(Photo 2012 by Virginia Lawrence-Hope)

Parking Lots (former Barnet Residence)(31, 35 North Fourth Street)

This is a portion of original Town Lot No.164 as surveyed by William Parsons when he established Easton in 1752. That Lot ran along the northern side of Church Alley from Hamilton (later 4th) to Fermor (later 3rd) Streets.1

The property was said to have been the center of a pond in colonial times.2 One modern commentator indicates that the “large pond used by local children as a swimming hole” was located at the rear of that property, “in the vicinity of what today is Bank Street”.3 That corner property was not formally sold to anyone until 1805, when it was deeded to gunsmith John Young4 – more than half a century after Easton’s founding in 1752 – tending to corroborate the tradition that at least an intermittent pond stood on that land. A notation on an old map states that it was the site of “Hy. [Henry] Young Millers House built long before the [Revolutionary] War”5 apparently refers to a house built nearer to the corner of the property facing Hamilton (now 4th) Street.

The pond was identified by Easton Historian Rev. Uzal Condit as the location of the tragic fate of the legendary Easton “flirt” in Colonial times.6 This story, published in 1851 and then said to have actually occurred “[s]ome eighty years ago”, recounts with considerable charm and length the rustic virtues and manners of the wives of Easton’s largely German-speaking community. Into this community, a Colonial legislator brought his wife and small child on summer holiday. She moved into town with fancy furniture, cosmopolitan attire and social graces that were not common in rustic Easton. She also scandalized the local dames by not attending church. She was very bold with the local men, and utterly contemptuous of their wives. Her visit to town extended through the winter and into the following Spring, while her husband returned to the legislature in Philadelphia. She allowed the local men to visit her home frequently, and walked or rode with them in the woods (even after dark!). The wives at length gathered to mete out the punishment that such witchcraft deserved: a dunking in the town pond. Sadly, the plan got out of hand, and the flirt’s drowned body was left on the pond bank. The town fathers had little incentive to establish with certainty who had committed the crime, and

the deed went unpunished, according to the story.7 There has been much speculation as to whether this story is factual (as was claimed), or merely a legend.

Lot No.164 was formally sold in 1805 by the Penn Family to gunsmith John Young, whose residence and second gun shop was located on Lot No.166 lying between what is now Church Street and Northampton Street.8 On 25 January 1808, John Young and his wife, Mary, divided this Lot along the North side of what is now called Church Street between two of their sons. They sold the portion of this Lot lying at the corner of Hamilton (now 4th) Street for $1,000 to Peter Young,9 one of their sons who worked in the gunsmith shop.10 The rear of the Lot, fronting on what is now called Bank Street,

1 A.D. Chidsey, Jr., The Penn Patents in the Forks of the Delaware Plan of Easton, Map 2 (Vol. II of Publications of the Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society 1937).

2 Rev. Uzal W. Condit, The History of Easton, Penn’a 87 (George W. West 1885 / 1889). 3 Frank Whelan, “The Legend of Easton’s Village Flirt Storyteller of all Kinds Have

Embroidered This Tale of Revenge”, MORNING CALL, Sun., 9 Feb. 1992, p.M-3. 4 Deed, John Penn and Richard Penn to John Young, A3 505 (7 Dec. 1805); see William

B. Hillanbrand, “The Young Family of Gunsmiths”, The Kentucky Rifle Association Bulletin, Vol. 24, No.2 (Winter 1997), at 2.

5 Charles de Krafft, Map of Easton Original Town Lots (from the collection of Luigi “Lou” Ferone (“Mr. Easton”) auctioned 27 Feb. 2010, said to have been used by the Penn clerks for notations to keep track of the town lots c.1779-1801).

6 “The house in which the victim of the tale lived, stood where Thomas T. Miller’s hardware store now stands, and the pond of water centred where Shipman’s stables are, so that the sturdy German women did not have far to lead the object of their rage.” Rev. Uzal W. Condit, The History of Easton, Penn’a 87 (Easton: George W. West 1885 / 1889).

