Description

Built after the fire of 1910 which destroyed the original store on the site

Construction

Wood Frame above fieldstone base.

Uses

Originally a general store.  Since acquisition by Historic Fallsington, has served as the office of the organization.

Additional spaces are rented to the Fallsington Antique & Craft Shop and as apartments.

Current Owner

Historic Fallsington, inc.

Notes

Isaiah V. Williamson, born 1803 in Fallsington, apprenticed in the original store. There he learned the retail trade. He went on to found a dry goods business in Philadelphia. He became one of the richest men in the area and a major philanthropist.  In 1889, shortly before his death, he gave $2 million to found the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, which continues today.