Use checkboxes to select any of the filters that apply to this item. Search Finding Aids. Select Materials to View in Reading Room. Summary Information. Scope and Contents. Administrative Information. Expand all. Other Repositories. About this Site. Powered by the DLA. Quakertown Historical Society local history "blue books" circa , 20 linear feet See multiple sites by taking a self-guided walking tour through historic Quakertown. Routes passed the Trolley Barn, Globe Hotel and more are already mapped out — download your copy here.
Bring your tent along and grab a spot at one of the more than campsites available at Tohickon Family Campground. Stay for a weekend in summer and take part in group activities including arts and crafts, clambakes, pig roasts and more. This family-owned site offers places for RV's, trailers, pop-up campers and, of course, tents.
With a variety of activities for people of all ages, an on-site playground and quick access to local attractions, there will never be a dull moment.
Then head to Lake Nockamixon for boating, kayaking and more fun on the water. Immerse yourself in history in the comforts of modern luxury with a night at the Washington House Hotel — check in here! Be sure to indulge in their delicious continental breakfast, offered each morning.
Stay at the Springhill Suites Quakertown and enjoy comfortable, large rooms as well as an indoor heated pool to relax in after a long day of exploring. Washington House. The rebellion was against the direct tax on windows levied by the Federal Government. After a lengthy trial, President Adams pardoned Fries and his accomplices. Main Street in the borough in to save it from demolition. This stone farmhouse is an outstanding example of Federal style, rural architecture.
The town is located on one of the main routes used by escaped slaves to flee from the south, through Philadelphia, and on to Canada and freedom. Moore lived and operated a redware pottery at South Main Street. He his credited with having moved over slaves along in his pottery wagons and various other ways over the course of his career.
In trying to understand how historic towns have grown, we generally have look back through the lens of what we now see. It is rare to get a glimpse through the eyes of those who lived in the town over one hundred years ago. We are lucky to have an account of Quakertown published in July 16, edition of the Doylestown Intelligencer.
In looking over the town the name would seem inappropriate, as there are few Quaker families living there at the present time. Clearings were made and homes erected upon the hills surrounding the valley in which Quakertown is located long before the lowlands were invaded, which were swampy and considered to be unhealthy. The earliest account of the settlement was written by a German surgeon, who had been taken prisoner with some Hessian troops, and who made the journey from Philadelphia to Bethlehem in Revolutionary days.
Quakertown is situated on the North Penn Railroad, sixteen miles south of Bethlehem and forty miles north of Philadelphia. Her population numbers [in ] about people, and is growing. Last season several new houses were erected, most of them substantial structures, the builders meaning to occupy them. With two more dry goods stores at or near the station. There were three groceries, four drug stores and two hardware houses. The town also had four hotels. The German Reformed and Lutheran congregations worship in the same building and are the largest congregations in the place.
The latter people worship in the old building at the end of Main Street and are few in number. An Episcopal Church is about to be erected on Broad Street. Henry Somers is one of the leading cigar makers of the place. He was formerly located at Milford Square and conducted the business [in] Philadelphia … He now employs about forty men, and manufactures various grades of cigars, but principally those of superior quality. The settlement of the "Great Swamp" as members of the Society of Friends originally knew it, began in the early years of the eighteenth century.
Great Swamp, also referred to as Richland Centre, was in the middle of Richland Township and at the juncture of roads leading to Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, Pottstown, and Newtown. During our country's fight for independence, the Liberty Bell was concealed here, behind what is now known as Liberty Hall, on its way to be hidden in Allentown.
In , the settlement officially became known as Quakertown and the first post office bearing its name was established in As a crossroad village with a tavern, it soon became a stopover for stagecoaches and commercial traffic between Allentown and Philadelphia.
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