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7 The Fountain House
1 West State Street and 1 North Main Street This building was originally William Doyle's second colonial roadhouse. In 1776 it was conveyed to Richard Swaniwick. Shortly thereafter, Swaniwick was arrested for high treason and therefore the property was sold on June 8, 1780 to Enoch Harvey. Harvey named the building the Doylestown Hotel and retained ownership until 1873. In that year, William Carson bought the building, added the mansard roof and replaced the pump in front of the structure with a fountain. He renamed the tavern The Fountain House Hotel. The hotel eventually became a furniture store and a bank and is now being renovated into a Starbucks Coffee House. This building exemplifies the Second Empire Style with its mansard roof and protruding dormer windows along with the second story porch wraparound porch. Go to the Table of Contents of the Tour
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