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Newtown Historic Association maps, blueprints, and plans collection

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Held at: Newtown Historic Association [Contact Us]Centre Avenue and Court Street, Newtown, Pennsylvania

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Newtown Historic Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Newtown traces its roots back to William Penn, who purchased 5,000 acres (20 km2) from the Lenni Lenape Indians in 1683. Situated where the Neshaminy River and the Newtown Creek meet, Penn named this land my "New Town," which gradually evolved to Newtown.

According to tradition, Penn had his surveyor Thomas Holme lay out Newtown in a fan shape of 16 tracts radiating out from a central square or common. Each land owner received a town lot of 20 to 50 acres that bordered on the common and a much larger country lot that ran from the town lot to the edge of the township. Newtown developed and prospered as an agricultural, industrial and trade center. Excellent examples of most styles of architecture can be seen in its buildings and structures.

Newtown served as the County Seat of Bucks County from 1726 until 1813, when the Court was moved to Doylestown. In 1838, the area comprising the commercial center, plus a number of homes, was incorporated into Newtown Borough. The Borough was enlarged four times since 1838 and now includes 640 acres.

Today, Newtown Township surrounds Newtown Borough and each has its own form of government. Newtown Borough is governed by a Mayor and a six member Borough Council, who are elected to serve four year terms. Newtown Township is governed by a five member Board of Supervisors; members are elected to serve 6 year terms.

An historic district was first established in 1969. In 1985, the Historic District was enlarged and added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today, Newtown still retains the much of its historic character.

Bibliography:

Borough of Newtown. "History." Accessed January 29, 2013. http://www.boroughofnewtown.com/History/.

Mayer, Thomas. A History of Land Ownership Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1683-1850. Bedminster, PA: Adams Apple Press, 1999.

Newtown Township. “History” Accessed October 10, 2013. http://www.twp.newtown.pa.us/history.htm

This collection consists of various maps, blueprints, and plans of Newtown (Bucks County, Pennsylvania) and surrounding areas, and includes originals as well as copies and reproductions. Materials relate to and include: Newtown Borough and Township plans, zoning, sewage, power, Newtown Commons and Cemetery, Mayer maps, surrounding township maps, Bucks County maps and road maps, residential and business blueprints, Chamberlin drawings, Newtown Hall, Fire Company, and the Community Center.

A full inventory is listed below:

Addition to Farm Home & Garden Store, Agway Inc., Newtown PA.

Aerial map of parts of Newtown, Upper Makefield & Lower Makefield Townships, Bucks County, PA.

Aerial map of parts of Newtown, Wrightstown and Upper Makefield Townships, Bucks County, Pa.

Aerial Photography of Newtown Borough

Alignment, profile & cross section of P. N. & N.Y. R.R. Huntingdon Valley Station to Churchville Station.

Amos Strickland Land Dispersal, 1785-1794

As-built plan & profile of Jefferson Court.

Barnsley Notes-Barnsley Hand-drawn map of Bucks County as a Youth.

Barnsley Notes-Copy of Plot plan of Newtown Common when sub-divided into individual properties.

Barnsley Notes-Copy of Plot plan of Newtown Common when sub-divided into individual properties.

Barnsley Notes-Deeds-Map-Newtown-

Barnsley Notes-Draft/Map of Land Tract-1787- Strickland

Barnsley Notes-Draft/Map of Land Tract-1833- Morris-Horner.

Barnsley Notes-Draft/Map of Land Tract-1835-Horner to Phillips.

Barnsley Notes-Draft/Map of Land Tract-1853- Radford to Phillips.

Barnsley Notes-Draft/Map of Land Tract-Newtown Borough.

Barnsley Notes-Swayne's Map and plot plan of Newtown Common when sub-divided into individual properties.

Barnsley Notes-Swayne's Map and plot plan of Newtown Common when sub-divided into individual properties.

Barnsley Notes-Swayne's Map and plot plan of Newtown Common when sub-divided into individual properties.

