Doylestown (Images of America) - Softcover

Lugwing, Ed; McNamara, Brooks; Srecker, Berry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738504971 ISBN 13: 9780738504971

Verlag: Arcadia Pub, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Ludwig Ed Doylestown Historical Society McNamara B

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In 1682, William Penn offered the "Free Society of Traders" a nearly twenty-thousand-acre tract of land made up from the then communities of Warwick, New Britain, and Hilltown. The area grew slowly and, in 1745, William Doyle applied for permission to operate

an inn at a well-traveled crossroads. With the permission granted, Doyle's town was created. Spared destructive battles of the American Revolution, the town retained its rustic charm and appeal. By the

beginning of the nineteenth century, Doylestown, as it had become known, had blossomed and was beginning to attract merchants and residents. It spent the next century somewhat in isolation until wealthy Philadelphians and New Yorkers "discovered" the borough in the 1930s, boasting of its abundant, beautiful, land and rich history. Doylestown is the first collection of images to document the history of the seat of Bucks County. The images contained in

this collection were gathered primarily from local residents who, upon hearing of the pending publication, came forth with troves of photographs, stories, and memories of their hometown. Truly a

community effort, Doylestown is a unique compilation of a storied past, a spirited present, and an exciting future.

Biografía del autor

Ed Ludwig is president and founder of the Doylestown Historical Society and is a U.S. District Court judge sitting in Philadelphia. Brooks McNamara is a director of the society, a professor emeritus of New York University, and director emeritus of the Shubert Archive who has written extensively about the theatre. Betty Strecker is the first vice-president of the society and former president of the Doylestown Borough Council.

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• Verlag: Arcadia Pub
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0738504971
• ISBN 13: 9780738504971
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128