History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . the most inviting features of LenapeHall, was painted by Thomas P. Otter, the artist. The scene repre-sents a market day in Luino, one of the many towns that fringe thebeautiful lake of Maggiora, Italy. At the angle of State and Mainstreets, a corner is cut off twelve feet across and carried to full heightin which is a clock, a present from a lady of Doylestown. Among the features of Lenape Building, was a market house onthe ground floor, south side under the hall. A few years prior, bo
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . the most inviting features of LenapeHall, was painted by Thomas P. Otter, the artist. The scene repre-sents a market day in Luino, one of the many towns that fringe thebeautiful lake of Maggiora, Italy. At the angle of State and Mainstreets, a corner is cut off twelve feet across and carried to full heightin which is a clock, a present from a lady of Doylestown. Among the features of Lenape Building, was a market house onthe ground floor, south side under the hall. A few years prior, bor- 2 A. H. Barber was born at Oakdale, N. J., March 27, 1S09 ; came to thiscounty when a boy; beijan life in a store at Luniberville ; next kept a generalstore at Lower Blacks Eddy and came to Doylestown, 1851. He was a usefulcitizen and a mainstay of the Doylestown Agricultural and Mechanics Institute ;a member of Council and held other borough offices ; was Census Enumeratorfor Bucks county, 1850, member of Lodge No. 94, I. O. (). F. He died August12, 189S, and his wife, nee Asenath Carver, died NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1871-2. DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 331 ough council established a street market, farmers wagons standing onMain and State streets, and it was so well patronized, the Improve-ment Company felt justified in putting market accommodations inLenape. It was equipped with stalls and other conveniences, andwas well attended by farmers and customers at first, but they gradu-ally fell oft. The market was then closed and fitted up for otherpurposes, the post ofifice being there for several years. The erection of a new Court House that had been agitated severalyears without success, many reasons being urged against it, amongothers the great cost. While the old building answered every purposewhen built and for many years after, the business of the courts had out-grown the accommodations. It lacked every modern question was brought before the Grand Jury
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