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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLIW_friends-meeting_Newtown-PA.html
Newtown Friends Meeting is an active place of worship for approximately 250 area Quakers. Newtown Meeting was co-founded by Quaker minister, sign painter and folk artist Edward Hicks, now highly acclaimed for his renditions of The Peaceable Kingdo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFH_edward-hicks_Newtown-PA.html
Famed primitive artist. His subjects included farmscapes & Biblical scenes; he painted more than fifty versions of The Peaceable Kingdom, based on a prophecy of Isaiah. Also a coach & sign painter; a Quaker preacher. Lived here on Penn Street, 182…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKUG_the-first-weather-satellite_Newtown-PA.html
The world's 1st experimental and operational weather satellite, TIROS 1, was manufactured here by Lavelle Aircraft Corp. in 1960. Pioneering satellite TV techniques, TIROS recorded the 1st TV image from space. Its success led to improved satellite…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJXE_brooks-house_Newtown-PA.html
The Newtown Commons was designed to be land shared by everyone in the Borough and Township. Unfortunately, because no one owned the land, no one took care of it. It appears that some people simply moved onto the land, built a house and lived there…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWH_old-presbyterian-church_Newtown-PA.html
The Old Presbyterian Church was erected on North Sycamore Street in 1769 to replace the original 1734 log structure that stood a half mile to the west on Swamp Road near the high school and the bypass. In 1776, George Washington used this churc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWG_elinor-slack-campbell_Newtown-PA.html
Dedicated in memory ofElinor Slack Campbell A Founding Member Of The NewtownTownship Historical Architectural Review Board.A Life Member And Historian OfThe Presbyterian Church. History was her passionPreservation her primary concern Born…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWE_william-penns-new-town_Newtown-PA.html
On March 4, 1681, Charles II granted William Penn a vast tract of land in the New World as payment for the debt the King owed Penn's father. The tract awarded to Penn included all of the land west of New Jersey, north of Maryland and south of New …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWD_randall-double-house_Newtown-PA.html
Erected by James Randall(Randall Carriage Works)for his employees Builder: Garrett Girton Sycamore Street ExtensionNewtown Historical District
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIQ8_boyd-yardley-house_Newtown-PA.html
This building sits on land that was on the edge of the Newtown Common next to the original townstead land of Christopher Taylor. This property was originally purchased in 1796 by James Boyd "Minister of the Gospel" of the Presbyterian Church for f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIQ5_goodnoe-farm-dairy-bar_Newtown-PA.html
The original structure on this property was likely built in about 1725 as the early settlers cabin of William Buckman. In 1918, John Goodnoe purchased the 78 acre farm located at 298 North Sycamore Street and started delivering produce grown from …
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