Muddy Creek Forks Historic District

Muddy Creek Forks Historic District
Location Jct. of Muddy Creek Forks and New Park Rds., E. Hopewell, Fawn and Long Chanceford Townships, East Hopewell, Fawn, and Lower Chanceford Townships
Coordinates 39°48′27″N 76°28′31″W / 39.80750°N 76.47528°W / 39.80750; -76.47528Coordinates: 39°48′27″N 76°28′31″W / 39.80750°N 76.47528°W / 39.80750; -76.47528
Area 42.4 acres (17.2 ha)
Built 1874
Architectural style Other, Late Victorian, vernacular Pennsylvania farm
NRHP Reference # 94000397[1]
Added to NRHP April 29, 1994

Muddy Creek Forks Historic District is a national historic district located at the Village of Muddy Creek Forks in East Hopewell, Fawn, and Lower Chanceford Townships in York County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 12 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 5 contributing structures. The buildings and structures were constructed between about 1800 and 1935. The buildings include the general store, six houses, a mill, grain elevator, warehouse, and Sweitzer barn.[2] Most of the buildings incorporate Late Victorian style details. The structures are two bridges, a corn crib, a weigh station, and a mill race. The site is the site of a former mill and mill pond.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. YouTube: Muddy Creek Forks
  3. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Melinda G. Higgins and Thomas L. Schaefer (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Muddy Creek Forks Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-21.


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