Dolington Estates is a residential subdivision of detached single family homes primarily built by Toll Brothers in the late 1990s. Typical homes have 4 to 6 bedrooms with 2-1/2 to 5-1/2 baths and range from approximately 3,700 to more than 6,000 sqft. Median age is 1998. Median lot size is 1 acre. Median interior living space is approximately 4,800 sqft.
Access to the Dolington Estates neighborhood is from Lindenhurst Road onto Amber Drive, Silverwood Drive, or Trowbridge Drive.
Dolington [†] is a village in southern Upper Makefield near the township line between Lower and Upper Makefield on Route 632.
Before 1800, the village had only three houses. One was a log house built by Peter Dolin, for whom the village was named. A second house was also built by Dolin, and the third, later used as a hotel, was built in 1800 as a store and operated by William Jackson for 28 years.
The village gradually spread along three roads that centered there and became an important local community. A post office was established on August 2, 1827, with Oliver Hough as the first postmaster. In July 1833, Timothy Taylor succeeded him, and the village later came under Newtown rural delivery.
Before the post office was created, the village was known first as Makefield and then as Dolinton. The reason for the added "g" in Dolington is not known.
The village developed a small commercial and industrial base that included another merchandise store, a tailoring business run by John Headley, the coach and wagon factory of Oliver P. Ely and James Briggs, Seth Davis' smith shop, and a wheelwright shop operated by John R. Bitting. Bitting later became postmaster and was eventually elected Prothonotary of the county.
Education and civic life were also important in the village. A schoolhouse was built by Makefield Friends in 1830, and it later became the center of the Dolington Lyceum, where several future statesmen made their first public speeches.
Dolington also had an early local library. The Makefield Library was founded on May 5, 1816 and was managed by a committee chosen from its patrons. After being housed in private homes, it gained its own building in 1858. The library remained in use until 1904, when the books were sold and the building and furniture were auctioned. The proceeds were placed in a fund to buy books for the Dolington public school library.
Nearby Neighborhoods
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Amber Drive • Beacon Hill Drive • Boxwood Drive • Grandview Drive • Graystone Lane • Park Drive • Powderhorn Drive • Silverwood Drive • Steeple Chase Drive • Trowbridge Drive • Wexford Court
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