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In 1745 William Doyle built a tavern at a crossroads in the wilderness. There are many narratives that tell the history from then to now. Streets of Doylestown. The history of Doylestown can be told by the history of its streets. Via an interactive map, learn when streets were opened and much more. Click Here. Buildings of Doylestown.
Dec 18, 2013 · William Doyle went on to construct seven taverns in the mid-eighteenth century, including The Fountain House, which has been the center of Doylestown life for over 200 years and the only...
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History. William Doyle's 18th Century Inn, founded at the intersection of the Philadelphia to Easton, and Swedsford to Coryell's Ferry roads, was the seed that bloomed into the town now known as Doylestown.
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Mar 25, 2012 · The town, situated at the crossing of the road to Swede’s Ford and Coryell’s Ferry and the road from Easton to Philadelphia, which later became Route 202 and Route 611, grew around a crossroads tavern in the 18th century. This tavern was first know as Doyle’s tavern and later the Fountain House Hotel.
Plan of Doylestown, 1850. Library of Congress. After taking root at a crossroads anchored by eighteenth-century taverns, Doylestown Township was formed in 1819 from parts of existing townships: Warwick, Buckingham, and New Britain, which had been populated by English Quakers, Scots Irish, and Welsh settlers.
Purchasing land in the 1730s, Edward Doyle and his sons William and Clement moved here from along the Delaware River and by 1745 William Doyle obtained his first tavern license for a site on West Court Street, then New Britain Township.
