Doe Run Village Historic District is a national

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located in West Marlborough Township and East Fallowfield Township,

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. It encompasses twenty-six contributing buildings and one contributing site in the rural community of Doe Run Village. Buildings cluster in three primary locations. The first cluster includes the Doe Run Garage, old general store, and some residences. The second cluster is associated with a cotton mill that was subsequently replaced with the town hall in 1898. The town hall subsequently contained a dairy. Located nearby are the ruins of a paper mill. The third cluster is associated with a

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(1744). Also in the district is the Doe Run School and former Presbyterian Church. ''Note:'' This includes James Fitzpatrick, notorious highwayman and loyalist during the

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, was born in Springdell in 1748. Doe Run was added to the

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in 1985.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Chester County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania