{"nrhp_refnum":"02000225","name":"Ivyland Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bouned by Jacksonbille Rd., Wilson, Greeley, and Chase Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ivyland","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.25046064000006,"lon":-75.07219712784375,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Ivyland Historic District is a historic core of about one-third of the Borough of Ivyland in south central Bucks County, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles north of Philadelphia. It is a grid-plan railroad village laid out in 1873 by Edwin Lacey, with resources dating from 1873 to 1931.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an excellent example of a railroad era village in Bucks County, with a concentration of late 19th and early 20th century residential, commercial and institutional buildings that remain largely intact. Its buildings show popular styles of the period, including Second Empire, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival. The town's frame construction and its development as a summer resort are presented as distinguishing it from other Bucks County railroad towns.","narrative":"Laid out in 1873 on a grid of four east-west boulevards and four narrower north-south avenues, Ivyland was planned by Edwin Lacey beside the North Penn Railroad, with official rail service beginning March 9, 1874. Its roughly 130 contributing resources date from 1873 to 1931 and show vernacular versions of popular late nineteenth-century styles, including Second Empire, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and bungalow forms. Most are two and a half story frame dwellings with front porches. The former Temperance House hotel, built on a mansard roof plan by local contractor Joseph A. Carrell, is among the most elaborate buildings. The district is regarded as a well-preserved example of a railroad-era village, and it has retained its plan and architectural character despite development around its edges.","period_of_significance":"1873-1931","architect_builder":"Carrell, Joseph A. (builder of the hotel)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.304926-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/02000225.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000225/0e1b8dc064-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000225/0e1b8dc064-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ivyland_HD_Gough_Ave_79.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ivyland_HD_Gough_Ave_79.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995948","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivyland_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6100001"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/ivyland-historic-district-02000225/"}