The era of picnics in the middle of the 19th century gave all who participated a great deal of pleasure, according to Doylestown historian W.W.H Davis.
Doylestown Borough Council considered installing electric lights as early as the spring of 1885. In September 1886, Mr. Sherwood, of the Excelsior Light Co. of …
Father’s Day was introduced by Sonora Smart Dodd in Spokane and was celebrated statewide in Washington in 1910. The intent was to complement Mother’s Day in celebrating …
Starting in 1964, the Doylestown Youth Recreation Council sponsored basketball and football games, summer recreation programs, the Fanny Chapman swim team, dances in Central …
The Doylestown area was once rife with poultry production.
In the last week of May 1904, The Intelligencer announced, “Nothing unusual is scheduled to appear in the Memorial Day celebration in Doylestown. Year after …
The Doylestown Intelligencer of June 13, 1889 reported, “A band of gypsies are encamped near the town and several of the women have been going from house to house importuning housewives to …
In May 1940, the newspaper announced that Doylestown was to have a Soap Box Derby, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Winners of the Doylestown races would compete in Philadelphia …
Flat Iron Building. The triangle of land bordered by West State and West Court streets forms one of the “Five Points” in downtown Doylestown. Today it features the Flat Iron Building, but this …
United States census records have been taken every 10 years since 1790 to provide a snapshot of the nation’s population as well as to apportion seats in the House of …
Demisemiseptcentennial (175th) Celebration. In the early 1840s Doylestown was a small community with only approximately 950 residents. Elizabeth Pawling Ross (1806-1882), wife of lawyer Thomas Ross, …
Bucks County SPCA. Since its inception, the Bucks County SPCA has rescued and re-homed animals in need, from Bristol to Springfield and everywhere in between. In 1912, the Bucks County SPCA was …
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.
