Hampton Hill (Richboro, Pennsylvania)

	Hampton Hill
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Hampton Hill, May 2006
Location	1269 Second Street Pike, Richboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°13′25″N 75°0′34″W / 40.22361°N 75.00944°W
Area	3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	c. 1744, c. 1790
Built by	Bennet, Abraham
Architectural style	Colonial
NRHP reference No.	73001594
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1973

Hampton Hill, also known as the Bennet-Search House, is an historic, American home that is located in Richboro, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

History and architectural features[edit]

The first section of this historic structure was built circa 1744, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, two-bay by one-bay, stone house with a gable roof. The larger section was built circa 1790, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay by two-bay, stone house with a gable roof. The roof was covered with slate during the twentieth century. The house is thought to have harbored formerly enslaved people who were escaping captivity via the Underground Railroad.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-10-07. Note: This includes Robert Donald Crompton and C. Dunlevey (September 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hampton Hill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-10-07. Note: This includes Robert Donald Crompton and C. Dunlevey (September 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hampton Hill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.

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