Evansburg Historic District, Historic district in Lower Providence Township, United States

The Evansburg Historic District is a preserved area in Lower Providence Township containing more than 50 registered properties from different periods. The buildings show architectural styles ranging from Colonial times to the Victorian era, spread across the landscape.

The land was bought from Sachem Maughaugam, chief of the Lenape, on June 3, 1684, and was called Pahkehoma, later Anglicized to Perkiomen. William Lane's will of 1732 left 42 adjoining acres to the ministers of St. James' Church to be laid out as a settlement, making Evansburg one of America's earliest planned villages. The village was at one time known as Hustletown, a nickname probably taken from Hussel Town, who owned land next to Edward Lane in 1773.

The village's name honours the Evans family: Evan Evans was the first Church of England minister sent by the Bishop of London to these parts, and Owen Evans later made muskets for the War of 1812 in his Evansburg factory. The stone-plastered schoolhouse of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, built before 1792, now serves as the Evansburg Free Library.

The buildings and properties are privately owned and in active use, so visitors should respect the privacy of residents and businesses. Walking through the area allows you to see the historical structures from the outside and understand how they are arranged.

The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel School House, now the St. James Community Center, was leased as a public school in 1838 and may have been among the first such schools in the nation. Paul Engle left money for educating poor children there, and the building later held a printing press used for an early English Bible translation.