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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRT9_the-battle-of-the-crooked-billet_Warminster-PA.html
The Battle of the Crooked Billetwas fought around this spotMay 1, 1778.General John Lacey's Command of 400 Officersand men stationed at The Crooked Billet (nowHatboro) were attacked by a detachment of800 men of British Cavalry and Infantry underLi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNG9_treasure-island-reservation_Pipersville-PA.html
Consisting of Treasure Island and Marshall Island. Home to one of the nation's oldest Boy Scout camps, established by the Philadelphia Council, B.S.A. in 1913. Birthplace of the Order of the Arrow, a national campers' honor society founded upon Na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN44_carversville-historic-district_New-Hope-PA.html
Known as Mill Town 1727and later Milton 1804.Named Carversville 1833.
HistoricCraversville SocietyEstablished 1971
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLRW_the-first-national-bank_Newtown-PA.html
The First National Bank and Trust Company of Newtown was first organized in 1864 and operated out of a room in the Paxson-Croasdale Building, located at 2-4 South State Street. By the spring of 1868, the bank bought property from the county and mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLRT_newtown-common-creek_Newtown-PA.html
In 1684, William Penn planned his new town, which was later called Newtown. About 30 acres, on both sides of Newtown Creek, were reserved for common use. The town was designed to resemble an open fan of lots surrounding a narrow, rectangular town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQC_newtown-borough-hall_Newtown-PA.html
On April 16, 1838, the village of Newtown received its own municipal identity, distinct from that of Newtown Township, when it was formally chartered as a borough by the Pennsylvania Legislature.
In 1854, the Borough approved the plans to build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQ1_brick-hotel_Newtown-PA.html
Prior to 1750, there existed a dwelling on this site, 1 East Washington Avenue, which had been built by Shadrach Walley, Newtown's first settler. Amos Strickland, a farmer and entrepreneur from Philadelphia, bought the property in 1760. In 1763, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLPJ_paxson-croasdale-building-trolley_Newtown-PA.html
The Croasdale building, located at 2-4 South State Street, was built in 1853. This building was the center of Newtown's commercial activities, housing dry goods stores, the First National Bank and several lodges. During the Civil War, the front of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLOB_temperance-house_Newtown-PA.html
Although some historians believe there may have been a tavern at this location fifty years earlier, Andrew and Nancy McMinn built the first part of the Temperance House, located at 5 South State Street, circa 1772. Part of the building was used as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLO7_newtown-county-seat_Newtown-PA.html
The buildings at 35 South State Street are situated on the tract of land on which the three main public buildings in Newtown were erected in 1726 when Newtown became the County Seat (Jail Keeper's House & Records Office, Jail, Court House). The or…