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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26PX_thinking-green_Doylestown-PA.html
Green Roofs: A Long History
Green roof technology is not new. As far back as the 4th century, ancient writings mention the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the Middle East. Sod and thatch roofs have also been used in Europe for centuries. An improve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26PE_general-george-washington_Doylestown-PA.html
enroute from
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to
Monmouth, New Jersey,
spent the night of June 19-1778 at the
farm house directly back of this marker.
The Continental Army encamped along
the road and billeted in the village of
Doylestown
Erect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25S1_the-site_Doylestown-PA.html
In 1884, due to overcrowding at the county jail, a grassy field on Pine Street was chosen to house a new Bucks County prison. Groundbreaking took place on April 21, 1884. Stone work from the former jail, located on Main and Court Street in Doylest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25S0_the-museum_Doylestown-PA.html
After a century of use, the antiquated prison was closed on June 18, 1985. That same year the warden's house was placed on the National Register of Historic Buildings and Sites. For many years the Bucks County Council on the Arts (predecessor to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RZ_the-expansion_Doylestown-PA.html
Three years later, a capital campaign was launched to raise the funds necessary to construct a professionally oriented facility with greatly expanded exhibition galleries and an art storage vault that would meet the highest museum standards. With …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RY_the-mercer-museum_Doylestown-PA.html
Castle, Fortress, or Museum
Surprisingly this building has always been a museum. Henry Mercer designed it specifically to house his collection. Although the design seems unusual, it met Mercer's goals perfectly. He believed that a fireproof, wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RV_bucks-county-jail_Doylestown-PA.html
This prison cell is modeled on a cell from the old Bucks County Jail, the former occupant of this site. Designed by the noted Philadelphia architect Addison Hutton, the jail was built in 1884 and was based on Quaker ideas of reflection and peniten…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RS_corporate-business-partner-entrance-courtyard-and-w-b-u-x-sculpture-garden_Doylestown-PA.html
Honoring program founders Herman Silverman and Bettina A. Murdoch for their commitment and dedication to the Corporate Business Partner Program. And, in recognition of the outstanding support of the
Corporate Business Partners to
The James A. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RL_last-hanging_Doylestown-PA.html
Within these walls of the Bucks County Prison, just inside the Main Gate, lived the sheriffs of Bucks County who maintained order and supervised punishment including death. On July 19, 1914 James Linzi was the last of two men hanged here and in Bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RK_william-h-eastburn-iii-esquire-1932-2008_Doylestown-PA.html
Bill Eastburn, was a tall, imposing man - his good looks and magnetism made him almost larger than life. A graduate of Trinity College and Penn Law School, he became a top trial lawyer and the managing partner of the law firm of Eastburn & Gray (t…