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Prior to 1830

Above Northampton came the Presbyterian Church, built 1830, which now houses the Osterhaut Free Library.

Then came the Miner house, where now the Westmoreland Club now stands.

Then came Lynch's bank.

Next was St. Stephen's Church, a frame building erected in 1823.

Then came Mr. Green and his shop.

Next was Collins and Jewett.

On the southwest corner of Market and Franklin, later occupied by the Wyoming National Bank, was the principal store of the town, run by Jacob and Joseph Sinton, