Springtown Historic District

Springtown is a linear rural village along Main Street in Springfield Township, Bucks County, set on a limestone valley where springs feed Silver Creek and Cook's Creek. Settlement began in the 1730s around Stephen Twining's mill, and the surrounding roads made the village a commercial center by the late 18th century. Its earliest houses are two-and-a-half-story stone buildings, including Kooker's Tavern, with German and English building traditions visible side by side. Eight large barns, twenty wagon houses and several stone springhouses survive alongside the houses, hotels and stores. Commercial activity included a tannery, lime burning, coach and wheelwright shops, and a hotel that operated into the 20th century. The village is listed for its commercial and agricultural history and for the concentration of well-preserved early architecture in one continuous streetscape.