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| the 'free' bridge | Stretching from downtown Phillipsburg NJ across the delaware river, to the 'main drag' of Northampton street into Easton PA, we have the 'free bridge' (as opposed to the 75-cent toll bridge on rte 22!). In 1739, the Sheriff of Hunterdon County, New Jersey (David Martin) secured from King George II the right to run a ferry over the Delaware River at the Forks. In 1741, the Penn Family confirmed this grant for the Pennsylvania side of the River. This ferry started from a sand spit in the River, but ultimately ran from "The Point" in Easton, at the foot of Ferry Street. Another ferry across the Lehigh River ran from the foot of Fourth Street. By the 1790s, the inadequacies of the Delaware River ferry encouraged the construction of a bridge. This was chartered in 1795, but although the bridge abutments (at the river banks) and piers (in the river) were constructed by 1898, the bridge itself was not completed until 1806 due to a lack of funds ...more detail on the free bridge. |
| Delaware River to Second St: | North Side |
| 101 Northampton Street: Moser Bldg - Built in the "late 1860s" as a "Second Empire" brick townhouse by Peter Eilenberger, it was later run as a clothing store by second owner Moses Hirshfield. Mr. Hirshfield may also have added the mansard roof....more detail on the Moser Bldg. | |
| 109-13 Northampton Street | |
| 115-119 Northampton Street: Hunt Hardware Building - In the 1870s, the E.I. Hunt hardware store was here, listed as 9 and 11 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect. In 1880, L.F. Hunt, a dry goods merchant, at No.117... see more detail on 115-119 northampton. | |
| 121-25 Northampton Street | |
| 129 Northampton Street Vacant Lot (formerly Grayhound Bus Lines) - In the 1870s and '80s, Dr. J.P. Hoff, druggist and "Thomsonian Physician" was located in a building at this location. In the early 1870s, this was listed as No.17 under the street numbering scheme then in effect. " Dr. Hoff offered, in particular, "celebrated INDIAN REMEDIES for the speedy cure of the most intricate diseases, such as Female Complaints in all their variations." ...more on 129 Northampton. | |
| 133 Northampton Street: 133-35 Northampton Street, now Fashion Nails (No.133) and Baby Gift Clouds (at No.135 - soon to move uptown) - In the 1870s and '80, the residence of Moses Goldsmith, a merchant (retired by 1880). more detail on 133 northampton. | |
| 137-47 Northampton Street: Former site of John Green's "old stone hotel". 143 Northampton St., Nature's Way Market (Map Reference 3); " 145 Northampton St., Hair to Dye For. " 137-39 Northampton St. 3-story brick, appears visually to be part of the same building, but is a separate parcel in the tax records. Former site of John Green's "old stone hotel". This is presumably the same John Green who lived in Easton since before 1790, and died in 1851...more detail on 137 northampton street. | |
| 145 Northampton Street: Friedlich Building - The Easton Daily Express (ancestor of the present Express-Times newspaper) began in this building in 1855. In 1873, this property (or perhaps the property next door) was listed as the residence of M. Friedlick, at 27 Northampton Street under the numbering scheme then in effect. In 1874, the Easton Atlas listed A. Friedlich here, including the property next door (apparently the modern No.143). In 1880, Caroline Friedlich (age 46) lived at No.147 with her son Moses (age 35), a dry goods merchant... more detail on 145 Northampton. | |
| 149 Northampton Street: 'modern wallpaper' - In the early 1870s, Mrs. Mary Everett, a milliner, and her sister lived and worked at 29 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect. " Mrs. Everett's "fancy goods" store was renumbered 151 Northampton Street in 1874, and she continued there until 1880. However, Edmund Heckman, a watchmaker, was listed at 151 Northampton Street in 1881 ...more detail on 149 northampton. | |
| 155 Northampton Street: Depew Resdience - more recently La Central Mexican Restaurant. In the early 1870s, Mrs. Maria Depew resided in the building on this site, then listed as 31 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect. " The Alfred Cos home furnishings store occupied the store front. " In the 1874 renumbering scheme, Mrs. Depew became No.153, and the Cos store became No.155. " Mrs. Depew continued at this location into the 1880s....more detail on 155 northampton. | |
| 157 Northampton Street | |
| 161 Northampton Street | |
 | 169 Northampton Street: Bachmann Publick House - Perhaps the oldest stone building in Easton, restored by various groups including the Easton Heritage Alliance. One-time residence of George Taylor, signer of Declaration of Independence. (Map Reference E) Also known (at various times) as the Bachmann Tavern, Shannon's Tavern, and the Easton House Tavern...more detail on 169 northampton st. |
