Historical White Horse District , also known as the White Horse Village, is a national historic district located in Willistown Town, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It includes 15 contribution buildings and 1 structure that contributes to the White Horse crosses village. They were built between 1798 and about 1950 and most of the 2 1/2 or 3-storey stone structures were plated in stucco. Seven of the building's contributions are the place to stay. Other contributing buildings include the former blacksmith (c 1812/1848), (Thomas J. Thornton of Dundalk Ireland was a blacksmith resident from 1948 until his death while riding a horse at the closest Radnor Hunt on 13 April 1968), White Horse Shop and venue residence (1798), and White Horse Tavern (c 1798). A number of homes were renovated in the 1930s and 1940s by architects R. Brognard Okie (1875-1945).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
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