Burgess Foulke House, 26 North Main Street, Quakertown, Bucks County, PA
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
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Foulke, Edward
Quakertown Historical Society
Lavoie, C, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Lavoie, Catherine C, historian
Location
Quakertown (Pa.), 40.41153, -75.37940
Source
Library of Congress
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