Historic Hatboro House Restored, Preserved

HATBORO, PA — For several years, Mayor Tim Schultz and the Borough Council pushed for the preservation of a historic home.

This past week, officials saw what the home looks like preserved and restored.

.In 2021, the Borough Council passed a historic overlay ordinance to protect the borough's historical properties. Among them was the Nathanial Boileau House.

Borough officials recently toured the Boileau house with Schultz, capturing the home's beauty in pictures. See the photos below

Borough Council worked with the developer to save, creating ordinances to preserve such properties, while in the past, the borough's historic structures were being torn down.

Borough officials said Victorian Village allowed them to see a preview of the renovations of the Nathanial Boileau House.

The home at 440 South York Road is a historic property that served as a station on the Underground Railroad.

Nathaniel Boileau was a state legislator and Pennsylvania's Secretary of State in the early 19th century who owned the property.

In August 2020, the Millbrook Society and the Borough of Hatboro announced that the house would be spared from demolition after being purchased by new owners.

It was part of the YMCA complex since 1963. The new owners are incorporating the historic building into their Victorian Village development.

(Tim Schultz)