| Delaware River to Second St: | South Side |
| 108 Northampton Street: Shearer Building - now Kaplan's... The parking lot at the corner was formerly a building location, numbered 2 Northampton St. in 1855. It then housed August Michael's barber shop. In 1873, Irving Pattenbury made "segars" at 4 Northampton Street and Miss Kate Beers made dresses at 8 Northampton Street, under the street numbering scheme then in effect. This would appear to refer to this location, since it would be across the street from Lydia Green's home at No.7. In 1880, the Shearer Brothers went into business together from humble beginnings ...more detail on 108 Northampton. | |
| 118 Northampton Street: Kurlansik Building - In the 1970s, this was the site of the fourth Karams Café, which was destroyed by fire. The building is to be rehabilitated. A predecessor building apparently at this location in 1874 was occupied by W. Hildebrand. " In 1860, Dennis Collins's restaurant at 12 Northampton Street (under the street numbering plan then in effect), which was probably in this predecessor building. " John Drake's wholesale grocery business was established when he came to Easton in 1836 in a stone house adjoining the National Hotel, which may have been this predecessor building.... more info on 118 Northampton st. | |
| 128 Northampton Street: former Gerver House - The site at 126-30 Northampton St. was occupied by Wagner's Hotel, built in 1780s. It continued (with improvements and renovations) as a hotel under various names, including "Hotel for Boatsmen and Raftsmen", "National House", " and "Gerver House" ...more detail on 128 Northampton. | |
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140 Northampton Street: The Grand Eastonian - Now condos and an extended stay luxury hotel, the Eastonian was built in 1925-27 on top of what had been "Molasses Hollow", which had been filled in by hand as a civic project in 1803. Funds for Hotel Easton were raised by David W. Nevin (noted for trolley to College Hill) and Asher Seip (Pres. Lafayette Trust Co.), in part in a door-to-door campaign in Easton. It was the premier hotel in the 1940s and 1950s, hosting Eleanor Roosevelt and Jack Dempsey (among others). In the 1960s and 1970s it was still used for Democratic Party functions, but it fell into bankruptcy in the 1980s, and (after expensive renovations) closed in 1990. Acquired by the owners of Kohler/Kheel Realty in 2000, they found unfinished drinks on the bar and unmade beds left by the last occupants a decade before. The building, renovated for condominiums, was opened for occupancy in 2006 ...more detail on 140 Northampton st. |
 | 154-56 Northampton Street: Drake-Stotz Building - now Friendly River Restaurant & Bakery, recently Mr. Bread. In late 1873, the building was part of the J[ohn] Drake Estate; Mr. Drake had died in that year. John Drake or his Estate apparently separated the property at Northampton Street, from a parcel in the rear fronting on Pine Street. The property was apparently owned by the Drake interests as an investment: In late 1873, No.154 was the dry goods store of Martha Hellman, and No.156 was the residence of Mrs. W.B. Semple, under the modern numbering scheme adopted in 1874... more on 154 Northampton St. |
| 158 Northampton Street: Mebus Building - now Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and Easton Main Street Initiative. In the 1874 Atlas, identified as the residence of H. Mebus, then listed as 38 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect. At that year time became the liquor store of J.H. Wilking, Jr. in time to acquire its modern street listing at No.158 when Northampton Street was renumbered. The liquor store apparently continued into the 1880s.... more detail on 208 Northampton. | |
| 164-68 Northampton Street: Original Reininger's Jewelry - Joseph Reininger immigrated to the US from Hungary (then part of the Austrian Empire) in 1901, and shortly thereafter opened his residence and jewelry store in Easton at 164-66 Northampton Street. Between 1918 and 1920, Reininger's Jewelry Store moved to 214 Northampton Street... more detail on 164-68 northampton st. | |
| 168 Northampton Street: the "Old Lutheran Parsonage" of 1790 - the current owners (Aura Ceramics) believe this was Robert Levers's house after the Revolutionary War, but the written sources place that at another site. . . more detail on 168 Northampton. | |
| 178 Northampton Street | |
| Second St. to Centre Square: | North Side |
| 201 Northampton Street: Modern Commercial Bldg. | |