Barnsley Notes-Swayne's Map and plot plan of Newtown Common when sub-divided into individual properties.

Barnsley Notes-Swayne's Map and plot plan of Newtown Common when sub-divided into individual properties.

Battles and Skirmishes of the American Revolution in New Jersey, 1974

Bennett Map of Pennsylvania, copy, original based on Sully Map of 1770, 1935

Bird in Hand Landscape Plans

Bird in Hand map and neighborhood

Bristol Bucks Co. Map circa 1850

Bristol-Morrisville Area In Lower Bucks County Map 1952

Bucks & Montgomery Counties Map, 1857

Bucks County 1970 Map

Bucks County Eastwood Map, 1951

Bucks County Effectively Covered by the Intelligencer, 1/1/1905

Bucks County map

Bucks County Map

Bucks County Map (1600-1800), 1951

Bucks County Map 1939

Bucks County Map by Randolph Bye, 1960

Bucks County Map, 1968

Bucks County Public Roads, Map, 1953

Bucks County Road Map

Bucks County Road Map of 1905, printed in 1912

Burlington Quadrangle Topographical Map, 1906, J. L. Smith, ed., 1906, Reprinted 1916

Central & Western Europe, map

Combination Atlas Map of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, by J. D. Scott, 1876, p 44, Newtown, Pa.

Copy of panoramic drawing of Newtown Borough in 1893 by Thaddeus M. Fowler.

Copy of panoramic drawing of Newtown Borough in 1893 by Thaddeus M. Fowler.

Copy of panoramic drawing of Newtown Borough in 1893 by Thaddeus M. Fowler.

Council Rock Youth & Community Center Parking Map for study of parking spaces at Council Rock Youth &Community Center, 28 N. State Street, Newtown, Pa

Council Rock Youth & Community Center Parking Map showing site plan for Council Rock Youth & Community Center at 28 N. State Street, Newtown, Pa.

County Lots-Plot Plan from Bucks County Historical Society

Court House Block-Copy of Map Originally dated 1792.

Court House Block-Copy of Map Originally dated 1792.

Court House Block-Map (hand drawn) dated 1959.

Court House Block-Map (hand drawn) dated 1959.

Court Inn, Rempfer Wing restoration drawings

Dispersal of Agnes Yates Land, 1758-1801

Dispersal of James Hanna Land, Late Strickland, 1791 -1796

Doylestown Map circa 1850

Doylestown Topographical Map, 1891, J. L. Smith, ed., 1891, Reprinted 1921

Drainage, soils and erosion control plan for "Madryn" subdivision.

Dripps Map

Elevation of Grade Newtown Borough

Existing Land Use Map Borough of Newtown

Falls Township Map 1876

Floor Plan, Building on Congress St later Owned by Luise Cornell Family

Foundation planting plan for American Legion Building.

Framed map of plantation and land owners of Newtown Township in 1776.

Framed plan of Newtown Borough from the Combination Atlas of Bucks County, 1876.

France, map

Franklin's Street & Industrial Map, 1952

Franklin's Street and Industrial Map and Guide of Lower Bucks County

Future Land Use Plan Map Borough of Newtown

George School, Aerial View and Map, 1944

German's Lot map

German's Lot map

German's Lots map.

Germantown Quadrangle Topographical Map, 1899, J. L. Smith, ed., 1917

Holland, Richboro, Churchville, Ivyland & Newtown Map, Yellow Book, probably 1980's

Holmes Map, A Map of the Improved Part of Pennsylvania, reproduction

Improvement plan for "Madryn" dated 05/05/1989.

Joint Municipal Zoning Map

Joint Municipal Zoning Map

Joint Municipal Zoning Map

Lambertville Topographical Map, 1906, J. L. Smith, ed., 1916

Land Development Plan made for Frost-Watson Lumber Corp.

