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Learn About The ‘Man Who Built Newtown’


State Street in Newtown Borough Credit: Tom Sofield/NewtownPANow.com

State Street in Newtown Borough
Credit: Tom Sofield/NewtownPANow.com

The Newtown Historical Association will be hosting an event on the “man who built Newtown.”

On Monday February 15, the Newtown Historic Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Half-Moon Inn at 105 Court Street in Newtown. The free event is open to the public and refreshments will be served.

Jeffrey Marshall, president of the Heritage Conservancy, will speak about Garrett B. Girton, a builder credited with helping develop Newtown. Marshal is well-versed in local history and wrote the popular book titled “Bucks County Barns.”

For more information call 215-968-3914 or visit the the Newtown Historical Association on at newtownhistoric.org.


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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 12 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.