{"nrhp_refnum":"76001626","name":"Kimberton Village Historic District","other_names":["See also:Kimberton Village Historic District (Boundary Incre"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Both sides of Hares Hill Rd. between Kimberton and Cold Stream, East Pikeland Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kimberton","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.12978575900007,"lon":-75.57639636499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Kimberton Village is a crossroads settlement in Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, containing a tavern, a grist mill and a boarding school. The tavern dates from the 1750s to 1770s, the mill bears a 1796 datestone, and the school developed from about 1787 into the 19th century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the village is significant for its eighteenth and nineteenth century commerce and for its role in education and social reform. The tavern served Revolutionary armies traveling between Valley Forge and the army hospital, and the Kimber boarding school was unusually liberal and open to students of all religious denominations. Emmor Kimber's antislavery activity and his daughter Abigail's anti-slavery work are also cited.","narrative":"Kimberton Village is a crossroads settlement in Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, made up of three surviving buildings. The tavern, a white stucco-over-stone structure, was built by George Chrisman, probably after 1750, and was licensed in 1771 as a tavern called the Sign of the Bear. During the Revolution it was a resting place for armies moving between Valley Forge and an army hospital. The grist mill, of random fieldstone with a datestone reading 1796, was also built by Chrisman. The boarding school grew from a first phase possibly built in 1787. Under Quaker schoolmaster Emmor Kimber, from 1817, it became known for a liberal atmosphere, open to students of all religious denominations and drawing pupils from as far as the West Indies. Kimber was also an antislavery figure, and his daughter Abigail later attended the 1840 London anti-slavery convention.","period_of_significance":"18th Century-19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The tavern now houses a pharmacy, the mill has been remodeled for a post office and commercial and residential use, and the school building includes a 20th century commercial wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.570825-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001626.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001626/92fe2d4f08-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001626/92fe2d4f08-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kimberton_PO_Chesco_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kimberton_PO_Chesco_PA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87001252","name":"Kimberton Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/kimberton-historic-district-boundary-increase-87001252/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995351","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberton_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15238490"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/kimberton-village-historic-district-76001626/"}