Warminster, Pennsylvania
~History~

 

Recent Photos of
Historic Places

This website was created by a proud resident of
Warminster, Pennsylvania.

It is intended to inform interested persons of the historical significance,
and rich history of our town.

This website and its content are not approved by, affiliated with, or sponsored by the Township government of Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, and nothing on the website should be viewed as representing the views,
policies or practices of Warminster Township.

 

(Place names in italics, as indicated on 1857 & 1860 maps of Warminster)

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Battle of the Crooked Billet

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Early Pioneers' Homes


Harmon (Harman) Vansant House
Davisville Road north
of County Line Road
 

Davis House - Warminster History
Davis House
Believed to be the 2nd oldest home still standing in Bucks County.
Original building included only the 4 windows on the right - Built 1694
Off Bristol Road, Ivyland (Breadysville)
 


Cornerstone inside newer section of the above home
 
 

Cadwallader House - Warminster History
John Cadwallader House - Built 1735 - Hemlock Road
 

John Hart House - Warminster History
John Hart House - Built 1750 - Charter Road
 

John Longstreth House - Warminster History
John Longstreth House - Built 1787 - Private Property
North end of Newtown Road
 


Isaac Longstreth Homestead - Built 1799 - Private Property
Off Reeves Lane - Private Property

 

Newtown Road History Walk
Going North on Newtown Road towards Street Road

Carrie Yerkes Carter House - Warminster History
Carrie Yerkes Carter Home
Newtown Road south of Street Road
 

Mitchell Woods House - Warminster History
Mitchell Woods Home - 1878
Newtown Road south of Street Road
 

Jacob Dexheimer House - Warminster History
Jacob Dexheimer House - 1869
Newtown Road south of Street Road

 

 

Newtown Road History Walk
Going North on Newtown Road from Street Road


C. Trimmer House - Warminster History
C. Trimmer House
Newtown Road north
of Street Road
 

Wisteria Hall - Warminster History
Wisteria Hall - c. 1820
Newtown Road north of Street Road

 

Sprogell House - Warminster History
Sprogell House
Newtown Road north of Street Road
 

Carriage House - Warminster History
Carriage House - 1834
Newtown Road north of Street Road

 

Sweet Apple - Warminster History
Sweet Apple - 1834
Newtown Road north of Street Road

 

McDowell House - Warminster History
Isaac Longstreth House - Built circa 1790
Newtown Road north of Street Road

 

B. VanCleave House - Warminster History
Longstreth/Fetter House - Built circa 1814
Newtown Road north of Street Road

 

G. McDowell House - Warminster History
Sutch House
Newtown Road north of Street Road

 

J. Davis House - Warminster History
J. Davis House
Newtown Road north of Street Road
 

M. C. McNair House - Warminster History
M. C. McNair House
Newtown Road north of Street Road
 

Kirk House - Warminster History
Kirk House
Newtown Road north of Street Road
 


Munro Homestead
Newtown Road south of Bristol Road


Street Road

Union Chapel - Warminster History
Union Chapel (now Eastern Chadrow Assoc., Inc)
Northwest corner, Street and Newtown Road

P. Beans House - Warminster History
P. Beans House - Street Road
 

Beans Machne Shop - Warminster History
Beans' Machine Shop (now Krout Heating & Cooling)
Street Road
 

Friends Meeting House - Warminster History
Friends Meeting House (now Assembly of God Church) - Built 1840
Street Road

 
J. H. Carr House - Warminster History
J.H. Carr House - Street Road at Delmont Avenue

 

York Road

Klein Home - Warminster History
Klein Home - York Road at Norristown Road
 

Log College Monument - Warminster History
Log College Monument - York Road
 

William Tennent House - Warminster History
Supposed William Tennent House - Off York Road 
 

Warminster Hotel - Warminster History
Drovers' and Traveller's Inn - Built circa 1730
Warminster Manor Hotel - (now Mike's York-Street Bar & Grill)
York Road south of Street Road
 

Noble House - Warminster History
Noble House (now various offices) - York Road
 

Ivyland

John Hart, III, House (Gilda's Club) - Warminster History
John Hart, III House (now Gilda's Club) - Built 1817 - Kirk Road
 

Hobensack's Mill - Warminster History
Hobensack's Mill (now Seasons Hearth & Patio, Inc.)
Ivyland Road, Ivyland
 

Temperance House - Warminster History
Edwin Lacey's "Temperance House" - Gough Avenue, Ivyland
 

W. W. Carr Store and Residence - Warminster History
Left - W.W. Carr Store (now Ivyland Country Store) - 1876
Right - W.W. Carr Residence (now privately owned) - 1887
Gough Avenue
, Ivyland
 

Holly Tree Farmhouse - Warminster History
Holly Tree Farmhouse - Built 1760 by Samuel Spencer
Off Bristol Road, Ivyland  (Breadysville)
 

Twining House - Warminster History
Isaac  Beans House - Built 1720 by Isaac and in 1820 by his son Stephen
Jacksonville Road - Ivyland
 

Hartsville

Jane Crave House (Polyhart) - Warminster History
Jane Craven House , Old York Road, Hartsville
Front section built circa 1820
(now home of Pauline Bush)
 

Darrah House - Warminster History
Darrah House (now Darrah House Bed & Breakfast) - Built 1849
Bristol Road
, Hartsville
 

S. Craven House - Warminster History
Virginia Dare Home
Old York Road and Bristol Road, Hartsville
 

Neshaminy Lecture Room - Warminster History
"Neshaminy Lecture Room" - Built 1849
Old York Road
, Hartsville
 

Hartsville Store & Post Office - Warminster History
Hartsville Post Office and Store - Built circa 1827
Bristol Road
and Old York Road , Hartsville
 

Warminster History
Mary Flack House - Old York Road, Hartsville

 

Davisville Road

W. Vansant House - Warminster History
W. Vansant House
Davisville Road south of Street Road
 


Lot and Sarah Davis Search Homestead - Built 1809
Davisville Road north of Street Road
 

Warminster History
David Marple House & Store
Davisville Road north of Street Road


Warminster History
Watts House
Davisville Road north of Street Road



William Vansant House - Built circa 1820
Davisville Road north of Street Road

 

Other Locations of note


J. Ramsey - Hallowell Home - Bristol Road at Means Road
 


John Harvey Homestead - Mallard Circle
 

W. Wood House - Warminster History
J. Yerkes House - Buttercup Drive
 

 

 

 

 

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©2009 Robert C. Goodyear