{"nrhp_refnum":"11000200","name":"Quakertown Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Main and Broad Sts, Hellertown, Tichikon, and Park Aves","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quakertown","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.44419748650003,"lon":-75.34057279744127,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government","Community Planning and Development","Transportation","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering most of the incorporated Quakertown Borough in upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with 2,401 resources on roughly 1,396 parcels, mostly residential, plus industrial, commercial, public and religious buildings. Its buildings range from the 18th century to the mid-20th century.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its transportation, political and community planning history, including its role as a regional stop on the Philadelphia to Bethlehem route, the railroad and trolley era, and the Fries Rebellion. It is also significant architecturally for its large, solid Georgian, Federal and later Victorian and Revival-style houses, double and row houses, and three-story factories.","narrative":"Quakertown's historic district covers most of the incorporated borough in upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and holds 2,401 resources, most of them houses built of stone and brick between the 1730s and the 1950s. Settlement began with Welsh Quakers by the 1720s, and the Lester family established a tannery around 1734 on West Broad Street. The town sat on the main road from Philadelphia to Bethlehem, and the Red Lion Hotel at Main and Broad served travelers. During the Revolution, the Liberty Bell was hidden behind Liberty Hall on September 23, 1777, on its way out of Philadelphia. The arrival of the railroad in 1856 and the trolley in 1898 drove growth, producing rows of brick houses and factories, including a stove foundry and a cigar factory. The district is listed for its architecture, its transportation and civic history, and its planned town layout.","period_of_significance":"1734-1957","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial; Georgian; Federal; Italianate; Second Empire; Gothic Revival; Queen Anne; Romanesque; Prairie; Classical Revival; Craftsman; Colonial Revival; Art Deco","criteria":["A","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 17:10:27.045581-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/11000200.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000200/23643fcc39-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000200/23643fcc39-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"PattiParker","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quakertown_Historic_District_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">PattiParker</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:Quakertown_Historic_District_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997896","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakertown_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7268604"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/quakertown-historic-district-11000200/"}