A poster was designed in 2012 highlighting some of Doylestown’s most-recognized buildings. The creators saw a unique and beautiful world that’s different from the daily perspective …
A Revolutionary War veteran, Nathan James built his stone house in 1807 on his wife’s family’s land. His son, John D. James, succeeded his father in …
Ringing Rocks County Park is located about two miles west of Upper Black Eddy. Originally, the land was acquired by the Penn family from the Lenape (Delaware Nation) through the …
Starting as rain on Sunday night, March 11, 1888, the storm changed to heavy snow as Doyestown slept. By morning the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine was blanketed with …
Elizabeth Chapman Lawrence (1829-1905), was born in Doylestown, the daughter of Judge Henry Chapman. She attended one of the city’s female academies, …
In 1915, Doylestown’s VIA (Village Improvement Association) determined that the health care needs of the community could be met by a visiting nurse who …
N. Jean Toomer (1894-1967) / Black History Month. N. Jean Toomer was an acclaimed poet and novelist, an African American whose work is commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance and modernism. …
Gladys Nickleby Nelson (1921-2003) earned degrees from Mercy Douglass School of Nursing (now part of the University of Pennsylvania), West Chester University, and Trenton State College.
The greenhouses and flower shop of Darlington Flowers were located at 262-268 Maple Ave in Doylestown. Owned and operated by three generations of Doylestown florists, the business …
February 3, 2023, will be the 116th anniversary of James Michener’s birth. He had what was undoubtedly a hardscrabble childhood and yet had fond memories of his hometown.
The Union Horse Company was founded circa 1835 at the Turk’s Head Hotel “for detecting and apprehending horse thieves and other …
The founder of Budco Theaters was Claude “Buddy” Schlanger (1924-1987).
In the postwar era between 1950 and 1960, the population of Bucks County more than doubled. While lower Bucks experienced the largest growth, Doylestown also saw a steady increase …
The Palace of Sweets was located in the northeast corner of Lenape Hall, in the center of Doylestown. The store featured homemade candies “made carefully in our own kitchen” …
A chicken farm dubbed “Hentown” in its former life, Peddler’s Village was founded in 1962 by Earl Jamison, who transformed the rundown barn and chicken coops into a charming countryside …
The village of Lahaska was born when the Buckingham Friends Meeting House was established by English Quakers in 1701. Over time, the town grew to include 15 houses, a store, a hotel, a coach factory, …
Beacon Hill, at over 500 feet elevation, is one of the highest points in Bucks County. In the 18th century, scouts from Washington’s army lit signal fires on …
In 1851, a proactive borough council set about the task of supplying water to the citizens of Doylestown from a central source. A mill property located in the southeastern …
Lucie Price (1876-1956) began her library career in Doylestown as an of the Melinda Cox Free Library on the northeast corner of East Court and Broad Streets. On May 4, 1917, the Doylestown Daily …
Patton Maps. Alfred Patton (1897-1982) started his map business in his house at Patton’s Corner, the junction of Swamp Road and North Main Street in Cross Keys. In 1957 he incorporated as Alfred B …
