David Library on River Road in Washington Crossing closed in 2020. What's the plan for site
The department, which owns the building in Upper Makefield, conducted a feasibility study last year for a potential visitor center and hub in the southern portion of Delaware Canal State Park, a spokesperson said.
This building along Collingswood Lane, off River Road, is currently closed to the public, though visitors can park and access the Delaware Canal Towpath walking trail there. A report on the results of the study is not yet available, the spokesperson said.
The former library is a little over a mile north of the Washington Crossing Historic Park on the Delaware River; the walking trail connects the two sites.
The 118-acre property housed the library — which contains thousands of primary sources on the Revolutionary War — from 1974 until 2020, when the collection was moved to the library of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.
The David Library of the American Revolution sold the property to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in 2020 in an agreement co-signed by the Heritage Conservancy.
Although nearly half of the property was already preserved as part of the county land preservation program, the deal aimed to ensure that the general public could retain access to the Delaware River and canal towpath along the large property. The Heritage Conservancy also transferred the 25-acre Sol & Rose Nature Center between the canal and River Road to the state as part of the deal.
The state conservation department spokesperson did not provide a timeline for the release of the visitor center feasibility study.
Jess Rohan can be reached at jrohan@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: David Library in Washington Crossing may become visitor center for park
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