Farms, stables, threshing machines, agricultural machines, former houses, part of the history of Doylestown Agricultural Works.
The History Guy explores the origin of today’s retail and office complex.
The 2.5-acre property–bounded by South Main, Bridge, South Clinton and West Ashland streets–was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, under the name Francis B. Shaw Block Historic District.
In 1830, Francis B. Shaw purchased Underhill Farm at the south end of the then-unincorporated village of Doylestown. He subdivided a portion of the farm along the Philadelphia-Easton Road (now South Main Street) into building lots, but died in 1831 before any lots were sold, according to the National Register nomination form.
The executors of his estate–his father, Josiah Y. Shaw; and George Campbell–sold the lots in the spring of 1832. Over the following decades, houses were built by different owners.
Former houses remaining today are: Abraham Bryan House (c.1832), 120 S. Main St.; Jacob Clemens House (pre-1874), 130 S. Main St.; William Goodman House (c.1835), 140 S. Main St.; Moses Kulp House (c. 1849), 150 S. Main St.; and the Rhoades House (c. 1858; rebuilt 1891), South Clinton and West Ashland streets. All now are used for commercial purposes.
The railroad line from Philadelphia reached Doylestown in 1856, and the station was built on South Clinton Street. With the railroad just across the street, the character of the Shaw Block changed from predominantly residential to commercial.
The Railroad House Hotel was erected opposite the station on Clinton Street above Bridge Street. It closed sometime in the 1920s and was… continue reading
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