White Horse Historic District


White Horse Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
White Horse Historic District, November 2009
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Location	Jct. of Goshen and Providence Rds., Willistown Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°59′26″N 75°28′09″W / 39.99056°N 75.46917°W / 39.99056; -75.46917Coordinates: 39°59′26″N 75°28′09″W / 39.99056°N 75.46917°W / 39.99056; -75.46917
Area	35 acres (14 ha)
Built	1798
Architect	Okie, R. Brognard; Okie, Charles
Architectural style	Federal, Greek Revival, et al.
NRHP Reference #	01000058^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 2, 2001

White Horse Historic District, also known as White Horse Village, is a national historic district located in Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 15 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the crossroads village of White Horse. They were built between 1798 and about 1950 and are mostly 2 1/2 or 3-story masonry structures clad in stucco. Seven of the contributing buildings are residences. The other contributing buildings include the former blacksmith shop (c. 1812 / 1848), (Thomas J. Thornton from Dundalk Ireland was the resident blacksmith from 1948 until his death while shoeing a horse at nearby Radnor Hunt on April 13, 1968), White Horse Store and residence (1798), and White Horse Tavern (c. 1798). A number of the houses were renovated in the 1930s and 1940s by noted architect R. Brognard Okie (1875-1945).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Robert J. Wise, Jr. (December 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: White Horse Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-05.

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