Point Pleasant Historic District

Point Pleasant is a linear village of stone and frame buildings strung along River Road, beside the Delaware Canal and the Tohickon Creek, in Plumstead and Tinicum Townships, Bucks County. Its origins lie in a ferry crossing established in 1739 and a mid-18th century fishery and tavern at Black's Eddy. Most of the district's buildings date from 1820 to 1930, and many are built of dark gray argillite quarried from nearby hillsides. The village served as a commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area and for river traffic, and later as a summer resort for Doylestown residents, with bungalows dating from the early 1900s. A survey counted 74 contributing buildings out of 87. Its four hotels, a mill, a canal lock house and four contributing bridges, including an 1877 pony truss, show the district's transportation and resort history. It was listed for its concentration of vernacular architecture and its unusually complete range of building types and periods.