Lower Bucks County Map, 1965 Business and Road Map

Lower Bucks County Map, Bristol Daily Courier

Lower Bucks County Map, First National Bank & Trust Company of Newtown, 1988

Lower Central Bucks County Business and Road Map

Lower Central Bucks County Business and Road Map 1965

Lower Central Bucks County Business and Road Map 1965

Lower Central Bucks County Business and Road Map 1969

Lower Makefield Map, 1798

Lower Makefield Map, Original Grantees

Lower Makefield Township Historical Map 1798

Map Display, 1991, designed by Elizabeth Mayer

Map for North African Campaigns 17 Nov. 1942 to 13 May 1943, European Campaigns 6 June 1944 to 11 May 1945.

Map for the Westchester Chapter AIA showing Sundry Points of Interest in a Portion of Bucks County Annual Pilgrimage 1949

Map for the Westchester Chapter AIA showing Sundry Points of Interest in a Portion of Bucks County Annual Pilgrimage 1949

Map of Bucks County Pa 1850

Map of Bucks County Pa 1850

Map of "7-8-9" of Bustleton area, 35th Ward, City of Philadelphia, 09/28/1922, rev. 06/19/1946. N. Y. S. L. R.R.

Map of area bounded on the west by State Street, on the north by Frost Lane, on the east by Lincoln Avenue, and on the south by Newtown Borough.

Map of Automobile Routes to Historic Places in Bucks County

Map of Bensalem Township 1930

Map of Borough of Bristol, Bucks Co., PA.

Map of Bucks and Montgomery Counties and the consolidated city of Philadelphia 1857

Map of Bucks and part of Philadelphia County 1681

Map of Bucks Co. PA 1912

Map of Bucks County, PA. 2007

Map of Levittown Fairless Hills and Bristol

Map of Monuments of British & American Armies and of Washington's Retreat, 1775-1778

Map of Newtown 1703

Map of Newtown 1703

Map of Newtown prepared for 275th Anniversary.

Map of Newtown prepared for 275th Anniversary.

Map of Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pa. 1776.

Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York from a 1740 atlas.

Map of Philadelphia, Newtown & New York Railroad, 1878.

Map of tax parcel 29-10-7, Old Presbyterian Church property on Sycamore Street.

Map of tax parcel 29-10-7, Old Presbyterian Church property on Sycamore Street.

Map of the County of Bucks 1817

Map of the proposed extension of the Philadelphia, Newtown & New York R.R. Circa 1878.

Map of the Public Roads in Bucks County, 1931.

Map of the Public Roads in Bucks County, 1940.

Map of the Public Roads in Bucks County, 1940.

Map of the Public Roads in Bucks County, 1950.

Map of the Public Roads in Bucks County, 1950.

Map of the Public Roads in Bucks County, 1955.

Map of the Public Roads in Bucks County, 1955.

Map of the Public Roads in Bucks County, 1955.

Map of the public roads in Bucks County, PA. 1935.

Map of Vicinity of Philadelphia 1860

Map of Wrightstown township, 1692-1978.

Map prepared for Newtown 275th Anniversary

Map showing location of the property of Robert J. Plummer at 157-159 Sycamore Street, Newtown, PA.

Map showing locations of proposed signs for The Dentists of Newtown.

Map showing plot of ground at the southeast corner of Mercer Street and Corrio Alley.

Map showing preliminary plan of Madryn sub-division, Newtown, Pa.

Map showing proposed Hall signal arrangement, P. N. & N.Y. R.R. Bryn Athyn Station to Newtown Station. 12/12/1921.

Map Showing Proposed Sale of Property to AW & MW Watson Co. by Reading Co., 1965

Map showing site development plan for relocation of Post Office to the Stocking Mill site.

Middletown Township Map, 1858

National Flood Insurance Program, Firm Flood Insurance Rate Map Borough of Newtown, PA

National Flood Insurance Program, Floodway Flood Boundary and Floodway Map Borough of Newtown, PA.

