Doylestown Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Doylestown Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes

| image = County Cinema Dtown.JPG

| caption = County Cinema, Doylestown Historic District, March 2010

| location= Roughly bounded by Union, Cottage and E. Ashland Sts, Hillside Ave. and S. and N. West Sts., Doylestown, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|40|18|35|N|75|08|14|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA

| architect = Multiple

| architecture = Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal

| added = May 10, 1985

| area = {{convert|206|acre}}

| refnum = 85001012{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Doylestown Historic District is a national historic district located in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district is composed of one thousand fifty-five contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Doylestown, including a variety of residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings and notable examples of Late Victorian and Federal style architecture.

Notable buildings include the Intelligencer Building (1876), Lenape Hall (1874), Hart Bank (1850), County Jail (1885), Henry Lear House (1875), Charles E. Meyers House (1887), John Barclay House (1814), Meredith Shaw Mansion (c. 1812), and Shive's Hardware Store (c. 1833).

Located in the district and separately listed are the Fountain House, James-Lorah House, Mercer Museum (1916), Pugh Dungan House, and Shaw Historic District.{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2012-10-20| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H077427_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Doylestown Historic District| accessdate = 2012-10-19|author1=Kathryn Ann Auerbach |author2=Jeffrey L. Marshall |author3=Judith Hayman | format = PDF| date= January 1985}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.