September 2015 Historic Homes E NewsletterShugart’s Sunday is happening in Historic Sugartown PA starting at 2 p.m. on September 13. In 1804, Eli Shugart opened a tavern to serve weary travelers. Though he only stayed two years, the village became known as “Shugart’s Town.” He must have thrown a
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08/31/2015
A sunny day at the Jersey Shore, historic homes, historic buildings, and an historic town--what could be a better way to spend a day for a history nut like me and a willing friend? The Towne of Historic Smithville began as a stagecoach stop in 1787. Since we didn’t have to bump over rough trails
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08/26/2015
The Historic Eliason House, Middletown Delaware. The Eliason House was built in 1856 in the then-fashionable Italianate style by Andrew Eliason (1810-1890). Since he was a subscriber to Thomas Scharf’s 1888 History of Delaware, he was able to write his own biography for the book, describing how
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08/20/2015
Last week, the Town Tours of Chester County, Pennsylvania visited West Grove. Our group was told that the village of West Grove derived it’s name from the Friends Meeting House on Harmony Road which was built in 1787 on the western edge of London Grove Township. West Grove was separated from Lon
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08/19/2015
This last week the Chester County, Pennsylvania Town Tour was in Coatesville, and the star was a woman who died in 1854. Rebecca Webb Pennock Lukens’ father would take her to his Federal Slitting Mill as a child, so she was no stranger to industry. Even today, a cluster of Lukens family homes on
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08/09/2015
August 2015 Historic Homes E-Newsletter Battles at Boone: A Revolutionary Encampment will happen at the historic Daniel Boone Homestead, Berks County, Pennsylvania, August 15 & 16, 2015, from 9:00AM to 4:00PM The Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead are excited to offer another living history
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08/01/2015
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