National Register Historic District Proposed Extension, 7/1985

National Register Historic District Proposed Extension, 7/1985

Newtown & Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority, 6/2/1977

Newtown Boro Map 1982 Revised

Newtown Borough & Township map, 1999

Newtown Borough & Township map, 1999

Newtown Borough Map 1857

Newtown Borough Map 1860

Newtown Borough Map 1995

Newtown Borough Map October 1993

Newtown Borough Map, 1898

Newtown Borough Map, 1898

Newtown Borough Map, 1908, copy

Newtown Borough map, December 29, 1943

Newtown Borough National Register Historic District August 1983

Newtown Borough National Register Historic District October 28, 1986

Newtown Borough, Scott's Atlas of 1876

Newtown Borough, Scott's Atlas, 1876 photocopy

Newtown Cemetery Association Plot Plans

Newtown Cemetery Association Plot Plans

Newtown Cemetery Association Plot Plans

Newtown Cemetery Association Plot Plans May 23, 1969

Newtown Cemetery Association Plot Plans, 4/24/1931

Newtown Cemetery Association Plot Plans, 4/24/1931

Newtown Cemetery Association Plot Plans, Oct. 15, 1975

Newtown Common 1796 Survey of Isaac Hicks

Newtown Community Center, Photocopy of Map

Newtown Cooperative Assoc. warehouse addition blueprint, 2/21/1934, 3/1/1934

Newtown Cooperative Assoc. warehouse plans blueprint, 10/22/1932

Newtown Cooperative Association elevator blueprint

Newtown Court House Lots 1725

Newtown Fire Zone Map, April 1922.

Newtown Fire Zone Map, March 1936.

Newtown Map

Newtown Map

Newtown Map, 1987

Newtown Map, 1987

Newtown Map, June 2002

Newtown Township & Borough, Revised 12/1995

Newtown Township 1725 Map

Newtown Township 1776 Map

Newtown Township Blueprint 1991

Newtown Township Comprehensive Plan 1972

Newtown Township Map 12/1995

Newtown Township Map 1982

Newtown Township Map, 1776

Newtown Township Map, 1975

Newtown Township property map

Newtown Township Street Map, April 14, 2006.

Newtown, Middletown & Woodhaven Map, 1868, copy

Newtown's 275th Anniversary Map

Noll Map of Philadelphia Area 1890

Noll Map of Philadelphia Area 1890

Noll's New Automobile, Road and Driving Map, 1911

Norristown Quadrangle Topographical Map, 1895, J. L. Smith, ed., 1895, Reprinted 1918

Northampton Township Farm Map 1800

Original copy of panoramic drawing of Newtown Borough in 1893 by Thaddeus M. Fowler.

Original map of the Phila., Newtown and New York Railroad from 1872-1878.

Original Patents Map, 1680

Paris, map

Part of a map of Newtown Borough from 1886.

Patent Map Newtown Township Bucks County

Pennsylvania 1997-1998 Official Transportation and Tourism Map

Pennsylvania State Highway Routes

Pennsylvania State Tourism & Travel Map, 2007.

Philadelphia, Newtown & New York Railroad map

Photocopy of a portion of map 2005.0027.0006, showing proposed sub-division of Madryn, Newtown, Pa.

Plan of farm belonging to John Hogeland's Est. in Southampton Township.

Plan of Lots in the Borough of Newtown.

Plan of New York Short Line Railroad right-of-way from station 0, Reading Terminal, Philadelphia. 07/17/1906.

Plan of New York Short Line Railroad right-of-way from station 0, Reading Terminal, Philadelphia. 07/17/1906.

Plan of Newtown Township & Borough, 1849, copy

Plan of proposed additions and changes to sewer system for "Madryn" subdivision. 05/05/1989.

Plan of subdivision for "Madryn," 02/11/1972.

Plan of subdivision for "Madryn," 02/11/1972.

Plan of Subdivision for "Madryn," dated 04/01/1987.

Plan of the Borough of Newtown, Pa. 1908.

