{"nrhp_refnum":"72001139","name":"Evansburg Historic District","other_names":["Providence Square","\"Hustletown\",Skippack Valley","See Also:Skip"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"On U.S. 422, bounded by Cross Key Rd., Grange Ave., Mill Rd., and Ridge Pike","address_restricted":false,"city":"Evansburg","county":"Montgomery County","state":"PA","lat":40.17196489950004,"lon":-75.42101822596936,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Agriculture","Military","Engineering","Transportation","Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Evansburg Historic District is a district in Evansburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, comprising a group of eighteenth and nineteenth century houses, farms, a church, a mill, a tavern, a bridge and a cemetery along Germantown Pike, Evansburg Road and Skippack Creek.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district holds a key place in the cultural development of southeastern Pennsylvania as part of William Penn's Holy Experiment, with several religious groups living together there. It cites excellent examples of eighteenth and nineteenth century rural architecture, the 1792 eight-arch Skippack Bridge, the Glebe House's role around the Battle of Germantown, and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel School House's early use as a public school.","narrative":"Evansburg is a district of stone farmhouses, inns, a church, a mill and a bridge strung along Germantown Pike and Skippack Creek in central Montgomery County. Most of its houses are plastered fieldstone buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, with end chimneys and a typical regional plan. The Glebe House, part of which dates before 1737, served as a rectory for St. James Church and hosted a war council of Washington's troops on September 20, 1777. The 1792 Skippack Bridge, an eight-arch stone span thirty-three feet wide, is regarded as the oldest bridge of its size in continuous heavy service in America. Religious history is central to the district: St. James Church dates to 1721, and the Funkite Cemetery holds the graves of Mennonites excommunicated for supporting the Revolution. The district is listed for its architecture, its transportation role, and its links to the colonial era.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Several properties are described as well preserved or in excellent condition, and Keyser's Mill was purchased for Evansburg State Park; no overall current use is stated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.406798-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001139.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001139/daa3daf7ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001139/daa3daf7ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evansburg_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</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:Evansburg_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995559","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evansburg_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25004457"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/montgomery-county/evansburg-historic-district-72001139/"}