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  History of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA

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Visit Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1854 - Doylestown
  Doylestown, a pleasant post-borough, capital of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 100 miles E. from Harrisburg. A turnpike connects this place with...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859
  DOYLESTOWN, a town, capital of Buck's co., in the state of Pennsylvania, U.S., 100 m. E of Harrisburg. Its surface is undulating and its soil...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Doylestown
  Doylestown, a post-borough, capital of Bucks co., Pa., is situated on an eminence, 33 miles by rail N. of Philadelphia, and about 18 miles N.E. of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1896 - April 9 – The National Farm School (later Delaware Valley College) is chartered in Doylestown, PA.
  
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  April 9, 1896
  
  
• 1899 - A new artesian well at Doylestown flows at the rate of about 300 gallons a minute.
  
  The Reading Eagle
  Reading, Pennsylvania
  August 1, 1899
  
  
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  Bucks County Court House
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  Fountain House
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  High School, 1906
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  St. Paul's Episcopal Church
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  Fire Company No. 1
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  Pine Run Creek, Near Doylestown, PA
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  Berks County Historical Society Building
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  Masonic Hall
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  Bird's Eye View of Doylestown, Pa., 1911
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•  1913 - 2 HURT, $100,000 DAMAGE BY FIRE AT DOYLESTOWN
  Three Large Buildings Burned in Blaze of Unknown Origin – Flames Menaced Whole Town
  
  Special to the Times.
  DOYLESTOWN, Dec. 24. – Fire destroyed a ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Emergency Hospital
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• 1916
  Doylestown, a banking and residential post-borough, capital of Bucks co., Pa., is situated on an eminence, 28 miles N. of Philadelphia, on the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Main Street
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  Dr. Henry C. Mercer's "Fonthill," Doylestown, Pa.
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  Historical Building, Doylestown, Pa.
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  The Museum
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•  1932 - Egg Auctions are Popular
  Provide Supply of Graded and Inspected Eggs to Customers.
  
  Eleven months operation of the egg auction conducted at Doylestown by the Bucks county...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1955 - Hurricane Diane - NINE DEATHS REPORTED IN EASTERN PA. 650 YOUNGSTERS MAROONED; RAIN REACHES 9 INCHES.
  ...The Red Cross said its emergency units were summoned to aid at a Boy Scout camp at Doylestown, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia. One worker...Read MORE...