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Historic American Buildings Survey,
Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey
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Camp Hofnung, Infirmary, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipersville, Bucks County, PA
- Title: Camp Hofnung, Infirmary, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipersville, Bucks County, PA
- Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
- Related Names:
Workman's Circle Schools
Neill, James M.
Orr, John
Stover, Ralph
Auerbach, Kathryn Ann , faculty sponsor
Bucks County Community College, Historic Preservation Program , sponsor
Green, Margaret R. , photographer
Sharp, Angela H. , delineator
Mease, Patricia , delineator
Kauffman, Ken , delineator
Graeter-Reardon, Bernice V. , delineator
Colatriano, Dona L , delineator - Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
- Medium:
Photo(s): 6
Measured Drawing(s): 6
Photo Caption Page(s): 1 - Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
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- Call Number: HABS PA,9-PIPERV.V,1B-
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- 1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
- Significance: Camp Hofnung is located on Old Easton Road at the south side of the Tohickon Creek in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Originally known as John Orr's Ford, the property is the location of the original road bed and ford Crossing of the creek by the major roads leading from Philadelphia north to the Durham Iron Furnace and Easton. A tavern operated here from the 1740s to the 1760s under the ownership of John Orr and his heirs, ceasing soon after the bridge was built in 1767. Subsequent owner, Ralph Stover, a prominent Pennsylvania assemblyman established his home and a working farm here. The property continued its farm usage throughout the 19th century, with two stone residences, a stone barn and outbuildings in a cluster at the northwest corner of the property. The splendid setting along the Tohickon Creek and proximity to the new Philadelphia and Easton Trolley made the property attractive as a park for weekend outings and family gatherings. Ideas for the proposed park were announced November 24, 1901 in the Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, PA). By 1904 Tohickon Park was a popular stop of of the Philadelphia-Easton Trolley. With the increased availability of automobiles, trolley usage diminished and the park was advertised for sale. The October 15, 1926 issue of The Daily Intelligencer describes the two farmhouses, the barn and outbuildings, as well as the dining hall and dance pavilion but does not mention any camp buildings. An article dated March 11, 1927 announces the purchase of the park by Workman's Circle Schools, although official owner of record was Morris Polin (BC Deed Book 549, page 36, 5/17/1927). Workman's Circle gained legal title on June 11, 1932 (BC DB 607, p 337) and owner the property until August 23, 1967 (BC DB 1893, p966). Soon after 1927 the first collection of camp buildings was located in a compound at the southern end of the parcel. These cottages were laid out in a quadrangle with the cabins on the north and south ranges for campers and the infirmary on the east range. A cedar lined walkway enclosed the quadrangle on the west. The Infirmary is a Colonial Revival T-shaped, one-story building constructed in two sections each with a gable roof. Section two is set at right angles to the first section with its southwest gable end forming the principal entrance facade with a Colonial Revival pediment and flanking flat pilasters. It is important to note that this section was originally built with its southeast wall one foot shorter than the northwest wall making the front facade not square with the rest of the building. Other evidence of two-period constructions is in the difference in the window detailing and siding, naming German siding for the first section and matched and beaded ship lapped siding for the second. The first section is extended to the rear, northeast with a screened shed porch which is badly deteriorated. Within the rest of the building, most of the windows are missing and some of the rooms are lacking their plaster walls. The building is set on concrete pilings to raise it above the ten (c 1950) August floods and the casement windows are made to swing out with the screens on the inside, more convenient for summer use.
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N337
- Survey number: HABS PA-6207-B
- Building/structure dates: ca. 1927 Initial Construction
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- Latitude/Longitude: 40.44276, -75.14503
- Collections:
- Part of: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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- Medium:
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Photo Caption Page(s): 1
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