| 209 & 213 Northampton Street: the "Log Cabin Lot" - 3-story brick building built in 1842 by Peter Miller. The property had previously held a log cabin. In 1855, probably the location of C. Dawes's Cornucopia Saloons, then listed as 55 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect. These "Saloons" included a confectionery, and a Billiard Saloon with 4 tables, advertised as a "resort for amateur play". This is a rather interesting set of buildings, in part for the prominent early Eastonians who were associated with the property (including Jacob Arndt, Peter Miller, and the Titus Family), as well as the fact that after it was fragmented, it was re-assembled by Hugh Moore ... more detail on 213 & 209 Northampton. | |
| 219 Northampton Street: Lauter's Fine Furniture Building - 3 connected red brick buildings of various heights. No numbers are assigned to these building in the Northampton County online tax records, but based on the numbers of the adjoining buildings these would appear to include Nos.217-31. In 1776 and continuing until 1787, this area (Town Lot No.75) was the residence of Robert Traill, which he acquired in the preceding decade. Traill was a scrivener, who acted as Secretary to the Revolutionary "Committee of Observation of Northampton County". He was elected a Major in George Washington's Army, and was assistant deputy quartermaster general in 1779. In 1782 he became Northampton County Sheriff ...more detail on 223 Northampton. | |
| 233 Northampton Street: Joe's Market Building - Building selected as ceramic model of year 2005 by Aura Ceramics & Supplies. Joe's Market moved to this site from Ferry St. in 1970. In the 1870s and '80s, druggist Henry Semple's residence was located at No.233. ...more detail on 223 Northampton. | |
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| Sitgreaves Street | |
| 237 Northampton Street: was Sitgreaves Folly; now SoGo Asian fusian restaurant - Originally Samuel Sitgreaves second Easton mansion, where he lived beginning in 1817 and died in 1827. This mansion, known as "Sitgreaves' Folly", took five years to build. This building contained the well known Abel's Confectionery (John Abel, proprietor) in 1889, as well as two other stores. Circa 1925, the building was used by Charles J. Montague Bookseller and Stationer, and more recently the Montague Restaurant and Tavern. ...more detail on Sitgreaves Folly. | |
| 241 Northampton Street: McKean-Young Mansion - now the River Grill Bldg: Originally the western half of "Sitgreaves' Folly", built in 1817 (see separate entry for No.237). This half of the building was rebuilt in 1864 as an Italianate mansion for Sitgreaves's protégé Col. Thomas McKean. [Some 30 years earlier, Col. McKean had also built a mansion at 231 Spring Garden Street, which still stands today] ...more detail on 241 Northampton. | |
| 245-51 Northampton Street: Easton CarmelCorn / 'Sweet Shop' and now, delicious 'Valenca' Portugese restaurant Bldg - This building appears to have also been built originally by Samuel Sitgreaves, next door to his huge mansion known as "Sitgreaves' Folly". Part of this building (by carmel corn shop) was the Easton Post Office in the 1700s...more detail on 245-51 Northampton. | |
| Second St. to Centre Square: | South Side |
 | 200 Northampton Street: the Norton Building - now Lu-Co tobacconist, and apartments. In 1803, this was the site of the hill which was removed by civic action, when the dirt was shoveled to fill in Molasses Hollow to the East. In 1824, the corner lot (Town Lot 84 ) became the property of John Shick, a shoemaker and substantial Easton property owner with a house on what later came to be known as "Millionaire's Row" ...more detail on 200 Northampton Street. |
| 208-210 Northampton Street: now Puff discount. In the early 1870s, No. 210 was the location of Wilking & Son, merchant tailors. The building was then listed at 52 Northampton Street, under the street numbering scheme then in effect. Jacob H. Wilking (one of the partners) was shown in residence here in the 1873 City Directory, but appears to have left the business to his son H.W. Wilking alone later in the year... more on 208 northampton st. | |
| 212-220 Northampton Street: Chidsey/Osterstock Parking Lot -. In 1855, the former building probably on this location listed at 54 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect, was the H.W. Lowrey music store, which sold instruments and sheet music, and J.K. Thompson's "Daguerrean Gallery"... more detail on 212 Northampton. | |
| 222-24 Northampton Street Pollack House - now 'Jacks Market' | |
| 226 Northampton Street: Reeder Homestead - This was apparently the residence of Easton lawyer (and Kansas Governor) Andrew H. Reeder and family, after they moved house from Centre Square. It was included in Andrew Reeder's estate (along with the property next door at Sitgreaves Street). In the 1870s the Reeder family continued at this address, including General Frank Reeder as a young man before he moved into the mansion on North Third Street. Until the mid-1870s, it was listed at 62 Northampton Street, under the street numbering scheme in effect at the time...more detail on 226 Northampton. | |
