{"nrhp_refnum":"80003459","name":"Lionville Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Uwchlan Meeting House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly along PA 100 and S. Village Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lionville","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.05539983600005,"lon":-75.65884289591185,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Lionville Historic District is a village and surrounding farmland in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, centred on a crossroads and the Red Lion Tavern. Its architecture spans the 18th and 19th centuries, with stone, brick, log and frame buildings.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its architecture, a mixture of early stone dwellings and wooden houses, and for its role in the community's development from Welsh and Quaker settlement through its tavern, meeting house, trades, schools and transport links. The nomination also cites its part in Revolutionary War activity and in Underground Railroad activity before the Civil War.","narrative":"Lionville is a village in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, grouped around a crossroads and the Red Lion Tavern, licensed from 1740. The houses range from early stone and log dwellings to wooden homes of the late 1700s and early 1800s, with many stone buildings later stuccoed. The Uwchlan Meeting House, built of stone in 1756 to replace an earlier log building, is the village's oldest public building. The tavern was a stopping point for travellers and drovers, and Revolutionary War activity took place on its green. Quaker families used hiding places in several village buildings on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War. The village's commerce, cottage industries and schools shaped its nineteenth-century growth, and the district is valued for preserving this mixed architecture and its layout around the green and meeting house.","period_of_significance":"1700-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"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 17:11:34.017711-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003459.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003459/7ee849416c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003459/7ee849416c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lionville_HD_Chesco.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lionville_HD_Chesco.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996282","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6555933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/lionville-historic-district-80003459/"}