If you’ve been through Continental Square as of late, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the transformation of the Futer Bros. Building. The three-story building clad in white vertical siding has been a fixture for over forty years, but the building itself is almost 160 years old.
John Hartman purchased the property in 1824. (Refer to the image in the Centre Square, 1815 post – the building on the far right is the one that Hartman purchased.) It had been Gottlieb Ziegle’s tavern and Sign of the General Jackson inn. Hartman constructed a new six-story building in 1849. Jacob Dietz was the carpenter – he also built the 1841 courthouse and County Almshouse.
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