| 228 NorthamptonStreet: the Pollack Brush Building - despite the name, John Pollack did not own this building but he did own the one two doors down; In colonial times (by 1753), this had been the site of William Craig's log or stone residence and store, later used as a hotel. It was demolished in 1853. In the 1870s and '80s, this was apparently the location of John Pollock's brush manufactory, listed as 64 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect. The property was part of Andrew Reeder's estate, but was apparently leased to Mr. Pollock... more detail on 228 Northampton. | |
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| 234 Northampton Street: Black's Emporium - The current building was apparently erected in approximately 1853, when it replaced an older structure that some believe was William Craig's tavern (licensed 1752). The building became the location for the Black family's "house furnishing goods emporium", a supplier of tin, sheet iron, and wire... more detail on 234 Northampton st. | |
| 1 Centre Square: Mayer Bldg - This building, which now houses the Merchant's National Bank and other storefronts, was formerly Jacob Mayer on the Square. The name "Mayer" can still be seen on the corner of the building. Jacob ("Jakey" ) Meyer started as an itinerant back peddler. He opened a clothing store at Sitgreaves and Northampton Streets in 1894, but in 1898 moved into 1 Centre Square. He thereafter acquired numbers 3 and 5 Centre Square, and added them to his establishment. His Centre Square store became one of Easton's finest men's clothing establishments. An old Easton children's rhyme sang: "Jacob Mayer on the Square, he wore woolly underwear!" ...more detail on 1 Centre Square. | |
| Second St. to Centre Square: | North Side |
| 301 Northampton Street: Bush and Bull Store Site - In the early 1870s, the Bush & Bull Department Store opened on Northampton Street, founded by Solomon Bush (Vice-President of First National Bank & Trust Company) and James V. Bull (President, Easton National Bank). It ultimately expanded to take over this corner lot as well. It became one of Easton's premier stores in the 1890s to the early 20th Century, with some 35 complete departments, as well as branch stores in other cities....more detail on 301 Northampton. | |
| 315-21 Northampton Street: Bixler-Nightengale Bldg - dates back to at least 1862. Original site of Christian Bixler III's log homestead and clock and jewelry store, opened 1785. Bixler purchased the property outright in 1787, and ultimately bought the entire block from Bank St. to Centre Square and back to Church St.; he used much of it for a garden ...more detail on 315 Northampton. | |
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| 323 Northampton Street: Semple Drug Store Bldg. (now American Dollar Store) - A building "near" this location housed Dr. Fickard, and (prior to 1851) the Dickson & Semple drug and chemical house. This firm became Semple & Bro. in 1857, when owner Archibald N. Semple's brother Henry rejoined the business after a brief attempt at independence at a location South of the Square. Archibald retired in 1862, after which the business was continued and expanded by Henry as both a retail and wholesale drug dealer... more on 323 Northampton st. | |
| 325 Northampton Street: Weller Health Education Center | |
| 339 Northampton Street | |
| 345 Northampton Street: Scull House site - This it apparently the site of a former "commodious" stone house built in 1754 by Nicholas Scull, the Surveyor General of Pennsylvania who helped survey the site for Easton, and sent two sons to live in the town. During the Indian Conference of 1758, it was used as a hotel and residence of the chiefs and warriors from the Iroquois Indian nations, although it had no liquor license....more detail on 345 northampton street. | |
| 349 Northampton Street: the Fraley Building - coming soon! please check back. | |
| 353 Northampton Street | |
| 11 North Fourth Street: Hotel Lafayette - Originally a frontier home and tavern, owned by one Jacob Hoffman, may have occupied the north part of this site in 1728, well before the town of Easton was founded. The first well in Easton was built on this site in 1752. A stone house and tavern was built on the site in 1754. During the French and Indian War, Adam Yohe first leased and (in 1757) purchased the land, and built the Red Lion Tavern at the corner of Northampton St., which became Easton's principal inn. It was also known as Adam Yohe's Hotel (not to be confused with Adam Yohe's Inn, on the opposite corner). Pennsylvania Governor Morris used it as his residence during the Indian Conference of 1756; Delaware Chief Teedyuscung sometimes drank here during the Indian Conference of 1758. ...more detail on 11 n. fourth. | |