Mrs. Ellet, in her original story, also related that a stable “stands near the place” where the pond was located. See M.S. Henry, History of the Lehigh Valley, Pa 91 (Easton: Bixler & Corwin 1860). In Rev. Condit’s time, Henry Shipman’s stables were located at 31 North 4th Street, at the NE corner with Church Street. 1880 Census, Series T9, Roll 1161, p.413B (livery stable proprietor Henry Shipman and family at 31 North 4th Street); Census Directory of Northampton County, Eleventh U.S. Census, 1890 (Joseph H. Werner, assisted by Geo. W. West 1891), Q-Z transcribed online at www.bethlehempaonline.com/beth1890/eastonqtos.html. See www.WalkingEaston.com entry for 31-35 North 4th Street.

7 Godey’s Lady’s Magazine (June 1851). The story, as published, has been reproduced in at least three other sources: M.S. Henry, History of the Lehigh Valley, Pa 84-91 (Easton: Bixler & Corwin 1860); Mrs. William Hay, “A Bit of Old Easton”, in John Charles Pohl, Jr., Local Sketches and Legends of Early Easton Pennsylvania 35-59 (Easton: 10 May 1949); Rev. Uzal W. Condit, The History of Easton, Penn’a 87-91 (Easton: George W. West 1885 / 1889).

8 Deed, John Penn and Richard Penn to John Young, A3 505 (7 Dec. 1805); see William B. Hillanbrand, “The Young Family of Gunsmiths”, The Kentucky Rifle Association Bulletin, Vol. 24, No.2 (Winter 1997), at 2; see also separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for the Fraley Building at 349-51 Northampton Street.

See also Charles de Krafft, Map of Easton Original Town Lots (from the collection of Luigi “Lou” Ferone (“Mr. Easton”) auctioned 27 Feb. 2010, said to have been used by the Penn clerks for notations to keep track of the town lots c.1779-1801)(notation in lighter ink: “Sold to Henry Young Consideration [Illegible}”).

9 Deed, John (Mary) Young to Peter Young, D3 16 (25 Jan. 1808)(part of Lot No.164 with a frontage of 180’ 6” along what is now Church Street, with a 30’ frontage on Hamilton (now 4th)

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went to Peter’s brother, John Young Jr.11 However, a year later John Jr. bought out Peter’s corner property as well,12 making John Jr. the owner of the Lot. It appears that John Jr. thereafter lived in a house on the property.13

John Young Jr. held this property until he died without a will. His estate, administered by his widow (Susannah/Susan Young) and his brother Peter, proceeded to subdivide the Lot in order to satisfy the various heirs, and also apparently to provide money to pay off his debts. A parcel of land at the rear of the property – at the corner of Church and Bank Alleys (now called Streets), was sold in 1814 for $368 to Jacob Wagener.14

Wagener held the property until his death on 19 December 1859, after which his will put this property in trust for the benefit of his daughter, Elizabeth M. Newlin (also elsewhere spelled Newline).15

Mrs. Newlin also inherited from her family the “Old Newlins Mill” in Forks Township, about 1 mile South of Tatamy “where Newlin’s Mill Road crosses Bushkill Creek”. This mill had been built in 1809 by Daniel Wagener (Mrs. Newlin’s grandfather – Jacob Wagener’s father), and ultimately burned down in 1938.16

Street). 10 See William B. Hillanbrand, “The Young Family of Gunsmiths”, The Kentucky Rifle

Association Bulletin, Vol. 24, No.2 (Winter 1997), at 3, 7. 11 Deed, John (Maria) Young the Elder to John Young Jr., D3 15 (25 Jan. 1808). 12 See Deed, Peter (Ann) Young to John Young, A4 177 (6 Apr. 1809)(sale price $1,400,

with “Messuage or Tenement” on part of Lot No.164 measuring 30’ along Hamilton (now 4th) Street X 180’ along the alley (now called Church Street).