Plan of the Township & Borough of Newtown, 1849

Plan of the Township and Borough of Newtown 1849

Plan of the Village of Newtown 1776

Plan of the Village of Newtown 1813

Plan of the Village of Newtown 1849

Plot of Agnes Yates Patent by Edward Barnsley, 1693 -1736

Plot Plan for Land in Newtown Township, copy, no date

Potential Street Lighting for Newtown Borough.

Preliminary , final and record plan for subdivision of "Madryn." 05/05/1989

Quakertown Sheet Topographical Map, 1894, J. L. Smith, ed., 1894, Reprinted 1922

Raritan River in East Jersey to Elk Head in Maryland, Showing Operations of American and British Armies in 1776-1777

Road Map, Hearn Brothers, 1952

Sanborn Map Company Newtown 1909

Sanborn Map Company Newtown 1909

Sanborn Map Company Newtown 1916

Sanborn Map Company Newtown 1924

Schematic map of route to & location of Schofield Ford Bridge.

Sewage Treatment Project Lateral Sewers Plan & Profile

Sewage Treatment Project.

Sewage Treatment Project.

Sewage Treatment Project.

Sewage Treatment Project.

Sewage Treatment Project. Trunk and Lateral Sewers Plan and Profile

Spring Garden Mill Warehouse, Newtown, Pa blueprint

Survey Map, Unidentified Corner, 4/10/1926

Survey of plots owned by O. W. Worstall Lots Newtown, Map, 3/4/1874

Sweet Land Map, autographed, 9/10/1983

Sweet Land Production Sept. 9, 10, 11, 1984 shows map of Newtown in 1893

Sweet Land Production Sept. 9, 10, 11, 1984 shows map of Newtown in 1893

Sweetland-Map/program advertising Newtown's 275th Anniversary/Events.

Tax Map, 1725

Temporary Tourist Map of Pennsylvania State Highways

Tentative Zoning Map of Newtown Borough Bucks County, PA

Tentative Zoning Map of Newtown Borough Bucks County, PA

Tentative Zoning Map of Newtown Borough Bucks County, PA

The Farm Journal Map of Bucks and Montgomery Counties 1914

The Farm Journal Map of Bucks and Montgomery Counties 1914

The Girard Trust Bank Map of Historic Bucks County 1968

The Official Map of Pennsylvania

Thomas Holmes Map, Negative

Thomas Mayer's 1776 Map

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings

Thomas Mayer's Drawings, Lands Purchased by Thomas Hillborn Sr

Topographic Survey Plans for Sycamore Street, Newtown, Pa.

Topographical Map of Burlington Quadrangle (Pennsylvania & New Jersey), 1945

Tracing of Thomas Mayer's 1776 Map

Track chart showing proposed Hall signal arrangement, P. N. & N.Y. R.R. Bryn Athyn Station to Newtown Station.

United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey of Newtown & Langhorne, 1953

Upper Makefield Map, parchment, 1974

Upper Makefield, 1781

Upper Makefield, 1781

Upper Makefield, 1781

Wall map of Bucks County, PA., 1850. Has street plans of Bristol, Doylestown and Newtown.

War Map of the Pacific Ocean, 1940's

Warehouse blueprint

Workplan for reconstructing Schofield Ford Bridge.

World War II Asia and the Pacific.

World War II Europe and North Africa

Wrightstown Township Map, 1991, Reconstruction of 1776 Map

Yellow Book Map of Holland, Richboro, Newtown 1986

Zoning Plan Northampton Township 1947

Maps collected at various times from various sources by the Newtown Historic Association.

Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2012-2014 as part of a project conducted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden collections of small, primarily volunteer run repositories in the Philadelphia area. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was accomplished during the HCI-PSAR project.

Detailed, computerized inventories of all of the items in this collection are available on site at the repository where this collection is held; please contact Newtown Historic Association directly for more information.

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Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Faith Charlton through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
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This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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