Bluestone Bench Garden Feature: Lenapi Hall Clock: Garden Perspective
Perspective of bluestone bench in the garden.
Carved on site, this is one of several benches carved to help capture the essence of the place.
Elements of the Lenapi Hall building and clock which are recognizable in the community are the focus of the design.
The Building History:
At the southeast corner of East State Street and South Main Street in Doylestown is Lenape Hall
One of the most distinctive buildings in Doylestown, the building was designed by architects Addison Hutton & Thomas Cernea and dedicated November 17th 1874.
It originally provided Doylestown with a large town hall for public meetings, a concentrated store area and a much-needed indoor market.
In the early 20th century, the Strand Theater showed movies here until the building of the New Strand Theater, in 1925. In effect it was a Victorian shopping mall, which had a strong influence on the town’s commercial identity.
from the doylestown historical society http://www.doylestownhistorical.org/BuildingRecognition/Lenape.htm
In collaboration with Landscape Design Group Inc.
Landscape Design by Landscape Design Group, Inc.
photo by cmolter, LDG
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