1840's
Washington street, with very few buildings along it and ending up at South street, was grass grown - a wagon track marking the traveled portion of the highway. (George R. Bedford)
Washington street was principally orchards and only a few buildings. (J. Bennett Smith)
On the corner of Washington and Northampton was the old Fell Tavern, where the first anthracite coal was burned. On the opposite corner was Mrs. Nancy Drake’s store. On the west corner was William Hart’s house and on the south corner that of Mr. Brown.