13 See William B. Hillanbrand, “The Young Family of Gunsmiths”, The Kentucky Rifle Association Bulletin, Vol. 24, No.2 (Winter 1997), at 3, 7. The text asserts that John Jr.’s house faced both Fourth and Church Street, but that it was also located on Lot No.166. In fact, Lot No.166 does not face North 4th Street. The Youngs did own Lot No.164, which does face both Church and North 4th Street (on the northern side of Church Street). As that corner of Lot No.164 was actually owned by John Young (presumably Jr.), it seems likely that Mr. Hillenbrand’s identification of the Lot No. was a simple typographical error.

14 Deed, Susanna/Susannah Young and Peter Young, Administrators of the Estate of John Young Jr., to Jacob Wagener, B4 192 (1 Nov. 1814)(sale price $368 for a “Lot or piece of Ground . . . at the intersection of two alleys” measuring 30’ X 60’; John Young Jr. had died intestate).

15 See Deed, M. Hale Jones, Trustee under the Will of Jacob Wagener, to Jesse B. Shipman, A12 464 (1 Jan. 1868)(recitals).

16 See and compare S.M. Parkhill, “Easton Ingrained with Rich History of Bushkill Creek Mills”, MORNING CALL, Tues., 10 Mar. 1998, p.B-1; Article, “Old Newlins Mill Burns, Entailing Heavy Loss – Manufacturing Concern Suffers Severely in Blaze of Unknown Origin Which Leaves Only Walls Standing”, EASTON EXPRESS, Thurs., 8 Feb. 1938, p.1, cols.3-4; F.A.Davis (ed.), History of Northampton County 248 (Peter Fritts 1877); James A. Wright, History of Palmer 59 (Palmer Township Historical Society 1984)(later operated by J.A. Gerhart); Rev. Uzal W. Condit, The History of Easton, Penn’a 83 (George W. West 1885 / 1889); see also D. G. Beers, Atlas of Northampton County Pennsylvania 67 (A. Pomeroy & Co. 1874, reprinted by Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society 1990)(grist mill of “J.A. Gerhart (O.C.)” and house of “Mrs. Newell”).

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Mrs. Newlin’s trust sold her property at Church and Bank Streets in 1868 for $1,800 to Jesse B. Shipman.17

Meanwhile, John Young Jr.’s heirs inherited partial interests in the remaining portion of John Young Jr.’s Lot that fronted on Hamilton (now called 4th) Street. These heirs included his widow (Susanna/Susan Young) and their three children: Elizabeth (married to Jacob Edelman), Maria (married to Philip M. Kinsey), and Susan Young18 (who later married John G. Wolf).19

Apparently in order to reconcile multiple partial family interests, in 1829 the heirs sold a strip of the property along Church Street to Philip Kinsey (Maria’s husband).20 This strip appears to have become 31 North 4th Street. Ownership of the northern strip of the property – that appears to have become 33-35 North 4th Street – remained widow Susan Young (or her estate) until 1851.21

31 North 4 th Street

Kinsey held the property until 1852, when he sold it (together with a frame building on it) for $3,200 to Philip Mixsell Jr.22 Three years later, Mixsell sold the property to Jacob Bruner (also spelled Brunner) for $7,000. The increase in price appears to be explained by the fact that instead of a single frame building, the land was now occupied by a “three Story brick dwelling house” and “two frame dwelling houses”.23 These new buildings were later said to have been built as a residence for E.W. Barnet, the proprietor of the Barnet House24 (formerly known as the White Horse Tavern, located at 47 North 4th St. on the site of the present Bell Telephone (Verizon) Exchange Bldg.25).

Brunner himself was also a resident on the property. In 1874, with the inauguration of the modern street numbering scheme, the address of 35 North 4th Street

17 Deed, M. Hale Jones, Trustee under the Will of Jacob Wagener, to Jesse B. Shipman, A12 464 (1 Jan. 1868)(sale price $1,800 for sale of the “lot or piece of ground” at the NW corner of Church and Bank Alleys measuring 60’ X 30’).