| Centre Square to Fourth St: | South Side |
| 30 Centre Square: Two Rivers Landing - A centerpiece of the attempted modernization of downtown Easton, the Two Rivers Landing building was opened on 1995. It is the home to the Crayola Factory exhibit (opened 16 July 1996), which has hosted some 2.5 million visitors since it was opened in 1996. Two Rivers Landing also houses the downtown exhibits of the National Canal Museum. This parcel was previously the site of Farr's shoe store and Orr's Department Store. During colonial times, it was the site of a house owned by Peter Miller, allowed it to be used (through a connecting door) to take overflow guests from John Arndt's Hotel in Northampton Street....more detail on 30 Centre Square. | |
| 316 Northampton Street: Easton National Bank Bldg - Site for the Easton Bank founded by Samuel Sitgreaves in 1814; current building built in 1929. Art deco design, and 40 foot hand-decorated ceiling, built for the same bank which had started to operate on the site in 1814. Converted to banquet facility in 1998. Original site of John Arndt's Tavern, opened in approximately 1765, and later demolished. Overflow guests were accommodated in Barnet's Tavern, located to the west across Bank Street (see Laubach & Sons building, below), and through a connecting door at Peter Miller's House next door to the east (see above). Noted Easton hotelier "Chippy" White learned his trade by working at this tavern, prior to opening White's Hotel in Centre Square....more detail on 316 Northampton. | |
| 15 south bank street Bank Street Annex: / Purple Cow Building (15-17 South Bank Street) In approximately the early 1870s, the Easton Daily Express newspaper (then guided by W.H. Bixler) moved its headquarters to a wood frame house at this location, then numbered 6 and 8 Bank Street....more detail on 15 south bank street. 19 south bank street - Pez Museum Bldg. -Two-story Greek Revival brick building, at the corner with Pine Street. Since 2003, the home of the Easton Museum of PEZ Dispensers, one of the nation's largest displays with more than 1500 dispensers....more detail on 19 south bank street. | |
| 322-36 Northampton Street: Laubach's Bldg - Opened by William Laubach for his expanding dry goods business (started on other premises in 1860), and continued by his son George, it became Easton's largest department store by 1914. In 1947, the family sold the store business to the parent corporation of Pomeroy's Department Store; the store closed in 1976. Current discussions consider putting various retail shops and restaurants in the remaining portion of the building. Also former site of John Rinker's Hotel, built in 1754, and used as the headquarters of the Quakers during the 1757-58 Indian Conferences in Centre Square. Became the parsonage for the German Reformed Congregation in 1767, but was transformed back into a hotel beginning in approximately 1777....more detail on 322 Northampton. | |
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| 344 (342-48) Northampton Street: Sigal's Bldg (formerly Able Opera House, etc.) - A 2-story stone house was built on this site was built after 1754, and purchased in 1773 by Lewis Gordon, Northampton County's first lawyer. Gordon, as a suspected Tory during the Revolutionary War, lived under arrest and on parole in the house with several captured British officers. Gordon died in 1778. In 1872-73, the Abel Opera House was built on this property. In its day, the Abel Opera House drew the best shows either before or after their New York City seasons, including appearances by Ethel and John Barrymore, Maude Adams, and other "stars" ...more detail on 344 Northampton. | |
| 352 Northampton Street: Lafayette Ambassador Bank | |
| Fourth St to Fifth St: | North Side |
| 401 Northampton Street: Bixler Bldg - The "Bixler Building" legend appears above the Fourth Street entrance, but the Bixler family does not believe it had adopted the name during its brief tenure in the building. The building was earlier called the "Pomp Building". Peter Pomp and another member of his family operated the P. Pomp "Pure Drugs" store there by the 1850s, when it was numbered 143 Northampton Street. The store was enough of a landmark that at least one other merchant directed customers with reference to "P. Pomp's Drug Store"...more detail on 401 Northampton. | |
| 403 Northampton Street: Old Newspaper (Daub Furniture) Bldg - 6-story cream brick, until recently the Galaxy of Gifts. In the late 1850s-1860, the first floor held the office of the Northampton Correspondent newspaper; the second floor housed the Easton Argus; and on the third floor were briefly located the offices of the fledgling Easton Daily Express. " This was probably the original location of the Easton Express. ....more detail on 403 Northampton. | |
