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Bucks County Conservancy

 Collection
Identifier: BCC-2018-02

Scope and Contents

The Bucks County Conservancy collection contains information about various houses in Northampton Township. The project was completed in 1988-1989 and again in 1993. Some of the homes listed have since been demolished, though there may not be note of this within the collection. This information includes details about the architecture of the homes, such as the materials that were used to build the homes, when the homes were built, and the style in which they were built. The collection also contains information on how many of the homes and sites that were surveyed. Some of the homes were also mentioned to be on the National Registrar. The buildings and homes that are the list will be mentioned in the finding aid under their own scope and content note. In Batch 1 Folder 6, “Historic Resource Survey Northampton Township” gives information about the evaluation of the historic buildings and sites. This document also discuss what an historical survey is and is purpose. In Batch 1 Folder 7 is a table that gives the corresponding map number (map found in Batch 1 Folder 2) along with their Tax number, the street and/or address, the year the homes were built in, their past use and their present use.

Batches 1-31 are enclosed in boxes 1-3.

Dates

  • 1974 - 2005
  • Majority of material found within 1988 - 1989

Biographical / Historical

The Bucks County Conservancy (now the Heritage Conservancy) is based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and serves both Bucks and Montgomery Counties. The Conservancy is nationally accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission and they are one of about 201 (12%) to have earned the accreditation. They are dedicated to preserving and protecting significant open spaces, natural resources and historic heritage. To date, they have facilitated in the preservation of over 14, 500 acres of open space, farmland, wildlife habitat, and watershed areas in both counties. They have also designated more than 600 historic structures on its Register of Historic Places. (Note: some names are not given in full and they are only in abbreviations.) Those involved with this project were: Jeffery L. Marshall, Director of Historic Preservation; K. Burk; N.V.D.; Susan E. Ellis; Virginia Geyer; J.P.H.; J.L.M.; Rob Reynolds; S.L.R.

(Information found at: https://www.heritageconservancy.org/who-we-are/)

Extent

2.75 Linear Feet (The collection is housed in 3 record boxes.) : Good condition; some holes where staples used to keep photographs on the forms

Language of Materials

English

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Northampton Township Archives Repository

Contact:
25 Upper Holland Rd
Richboro PA 18954 United States
2153573050