18 See Deed, Susanna Young, Elizabeth (Jacob) Edelman, and Susan Young, to Philip M. Kinsey, E5 405 (12 Oct. 1829).

19 See Deed, Jacob (Elizabeth Young) Edelman, Philip (Maria Young) Kinsey, and John G. (Susan Young) Wolf – Heirs of Susan Young – to Christian Butz, D8 375 (1 Apr. 1851).

20 See Deed, Susanna Young, Elizabeth (Jacob) Edelman, and Susan Young, to Philip M. Kinsey, E5 405 (12 Oct. 1829).

21 See Deed, Jacob (Elizabeth Young) Edelman, Philip (Maria Young) Kinsey, and John G. (Susan Young) Wolf – Heirs of Susan Young – to Christian Butz, D8 375 (1 Apr. 1851).

22 Deed, Philip M. (Maria) Kinsey to Philip Mixsell Jr., F8 66 (9 Mar. 1852). 23 Deed, Philip (Sarah) Mixsell Jr. to Jacob Bruner, C9 365 (30 Nov. 1855). 24 See Wick Sloane, “Long life of two Easton buildings reduced to holes”, EASTON

EXPRESS, Sunday, 21 Feb. 1982, p.B12. 25 See separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for Bell Telephone (Verizon) Building, 47

North 4th Street.

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was assigned to Jacob Brunner.26 After Brunner died, his heirs in 1880 collected their interests27 and sold the property (together with the “three story brick dwelling house”and “two frame dwelling houses”) to Henry Shipman for $8,400.28 Shipman located his livery stable and family residence on the property.29 In two transactions in 1896 and 1907, Henry Shipman added a “brick stable” at the back of the property at the corner of Church and Bank Streets from other Shipman family members who had owned it.30

Shipman’s was later described by newspaper columnist Roscoe Lawrence as “one of the largest liveries and stables in the Lehigh Valley”, operated by Henry and George Shipman. Of the two, George had a quiet personality, while Henry was “red-faced, jovial and Falstaffian.” Shipman horse-drawn busses met the trains, to take the many travelling salesmen visiting Easton to their hotels. They also “hauled props, scenery and other theatrical gear from the railroad stations to such area theaters as the Masonic Hall, the Wonderland Theatre and the Abel Opera House.”31

In the 1880s, Easton Historian Rev. Uzal Condit identified “Shipman’s stables” as the center of the pond where the legendary “flirt” was drowned.32

In 191433 and 1920,34 the building was identified as the “Ashton Apartments”. In 1927 it housed a restaurant named “James’ Lunch”. A series of stores followed,

26 Article, “The New Numbers”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Wed., 26 Nov. 1873, p.3, col.4.

27 Deed, Cornelius Brunner, et al. to Enoch Arnold, F16 413 (30 Apr. 1880)(heirs of Jacob Brunner, transaction 2 days before sale to Shipman at the same $8,400 price). Henry Shipman and his wife were among the roster of Brunner heirs selling the property to Enoch Arnold; Arnold was clearly an accommodation party used to consolidate the family interests and convey them to Shipman the next day.

28 Deed, Enoch N. Arnold to Henry Shipman, F16 411 (1 May 1880)(sale price $8,400 for “three story brick dwelling house” and “two frame dwelling houses” on property measuring 30’ (on 4th Street) X 120’ deep along Church Street).

29 1880 Census, Series T9, Roll 1161, p.413B; see also Census Directory of Northampton County, Eleventh U.S. Census, 1890 (Joseph H. Werner, assisted by Geo. W. West 1891), Q-Z transcribed online at www.bethlehempaonline.com/beth1890/eastonqtos.html (Henry Shipman).

30 In 1896: Deed, William C. Shipman, et al. (Heirs of Jesse B. Shipman), to Henry Shipman and George Shipman, A29 343 (6 Mar. 1896). Jesse Shipman had acquired the property in two transactions: Deed, Peter Miller to Jesse B. Shipman, G25 656 (21 Sept. 1846); Deed, M. Hale Jones, Trustee, to Jesse B. Shipman, A12 465 (1 Jan. 1868).

