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.
Enjoy the Grand Old Game on Saturday, Aug. 3 at Ely Field in Lambertville, N.J., when two vintage baseball teams play a doubleheader using the rules and equipment from 1864 and 1866.
The Fuge in Warminster hosted a celebration of the 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 and 65th anniversary of Project Mercury this past weekend with hundreds in attendance.
Join Doylestown Historical Society’s next guest speaker series event celebrating local artistic celebrities and greats of the 1920s and 30s jazz age while enjoying a speakeasy cocktail demonstration and music of the era.
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.
Aiden Gormley, a graduating senior from New Hope-Solebury High School, is the 2024 recipient of the New Hope Historical Society’s (NHHS) Francis Curley Memorial Scholarship.
As it starts the next phase of its environmental improvement plan, the Bucks County Historical Society is set to remove approximately 15 dead trees from its Fonthill property in Doylestown Township.
Solebury Township Historical Society is offering a second program in its genealogy series, at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21.
The Doylestown business district thrives today thanks to the vision of a few passionate individuals who laid the groundwork for self-preservation within the community and created the desire to revitalize the business district while protecting its historical character.
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.”
Sept. 4 is the deadline for submission of works to Tewksbury Historical Society’s 32nd Juried Art Show and Sale, running Saturday, Oct. 5, through Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Zion Lutheran Church Christian Education Building, 16 Miller Ave., Oldwick, N.J. The opening reception is Friday evening, Oct. 4.
A walking tour of downtown Frenchtown on Saturday, July 13, at 10 a.m. will benefit the Hunterdon County Historical Society.
There are times when life treats you with a piece of knowledge about your hometown and you tuck it away, unless it pops up in your memory bank at an unexpected moment.
In 1808, Septimus Evans from Warwick Township bought a 2-acre building lot at the corner of North Main and Broad streets for $250.
The Historical Society of Hilltown Township recently received a grant from the Questers Chapter, Country Collectors #1024.
Once again on the Fourth of July, the sharp, resounding voice of a big bell will ring out for this nation’s freedom, thanks to the Richland Historical Society.
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.
Curious about your family history but not sure where to start? Join the Hunterdon County Historical Society at its Hiram E. Deats Library on Saturday, June 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. when professional …
