History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . ^ j J. - i — /^_ii=r: 4:i-E ~ ;^ ,:=jt^4 i:ifc=5!E iStSS^E DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 35 the long ago. It stands on the east side of Main street, and was alsobuilt of logs, but has been so modernized its identity is gone. TheMusgraves, father and son, were Canadians, coming here about thetime of the Russells, and carried on watch-making and wheelwrightingon their premises. Continuing down North Main street up Chapmanshill, we next reach the Titus-Chapman-Lyman house, recently pur-chased b
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . ^ j J. - i — /^_ii=r: 4:i-E ~ ;^ ,:=jt^4 i:ifc=5!E iStSS^E DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 35 the long ago. It stands on the east side of Main street, and was alsobuilt of logs, but has been so modernized its identity is gone. TheMusgraves, father and son, were Canadians, coming here about thetime of the Russells, and carried on watch-making and wheelwrightingon their premises. Continuing down North Main street up Chapmanshill, we next reach the Titus-Chapman-Lyman house, recently pur-chased by the late Frank Kolbe, who lived in it at his death. It is onthe northeast corner of Broad and Main streets, and was built byZerick Titus,=? between 1800 and 1810, and, in a shop, that stood inMrs. O. P. James front yard, carried on his trade, that of saddler andharness maker. The house was bought by Abraham Chapman aftercoming here with the county seat. When Asher Miner built his newprinting ofhce, on the west side of North Main street, just south, Titusoccupied a room in it. The north end of the
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