In 1907: Deed, Bessie Shipman to Henry Shipman, A37 493 (24 July 1907)(sale price $12,100 for half interest in “brick stable and lot” at the NW corner of Bank and Church Streets measuring 60’ X 60’). Bessie was presumably the heir to George Shipman, since the deed recites that she had acquired her interest from an Orphan’s Court transaction dated 23 July 1907.

31 See S.M. Parkhill, “Colorful Shipman’s Livery Kept Easton Moving “, MORNING CALL, Tues., 13 Oct. 1998, p.B-5.

32 Rev. Uzal W. Condit, The History of Easton, Penn’a 87 (George W. West 1885 / 1889). The legend was originally recounted by E.F. Ellet as “The Fate of a Flirt of Olden Times in Easton, PA” in Godey’s Lady’s Book for June 1851. Rev. Condit reprints the story in its entirety, which can also be found in John Charles Pohl, Jr., Local Sketches and Legends of Early Easton Pennsylvania 27 (Easton (PA): 10 May 1949).

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beginning in the late 1930s, culminating in 1970 with Cinruss Garb (a women’s clothing store).35

35 and 33 North 4 th Street

Meanwhile, as noted above, title to the northern part of Lot No.164 remained with Susan Young. In 1851, her three heirs sold it to Christian Butz,36 who made it his harness store. It received the address of 19 North 4th Street under the numbering scheme adopted in Charles Kitchen’s 1855 City Directory.37 In that year, a (perhaps self-serving) advertisement claimed: “You may go there when you please, you will always find it full, either buying or looking for articles in his line.” He also claimed to sell better saddlery and leather goods “at lower prices by 15 per cent. than any other House” in the county.38 Christian Butz’s lower prices may have been a product of financial problems, however, because in that same year (1855) he assigned that property to two trustees for the benefit of his creditors.39 The trustees were able to sell the saddlery property for $2,550 in 1857 to Joshua Kuntz.40 The store apparently continued on the property under Kuntz’s ownership: by the end of the Civil War (in 1864-65), a harness store was listed on the property run by proprietor George D. Lehn41 -- the man who would later operate the prominent livery stable at Pine and Bank Streets.42

33 Charles M. Barnard (compiler), West’s Directory for City of Easton Pennsylvania 21 (The Union Publishing Co. 1914)(“Blocks, Buildings, Halls”).

34 Charles M. Barnard (compiler), West’s Directory for City of Easton 20 (Charles M. Barnard 1920)(“Blocks, Buildings, Halls”).

35 See Wick Sloane, “Long life of two Easton buildings reduced to holes”, EASTON EXPRESS, Sunday, 21 Feb. 1982, p.B12. In 1930, this location was the Smith & Sons jewelry store. West’s Easton Pa. and Phillipsburg, N.J. Directory 719 (R.L. Polk & Co. of Philadelphia 1930).

36 Deed, Jacob (Elizabeth Young) Edelman, Philip (Maria Young) Kinsey, and John G. (Susan Young) Wolf – Heirs of Susan Young – to Christian Butz, D8 375 (1 Apr. 1851).

37 C[harles] Kitchen, A General Directory of the Borough of Easton PA 15 (Cole & Eichman’s Office, 1855); accord, Advertisement, “Butz’s Wholesale and Retail Saddle, Harness, Trunk and Leather Ware-House”, EASTON ARGUS, Thurs., 5 July 1855, p.4, col.5 (“In Hamilton Street, Easton, Pa, Opposite T. & P. Mixsell’s Hardware House” – which was located where the Express Building at 30-56 North 4th Street now stands).

38 Advertisement, “Butz’s Wholesale and Retail Saddle, Harness, Trunk and Leather Ware-House”, EASTON ARGUS, Thurs., 5 July 1855, p.4, col.5.

