / 40.29028; -75.21056
Built1856
ArchitectMartin, A Oscar,
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.06001148[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 2006

The Chalfont Historic District is a national historic district located in a portion of the Borough of Chalfont, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 152) and Butler Avenue (U.S. Route 202 Business) with their American colonial and Victorian-style homes. The district includes 121 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the borough of Chalfont. Historic buildings include the Simon Butler Mill House, built in 1730, and the Chalfont train station.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved October 20, 2012. Note: This includes David Kimmerly (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Chalfont Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved October 19, 2012.