| 407 Northampton Street: Rosenbaum Bldg - The buildingapparently named for Levi Rosenbaum, who lived at 407 Northampton St. and ran a "fashionable millinery" shop at 409 Northampton St. The shop was established in 1869, and was still in business in 1910. In 1855, this property apparently held the office of the Easton Argus newspaper, and upstairs was G.W. Hope's "Sky-Light Daguerrean Gallery", where pictures could be "taken equally well in all weather at prices varying from 75 cents to $10." At that time, the building was listed as No. 147 Northampton Street, under the numbering scheme then in effect....more detail on 407 Northampton. | |
| 411-19 Northampton Street | |
| 411-19 Northampton Street - Round One Building / site of former Field Building (411-19 Northampton Street, now Latino Heat and Club Jungle nightclubs) Site of the former Field Building (411 and 413 Northampton St.), occupied by the Doctors Field (B. Rush & Geo. B. Wood Field) in 1889, and Gibson W. Field in 1883 (with Field & Bullheimer, a fire insurance company, upstairs)....more detail on 411 Northampton. | |
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| 425-29 Northampton Street: Carryl Bldg - 4-story brown brick, with elaborate white, buttressed roof cornice. " 425 Northampton St., Le's Nail Salon; " 429 Northampton St., Viet-Hoa Oriental Grocery. In 1874, it appears that this building was listed to Dr. C.C. Field. Dr. Field also owned the Field Building (411 Northampton St.). " Dr. D.C. Malone apparently had his medical practice in this building, numbered 165 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect. In 1910, 427 Northampton St. was Mayer's Shoe Store, and 425 Northampton St. was Nichel's Confectionery...more detail on 425 Northampton. | |
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421-23 Northampton Street: Kutz Building - In 1880, the residence (and presumably the store) of Daril L. Kutz, Saddlery and Carriage Hardware. In 1893, the store at 421 Northampton Street was a book and stationery business run by M.J. Riegel... more on 421 Northampton st. | |
| 433 Northampton Street: Clemens Bldg - Apparently named for physician B. Clemens, who practiced on Northampton Street at the time of the Civil War. In the 1870s and 80s, Susan B. Clemens had a residence at this location, listed as 167 Northampton Street in the early 1870s under the street numbering system then in effect. In 1880, now listed at No.425 after Northampton Street was renumbered, she was said to be suffering from "nervous prostration"... more detail on 433 northampton. | |
| 437 Northampton Street: Lawall Bldg - Lawall Building built in 1877 by Cyrus Lawall (1822-1892), druggist and President of the Northampton County Bank. He later brought in his son, Walter S. Lawall, and Cyrus L. Schlabach (a long-time employee) as co-owners of the business....more detail on 437 Northampton. | |
| 441 Northampton Street | |
| 447-449 Northampton Street: Nightingale Building - In 1824, the corner lot (Town Lot 84 ) became the property of John Shick, a shoemaker and substantial Easton property owner with a house on what later came to be known as "Millionaire's Row". Shick added Town Lot 85 (the next property to the West) in 1832. The oldest portion of the current building was said to have been built before 1838, presumably by Mr. Shick (the owner at that time), and accordingly the author has adopted Shick's name for the building. In the 1870s, the portion of this building at the street corner was the residence and store of Horace M. Norton. The property was later identified as the "Norton Building" ...more detail on 447 Northampton. | |
| 453 Northampton Street: State Theatre - First built in 1873 as Northampton Savings Bank (which later became the Northampton National Bank). That was the same year that the Abel Opera House opened lower down and across Northampton Street. " At that time, it was listed as 179 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect. In 1910, the Bank became the Neumeyer Theater for vaudeville/silent films, and also housed Chubby's Café and a shoe store. It was changed to running only movies in 1914, and renamed the Colonial Theater in 1916. It was redesigned as a vaudeville theater by architect William H. Lee in 1925, and re-opened in the following year as the State Theatre ...more detail on 453 Northampton. | |
| Fourth St to Fifth St: | South Side |
| 400 Northampton Street: Northampton National Bank Bldg - ...more detail on 400 Northampton. | |