39 Assignment, Christian Butz to Herman S. Heckman and Depue S. Miller, Misc 10 194 (7 July 1855).

40 Deed, Herman S. Heckman and Depue S. Miller to Joshua Kuntz, D10 382 (27 Mar. 1857)(sale price $2,550 for “Messuage or Tenement” on part of original town Lot No.164 measuring 30’ on Hamilton Street, with an irregular rear that included a 10’ frontage on Bank Alley).

41 Talbot’s Lehigh Valley Gazetteer and Business Directory 1864-65 21 (Press of Wynkoop & Hallenbeck 1864)(George D. Lehn, saddle and harness maker, 19 North 4th Street).

42 See separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for 115 North 2nd Street, and sources cited therein.

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In 1868, property owner Joshua Kuntz had died, and his estate sold the property to John Pollock,43 a brush manufacturer who had originally emigrated from Scotland. By the early 1870s, Pollock had taken up residence in the 4th Street building.44 Pollock (1810 – 1889) had arrived in America from Scotland when he was almost 7 years old, in 1817. At age 16, he apprenticed in the brush-making trade. At age 20, his employer sent him to Easton where he managed a branch operation for two years, before moving to Newark, NJ to start his own business. In 1834, he returned to Easton to purchase his former employer’s branch, and continued in business in Easton until his death in 1889. “At the time of his death he had been engaged in business continuously for a longer period than any other resident of Easton.”45

Prior to 1874, the Pollock’s residence was listed as 19 North 4th Street, under the street numbering scheme then in effect.46

Pollock’s brush business was located on Northampton Street, at the corner with Sitgreaves Alley.47 In 1874, Pollock purchased residential property on Northampton Street, on which he apparently constructed a 3-story brick building.48

After John Pollock’s death in 1889, the Pollock Brush Co. continued in business under J. F. Opdyke until after 1930, initially in partnership with other managers. Opdyke moved it to 25-27 North 4th Street, a building at the corner of Church Street that still stands as part of the Hotel Lafayette complex today.49

43 Deed, Lucy Ann Kuntz, Administratrix of the Estate of Joshua Kuntz, to john Pollock, C12 88 (1 Apr. 1868).

44 Article, “The New Numbers”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Wed., 26 Nov. 1873, p.3, col.4 (John Pollock residence assigned 35 North 4th Street). Compare D.G. Beers, Atlas of Northampton County Pennsylvania, Plan of Easton (A. Pomeroy & Co. 1874) with Northampton County tax records map, www.ncpub.com. See also 1880 Census, Series T9, Roll 1161, p.373A (John Pollock, age 69, brush manufacturer, and family, no address listed).

45 John W. Jordan, Edgar Moore Green & George T. Ettinger, I Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania 122-23 (The Lewis Publishing Co. 1905, reprint by Higginson Book Co.). John Pollock’s father (James) ultimately retired to Easton, as well.

46 C[harles] Kitchen, A General Directory of the Borough of Easton PA 15 (Cole & Eichman’s Office, 1855)(semi-alphabetical listing for Christian Butz at 19 North 4th Street); Jeremiah H. Lant, The Northampton County Directory for 1873 104 (1873)(alphabetical listing for John Pollock residence at 19 North 4th Street).

Mr. Pollock’s business was located at 64 Northampton Street, under the same “old styles” numbering. It had been there since at least 1855. C[harles] Kitchen, A General Directory of the Borough of Easton PA (Cole & Eichman’s Office, 1855)(semi-alphabetical listing for John Pollock).

47 See separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for Pollock Brush Building at 228-30 Northampton Street.

