With only 48 noncontributing structures in the historic district, the village has retained much of its rural character.

[2] European colonists settled the area circa 1735, when David Stephens built the surviving log section of the Abraham Prizer House, the oldest historic resource in the district.

The district includes a mix of residential, commercial, agricultural, and cultural sites, including a smithy and cabinetry shop from 1760, a general store from 1820, a former schoolhouse from 1861, a Quaker meetinghouse (demolished circa 1885) and cemetery, and dozens of historic homes, barns, springhouses, privies, and other structures, along with stone ruins.

The most salient feature is the Nantmeal United Methodist Church, constructed in 1852 and renovated in 1902 in the Gothic Revival style.

[2] A post office called Nantmeal Village was established in 1876 and remained in operation until 1918.