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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLME_half-moon-inn_Newtown-PA.html
The Half-Moon Inn (popularly known as the Court Inn) is located at 101-103 Court Street. The south portion of the Inn was the original one and one-half story frame cottage of Margaret and Joseph Thornton built in 1733 and later used as a tavern. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLMD_newtown-library-company_Newtown-PA.html
The third home of the Newtown Library Company is located at 114 East Centre Avenue at the corner of Centre Avenue and Congress Street. The Newtown Library Company was founded in 1760 and it is the third oldest private library in Pennsylvania. Orig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLLN_newtown-and-vicinity-world-war-i-honor-roll_Newtown-PA.html
In honor of the young men of Newtown and vicinity who answered their country's call that international justice might prevail and the peace and liberty of free peoples be preserved
1917 World War 1918*Morell Smith, Killed in Action
Raymond W.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLLD_edward-hicks-house_Newtown-PA.html
Edward Hicks (1780-1849), son of Isaac and Catherine Hicks, was a Quaker minister, sign painter and folk artist, most famous for over sixty versions of his Peaceable Kingdom paintings. Born in Langhorne, his mother died when he was young, and Hick…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLKL_white-hall_Newtown-PA.html
The White Hall Hotel is located at 127 South State Street. Squire Isaac Hicks, father of Edward Hicks, lived in a frame house on this lot until 1836. During the Revolutionary War, the house was used as a store and was for a time occupied by the Qu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLKJ_whitehall_Newtown-PA.html
Isaac Hicks, father of the renowned artist, Edward Hicks, lived on the property from 1796 until his death in 1836. A girls boarding school and general store are believed to have occupied part of the building prior to its use as a hotel from 1843 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLKI_bird-in-hand_Newtown-PA.html
The Bird in Hand (formerly the "Red Lion Inn" and "Old Frame House") has played a rich and diverse role in the history of Newtown. There is record of a tavern on this site dating back to 1686, and it is considered the oldest frame structure still …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLKF_february-9-1778_Newtown-PA.html
Sixteen American soldiers, guarding military uniforms being manufactured on these premises were overpowered by a raiding party of forty enemy cavalrymen and infantrymen.
In the heroic but hopeless defense of their post, five guards were killed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLK2_loyalist-raid-of-1778_Newtown-PA.html
On Feb. 19, 1778, while the British occupied Philadelphia, some 40 armed Loyalists raided the tavern here. The fighting left 5 American soldiers dead, 4 wounded, 11 captured. Tailors here were making uniforms for use at Valley Forge, and 2,000 yar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJO_stocking-works_Newtown-PA.html
Originally, the Newtown Hosiery Mill (a.k.a. The Stocking Works) operated out of this building at 301 South State Street. In 1884, the Excelsior Bobbin and Spool Works was founded by John B. Mawson in Yardley. In 1889, it was moved to Newtown afte…