48 See separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for Pollock House at 222-24 Northampton Street.

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In 1874, Pollock sold the property to Jonathan (also spelled Johnathan) Moore.50 With the inauguration of the modern street numbering scheme in that year, Moore’s saddlery was assigned the address of 33 North 4th Street.51 The saddlery continued at that location until approximately 1915. Moore’s wife Mary continued to live on the premises thereafter.52 Albert R. Dunn’s wholesale tobacco and confectionery business was also apparently located in the building.53 A ladies’ underwear shop had replaced the saddlery business by 1927, and a liquor store/saloon by 1935. By 1957, this establishment became a café, and in 1971 it became the Patio Restaurant.54

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Both buildings were vacant by 1977. Known as the “Cinruss and Patio Buildings”, they were demolished in 1982 after an extended controversy with Easton building preservationists.55 Little or no interest was exhibited during the controversy in the story of the “flirt” or the location of the pond on this site.

49 See George W. West (compiler), Directory of Easton, [Etc.] 200 (George W. West 1894)(proprietors J.F. Opdyke and James E. Smith); George W. West (compiler), Directory of Easton, [Etc.] 203 (George W. West 1896)(J.F. Opdyke and W.B. Freise); George W. West (compiler), West’s Directory of Greater Easton 181, 187 (George W. West 1898)(J.F. Opdyke and W.B. Freas, managers); West’s Easton Pa. and Phillipsburg, N.J. Directory 719 (R.L. Polk & Co. of Philadelphia 1930); Ronald W. Wynkoop, Sr., It Seems Like Yesterday 305 (self published 1989)(photo c.1912 of interior of Pollock Brush Company at SE corner of 4th and Church Streets).

50 Deed, John (Margaret) Pollock to Jonathan Moore, D14 127 (1 Apr. 1874)(sale price $7,945 for part of original town Lot No.164 measuring 30’ (on North 4th Street) X 120’ deep, plus another 10’ depth in part. Moore took a mortgage from Pollock for $2,255.).

Pollock had acquired the property in 1868. Deed, Lucy Ann Kuntz, Administratrix of the Estate of Joshua Kuntz, to John Pollock, C12 88 (1 Apr. 1868).

51 Article, “The New Numbers”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Wed., 26 Nov. 1873, p.3, col.4.

52 See Wick Sloane, “Long life of two Easton buildings reduced to holes”, EASTON EXPRESS, Sunday, 21 Feb. 1982, p.B12; see Census Directory of Northampton County, Eleventh U.S. Census, 1890 (Joseph H. Werner, assisted by Geo. W. West 1891), J-POHL transcribed online at www.bethlehempaonline.com/beth1890/eastonjtop.html (harness maker Jonathan Moore, Mary H. Moore, and family residence at 35 North 4th Street).

53 See See George W. West (compiler), West’s Directory of Easton [Etc.] 68 (George W. West 1892)(Albert R. Dunn, wholesale tobacco, 33-39 North 4th Street, house at 243 Spring Garden Street). See generally Obituary, “One of Easton’s Oldest Businessmen and Resident Since 1871”, EASTON EXPRESS, Sat., 17 May 1924, p.1, col.7. Dunn’s residence was at 243 Spring Garden Street. See Census Directory of Northampton County, Eleventh U.S. Census, 1890 (Joseph H. Werner, assisted by Geo. W. West 1891), A-D transcribed online at www.bethlehempaonline.com/beth1890/eastoncityabc.html; George W. West (compiler), West’s Directory of Easton [Etc.] 68 (George W. West 1892)(Albert R. Dunn, wholesale tobacco, 33-39 North 4th Street, house at 243 Spring Garden Street).

54 See Wick Sloane, “Long life of two Easton buildings reduced to holes”, EASTON EXPRESS, Sunday, 21 Feb. 1982, p.B12. It appears that the restaurant in the building in 1930 was operated by James Jallos. West’s Easton Pa. and Phillipsburg, N.J. Directory 719 (R.L. Polk & Co. of Philadelphia 1930).

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55 See Wick Sloane, “Long life of two Easton buildings reduced to holes”, EASTON EXPRESS, Sunday, 21 Feb. 1982, p.B12. A more extended account of the controversy is given in the separate listing for the Dr. Charles Innes Residence at 20 North Third Street.

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