The original Moul townhouse once stood beside 215 Broadway as its mirror image, and by 1915 the Moul family had replaced it with the Neoclassical Revival brick home designed by Dempwolf Architects of York that still stands, with Conrad Moul’s relatives continuing to occupy it. The Public Commons was sold or rented through perpetual land leases to local industries including foundries, distillers, and coal, lumber, and hemp rope distributors. In 1932, the public Farmers' Market building was erected to move the outdoor market indoors and improve sanitation. The Fitz House was the residence of the owner of the Water Wheel Foundry, and during the Civil War local oral history held that the Fitz family nursed a wounded Confederate soldier, hid him until he recovered, and then helped smuggle him south to his family. Conrad Moul also recalled bullet holes in a downspout and in the north wall of his house from soldiers firing as they came in Abbotstown Street, forcing the family to take shelter in the cellar until the danger had passed.

Photo: William Fischer, Jr.

Photo: Beverly Pfingsten

Photo: Beverly Pfingsten

Photo: Beverly Pfingsten

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