History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . igent comparison of old Doylestown with the new, and appre-ciate the latters growth in the past century. We begin our walk atthe north end of Main street in, Germany, and come south. Standing by the Clear Spring hotel and looking across the streetto the east, we notice a small log-clapboard building on the knollalmost opposite. This is known as the Russell house, and is,undoubtedly, the oldest dwelling in the borough. The lot wasbought by Elijah Russell, in 1800, of David Kirkbride at p
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . igent comparison of old Doylestown with the new, and appre-ciate the latters growth in the past century. We begin our walk atthe north end of Main street in, Germany, and come south. Standing by the Clear Spring hotel and looking across the streetto the east, we notice a small log-clapboard building on the knollalmost opposite. This is known as the Russell house, and is,undoubtedly, the oldest dwelling in the borough. The lot wasbought by Elijah Russell, in 1800, of David Kirkbride at public sale,and was formerly a part of the Chapman farm. The house wasprobably erected the same year of logs, and, in more recent years,clapboarded. It has had a number of owners, the present one beingErnest Werner, a carpet weaver. We begin our historic walk byturning south up Lymans hill. Passing Kramers store, at thejunction of Church street, we reach what was the Musgrave house in T At Doylestown, Pa., April 9th, 1826, Sarah, wife of Elijah Russell, agedseventy-two years; interment at New Britain. 34.
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