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Newtown Historic Association maps, blueprints, and plans collection
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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.
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