Lewis Miller drawing of York's square in 1799.
I recently posted a Lewis Miller illustration of "wicked boys" taking a wagon apart and reconstructing it on the roof of the market house in 1804. I was asked where that market was.
It was in Center Square, right smack in the middle of downtown York. You can see the location in the Lewis Miller drawing illustrating that area in 1799.
See below for a brief history of markets in the center of York, drawn from Prowell's History of York County and Lewis Miller's Chronicles of York.
Continue reading York's Center Square Once Full of Buildings.
