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Old State House

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1815. 408 Market St.
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • 427-429 Market St, Jail (William E. Fischer, Jr.)

Next door to the courthouse, the brick State House held the county offices and jury rooms. Designed in the manner of contiguous three-bay Federal houses, it has two entrances with gabled door hoods. Since 1860, it has been a private residence. The jail across the street at 427–429 Market Street, designed by local builder Frederick Hipple in 1816, housed the sheriff and his family above ground and the prisoners in the basement.

Writing Credits

Author: 
George E. Thomas
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What's Nearby

Old Courthouse Building (Union County Courthouse)
The Inn at New Berlin (Jacob Schoch House)
Old Market Square
Community Center (New Berlin Presbyterian Church)
House (Parsonage of the Reformed Church)

Citation

George E. Thomas, "Old State House", [New Berlin, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-UN6.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 2

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 407-407.

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