Oxford Historic District (Oxford, Pennsylvania)


Oxford Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Oxford Historic District, December 2009
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Location	Roughly bounded by Church Rd. Chase St., Hodgson St., Oxford, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°47′07″N 75°58′44″W / 39.78528°N 75.97889°W / 39.78528; -75.97889Coordinates: 39°47′07″N 75°58′44″W / 39.78528°N 75.97889°W / 39.78528; -75.97889
Area	640 acres (260 ha)
Built	1833
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Italianate, et al.
NRHP Reference #	06001336^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 1, 2007

Oxford Historic District is a national historic district located in Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 517 contributing buildings, 1 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Oxford. They are mostly brick residential and commercial structures built between 1870 and 1910 and in a variety of popular architectural styles including Queen Anne and Italianate. Notable non-residential buildings include the Oxford Hall, Octoraro Hotel, Oxford Station (Borough Hall), Dickey Building, Masonic Building, Fulton Bank Building (1925), Gibson's Store (c. 1832), Orthodox Friends Meeting House, Methodist Church (1885), United Presbyterian Church (1893), and the Oxford Grain & Hay Company granary (1880). The Oxford Hotel is located in the district and listed separately.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[1]

Oxford Hotel
Train station, built 1901, now houses the town hall
Former bank building at 3rd and Locust Streets

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). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert J. Wise, Jr. (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Oxford Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-23.

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