History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . year James Pollock, aresident of thel)orough, made an addition, to the built-up portion of thetown, by offering at public sale, one hundred and forty-two buildinglots, fifty by one hundred and fifty feet, northwest of Main this tract the council laid out five streets; Shewell and Harveyavenues, avenues A. and B. and Union street. Shewell avenuestarts at Monument Place, the junction of Main and Court streets, andruns down into the valley of Pine Run. There was some opposit
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . year James Pollock, aresident of thel)orough, made an addition, to the built-up portion of thetown, by offering at public sale, one hundred and forty-two buildinglots, fifty by one hundred and fifty feet, northwest of Main this tract the council laid out five streets; Shewell and Harveyavenues, avenues A. and B. and Union street. Shewell avenuestarts at Monument Place, the junction of Main and Court streets, andruns down into the valley of Pine Run. There was some oppositionto opening Shewell avenue, but the matter was carried into the Courtof Quarter Sessions where the trouble was straightened out. Thesale of lots was held on May 5, but they were not all sold. Severalnice dwellings have already been erected, and more are in tract was a part of the Armstrong farm of which considerable hasbeen said in this volume, and was owned by several persons, in thelast century, including Dr. Hugh Meredith, Samuel Yardley andWilliam Watts. ferf. CJixjX^^^iisiyruLcttv^. XCVT-OTJ<5tAao CK lD Mm. XXIIA Group of Churches. The fourth church, organized in Doylestovvn, was St PaulsProtestant Episcopal, which grew from seed planted in the spring of1845 by the Rev. George P. Hopkins. Living at Germantown, and occasionally preaching at neighbor-ing towns and villages, Mr. Hopkins came to Doylestown May 7,with a letter to Thomas Ross, Esq., whose wife was the only churchwomen here. Believing he saw his way clear before leaving, to estab-lish a parish, Mr. Hopkins made an appointment to preach here onthe 18th. Service was held in the hall of the Beneficial Institute build-ing morning and evening, with a fair audience, and at Centreville inthe afternoon. After this, service was held regularly by Mr. Hopkins,who continued to reside at Germantown the first two years, comingup by stage Saturday and returning Monday. The first steps for organizing a parish,
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