Amos Stone House to the Mesquito Grille. In 1849 Amos Stone (1819-1897), a shoemaker by trade, bought the property at the intersection of West State Street and West Court Street for $200 and built a house.

The Doylestown Plan for Self-Help Renewal. Operation ‘64 resulted from a group of farsighted Doylestown merchants who refused to “modernize” their historic town center.

In 1888, Washington Atlee Burpee (1858-1915) purchased about 100 acres of land outside of Doylestown and named it Fordhook Farm, after his ancestor’s estate in England.

“CROWDS JAM NEW SHOPPING CENTER” screamed the banner headline on the front page of The Daily Intelligencer, Oct. 15, 1959.

During the early summers of the 20th century, a group of Philadelphia artists took the trolley north to the Village of Edison and practiced their art in an old barn referred to as “the Shack.” This group of men called themselves “The Scumblers.”

In 1808, Septimus Evans from Warwick Township bought a 2-acre building lot at the corner of North Main and Broad streets for $250.

Doylestown and Newtown townships were two communities hit hard by that curious and widespread fever known as the silkworm craze, which prevailed for more than a decade in the first part of the 19th century. Generally, the craze extended from 1830 to 1844.

The early Quakers who came to Bucks County were primarily farmers; therefore they usually located their meeting houses in rural areas rather than in towns.

From Stories Behind Peace Valley by Kathryn McKenna, published by the Doylestown Historical Society …

The editors of the Bucks County Traveler filed the following opinion (abridged) in the January 1954 issue of their magazine:

Lutheran worship services were begun in Doylestown by Rev. Ferdinand Berkemeyer in 1860 and held in the county courthouse.

William R. Mercer (1862-1939), younger brother of Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930), and his wife Martha Dana Mercer (1872-1960) enjoyed inviting families to swim in their …

The Aug. 18, 1959 issue of The Doylestown Intelligencer reported that “Billy Kline, driving car No. 9, highlighted the weekly racing of the Doylestown Quarter-Midget Racing Club …

The first iteration of the Mercer Museum Folk Fest was held April 27, 1974, and called “Museum Family Day.” The concept began earlier that year when the Bicentennial Committee of …

On a sunny day in May 1898, Doylestown’s Main Street was gaily decorated as crowds awaited the arrival of the first trolley car. Initially run by the Bucks County Electric …

The Doylestown Creamery, a dairy and milk business, was established in 1910 by Asher Lear on the north side of Union Street between Broad and North Main streets.

In 1759, a tavern was built by Joseph Bladen at the junction of the Durham and Philadelphia-Easton roads. In 1778, that tavern was purchased by George Piper, a colonel in the …

Henry Mercer loved dogs, especially Chesapeake Bay retrievers. He had many of these dogs, and his favorite at the time of the construction of the …

In 1956, George Hornberger sold a bakery in Northeast Philadelphia and moved his family to Doylestown. His bakery in the Mayfair section had been in operation since 1923.

In 1907, Mrs. Irvin M. James, of Doylestown, invited a few lady friends to tea and broached the subject of starting a club to learn …