Among its contributing properties are three churches, the Keystone Bakery, and the William B. Dunlap Mansion, which is separately listed on the Register.

Another building in the district is the house of Joseph Hemphill,[2] a local landowner who platted much of Bridgewater in 1818.

Its buildings housed a wide variety of businesses, ranging from offices to stores to metalworking shops.

[4] The Bridgewater United Methodist Church was organized in 1839 and built its first building in the same year.

[4] Its current building, a Gothic Revival structure located on Market Street, was erected in 1907.