Posted on 01/18/2016 10:32:29 AM PST by Timber Rattler
If Silver Spring Township officials and a local real estate developer didn't know that an old stone house on Route 11 is the reputed birthplace of the U.S. Bill of Rights before they started demolition there last week, they definitely know now.
On Jan. 6, workers began demolishing a two-story stone house at 7086 Carlisle Pike in Silver Spring Township that most recently was the site of Stone House Auto Sales.
This just isn't any stone house, however. Built in 1780 as the James Bell Tavern, the structure hosted the Stony Ridge Convention on July 3, 1788, a meeting of Anti-Federalists opposed to ratification of U.S. Constitution, which led to amending the document with the Bill of Rights.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.cumberlink.com ...
Oops. So will they reconstruct it or just continue to demolish American history like the libs have been continually doing?
It's what progressives do.
Out with the old, in with the new, at all costs, for maximum gain.
I’m sure that Sid Blumenthal’s brother will accept full responsibility for obtainng the contract that allowed his company to demolish this famous landmark.
I’m sure that Sid Blumenthal’s brother will accept full responsibility for obtainng the contract that allowed his company to demolish this famous landmark.
That’s where the Second Amendment came from? Down with it, they say!
I drove by it when the demo was going on. Thought it was a shame to tear down a lime stone structure but understand it’s prime real estate that is privately owned. Kind of a Humpty Dumpty situation now. I can’t image how you would go about rebuilding half a 2 1/2 story stone building.
That definitely does NOT look like late 18th century construction to me.
Back in 1988, I did a bit of plumbing installation work on a home of similar vintage in Rhode Island.
Assuming it is, it was already a car lot. Obviously no one cared enough to preserve it properly.
Based on what you see, what vintage do you think it is? What are the indications?
Bfl
Looks like no more than the end walls remained of the original construction.
Agreed.
OMG...sue their asses.
For what? The property owners doing what they had a legal permit to do, to their own property? The property was not designated a Historical site and nobody bothered to inform the Township of it until after the demolition started. So who gets sued for what?
They’ll likely leave it as is due to indecision until the weather beats it down.
Read more: http://www.visitcumberlandvalley.com/trip-ideas/history/tavern-tour-east/#ixzz3xd3UWnYG
(scroll down to the last third of the page for the details, which, unfortunately do not mention the related Bill of RIghts significance to this structure.
Triple Crown knew damned well the history of the property. Triple Crown is not a fly by night outfit, run by idiots. They knew exactly what the property was.
WC Handy Jan 16, 2016 3:51pm
How apropos that part of the building has been torn down while other parts remain. We have a Congress that is so intent on destroying the Bill of Rights with due exception to Amendment II. The building as it stands now is rather indicative of the current state our Bill of Rights. Why not leave the building as it is to serve as a reminder to us all.
18th Century exterior walls with an interior renovated about 20 times.
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