| 404 Northampton Street: Odenwelder Bldg - today it's 'Utopia'. The "Odenwelder Building" was named for Asher J. Odenwelder's Drug Store,404-06 Northampton St. " The Drug Store business was begun in 1824 by a Dr. Fickhardt. It later went through a series of other owners. " Asher J. Odenwelder, Sr. acquired the business in 1871, then known as J.F. Thompson and Company. " Mr. Odenwelder was a graduate of the School of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, and a well respected figure in Easton. He ultimately became (among other things) a Director of the Easton National Bank. ...more detail on 404 Northampton. | |
| 408 - 410 Northampton Street: Groetzinger Building - Now 'Utopia', in 1873, the store was knows as Mack & Edelman, then listed as 150 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect. " It became No.410 when Northampton Street was renumbered in 1874. " In 1881 the store was run by Elias B. Mack. The property was still identified as the E.B. Mack stoves and ranges store in a 1905 photograph ...more detail on 408 Northampton. | |
| 414 Northampton Street | |
| 418-26 Northampton Street: Parking Lot (formerly Franklin House) - ...more detail on 418 Northampton. | |
| 428-30 Northampton Street: the 'old Sigal building' / Pyatt Bldg - 4-story building with modern blue façade. In the 1870s and '80s, David Pyatt, a crockery merchant, and his wife and seven children, lived here. In the early 1870s, the house was listed as 158 Northampton Street, under the street numbering scheme then in effect... more detail on 428 Northampton. | |
| 432 Northampton Street: Werner Bldg; A+D Tile - ...more detail on 432 Northampton. | |
| 436 Northampton Street: Kunsman Bldg - Beginning in 1856, this property was the dry goods store of William H. Kunsman, who continued here until his death in 1893. Later it became WEST;the second-oldest radio station in the Lehigh Valley...more detail on 436 Northampton. | |
| 440 Northampton Street: Villa Tempo Italiano - ...more detail on 440 Northampton. | |
| 444-52 Northampton Street: Eyerman and Lawall-Bricker Buildings - The building appears visually to be part of the architecture of the blue "Bricker Building" located next door at No.450-52 Northampton Street. At the beginning of the 20th Century, No.446 was apparently shared by: " Frank N. Ricker (b.1857), a "heavy contractor" in the "sanitary engineer and scientific plumber and steamfitter" lines; and " The firm of B.D. Mayer and A.L. Freeman, merchant tailors. Even earlier, the 1874 Atlas appears to show this building as the western half of a duplex building owned by Jonathan Eyerman ...more detail on 444 Northampton. | |
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| 460-62 Northampton Street: Hotel Stirling Bldg - Formerly the Golden Swan Tavern/Hotel, opened in approximately 1775. In the 1850s and '60s, it was still operating, and listed as No.172 Northampton Street. It was extensively remodeled in 1906, and thereafter was known as the Hotel Stirling, offering "Specials" to "theatrical people". After 1939, it became known as the State Hotel and the Hotel Hampton...more detail on 460 Northampton. | |
| 466 Northampton Street: Old Lawall Store - Built in approximately 1839 by William H. Lawall, then a successful merchant of "general merchandise", who moved from North Fourth Street. In approximately 1873, he also opened a hardware department in an adjoining building, in partnership with his son Edward. Lawall's Northampton Street store continued in business until after 1879... more on 466 Northampton st. | |
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| Fifth St to Sixth St: | South Side |
| 501 Northampton Street: Col. Hooper House - Home (since some time before 1779) of Col. Robert L. Hooper, Jr., one of three superintendents of Washington's Continental Army magazines nationally, and Deputy Commissary of Transportation for General Sullivan's expedition against the Iroquois. The building later became a tavern, and by 1830 was used by Samuel Siegfried's printing business. Some local tradition holds this building is the oldest in Easton, pre-dating the Bachmann House....more detail on 501 Northampton. | |
| 507 Northampton Street: In 1880, John N. Kern, a retired merchant at this address, suffered from Inflammatory Rheumatism. His family and son-in-law, George W. Barnet, a flour merchant, also lived in the house. In 1956, this was the location of the Mark Furs company... more detail on 507 northampton. | |
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| 513 Northampton Street | |
| 517-19 Northampton Street: 517 is the Leidich Property, dating back at least to the early 19th Century, but is now a vacant lot. The Leidich Family was said to have lived on the lot "since before the Revolution". The entire Lot No. 241 was officially sold by the Penn Family Proprietors to John Leidich (spelled Leitigh in that deed) in 1807 for £35 ...more detail on 517 northampton. | |
