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Summary

Significance: Erected by Edward Foulke, it was the home of the first burgess of the Borough of Quakertown and the family homestead for the prominent Foulke family. It is an excellent example of early English Quaker Design, one of the few pure examples extant.

Survey number: HABS PA-5594

Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work

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date_range

Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Foulke, Edward
Quakertown Historical Society
Lavoie, C, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Lavoie, Catherine C, historian
place

Location

Quakertown (Pa.) ,  40.41153, -75.37940
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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