Springdale Historic District

Set along Old York Road and Ingham Creek on the western edge of New Hope Borough, this district grew from a late 18th-century grist mill complex into a small rural industrial settlement. William Maris built a stone cotton mill there in 1820, and it was later converted to silk production in the late 19th century. Most of the roughly 29 properties are simple workers' houses of stone, stucco or frame built between about 1820 and 1880. The Huffnagle-Hood Mansion incorporates the Robert Heath House, and in 1856 Charles Huffnagle added a ballroom and library designed by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan. The Conrad Hartman Store, dating to about 1820, and the Magill House, built about 1790 in the Federal style, are among the older survivors. The district's layout reflects a reversal of the usual pattern, with owners' houses nearest the mills. It is valued as a well-preserved example of a mid-19th-century rural industrial village.