| 525 Northampton Street: Northampton Apartments - This is roughly the western half of Original Town Lot No.241, which the Penn Family Proprietors sold to John Leidich (also spelled Leitigh) in 1807 for £35 11s. 3d. "current money of Pennsylvania in Specie". Specie (silver coins) may have been worth much more than the erratic paper money in circulation at the time. There was apparently no building on this portion of the lot when Leidich's heirs split it off and sold it to William Cawley in 1845 for $666. William Cawley, a builder by trade, apparently built his residence on this property by 1855. It was then numbered 213 Northampton Street ...more detail on 525 Northampton. | |
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| 527 Northampton Street: Bishop Building - 4-1/2-story brick, with 2 dormers and dental roof cornice. In 1880, John P. Ricker, a carpenter, lived at No.529 with his wife and four sons. He had been living at this location since 1874. While it was, indeed, long owned by the Ricker Family, it appears that the building was probably changed by a subsequent owner (Frank Bishop). It has been referred to as the Bishop Apartments Building or the Bishop Building in the 20th Century... more detail on 527 Northampton. | |
| 537 Northampton Street: Central Fire Station - Modern fire house, built in 1977. " Easton's centralized, paid, professional fire company was organized in 1879, to replace the pre-existing volunteer companies. The old Central fire Station was built in 1882, and still stands ½ block north on the west side of Sixth Street. The modern fire house appears to have replaced three prior buildings on this site. In 1873, Conrad Miller's saloon was located at 199 Northampton Street, under the numbering scheme then in effect. This appears to refer to the building previously at No.535, in the modern (post-1880) numbering scheme....more detail on 537 Northampton. | |
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| 500 Northampton Street: Boyer Bldg - Building apparently named for Harry J. Boyer, who operated the firm of Shiffer, Boyer & Co. (hatters) from this building in 1889. This building (or the one next door) was also used at that time for the Mayor's and city Treasurer's Offices....more detail on 500 Northampton. | |
| 506 Northampton Street | |
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| 512 Northampton Street | |
| 516 Northampton Street: New Odd Fellows' Hall (I.O.O.F.) Bldg - Originally built in 1914 as the "New" OddFellows Hall (I.O.O.F. Bldg.), which included The Strand movie theater on main floor (opened 1915, closed in 1939). Second floor (club-rooms and reading rooms) became first radio studio of WEST when it began broadcasting on 17 Feb. 1936, until it moved 1 block away to its present location in 1963. Building sold to VFW circa 1937, and became VFW Post 1290. The building is being renovated by Koehler-Kheel Realty to become the Easton Arts and Cultural Center ...more detail on 516 Northampton. | |
 | 524 Northampton Street: the Garis Building; now EASTON YOGA - The was apparently the location of the S. Garis & Son furniture store in the early 1870s, then listed as 194 Northampton St. under the street numbering scheme then in effect. 1964 - 1984 housed Kaplan Awning Co. (see 108 Northampton St.). In 1893, this building housed Z. Taylor & Son (furniture). . . more detail on 524 northampton. |
| 526-528 Northampton Street: Easton Mercantile - the Seibert Building3-story stone building, partially covered with brick, with ornate roof railing. Being elaborately restored by owner. This was apparently the location of Owen Seibert's "Coverlets & Counterpanes, Cassimeres and Cloths" store in the early 1870s, at 196 Northampton Street as listed in the street numbering scheme then in effect... more detail on 528 Northampton. | |
| 530-32 Northampton Street: Old Easton Argus Bldg - 3-1/2-story stone building, partially covered with brick, with elaborate green & red roof cornice and dormers. In the 1870s, this was the location of Cole, Morwitz & Co., publishers of the Argus newspaper, then listed as 198 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect...more detail on 530 Northampton | |
| 536 Northampton Street: Cole Residence - In the early 1970s, listed as 200 Northampton Street under the street numbering scheme then in effect, this was the residence of Josiah Cole, editor of the Argus newspaper and partner in Cole Morwitz & Co., publishers, located next door. It also housed the barber shop of George Davenport... more detail on 536 Northampton. | |
| 538 Northampton Street: Vacant Lot | |
| 542 Northampton Street: Mt. Vernon Ale House Bldg - Built in 1855, and opened originally as a hotel, by 1893 it was known for its fine bar, cigars, and adjacent stables. The Mt. Vernon Ale House was the venue used for the movie The Florentine in 1997. The very striking hotel turret was involved in a gambling wager by the owner. The tavern closed 2004....more detail on 542 Northampton. |
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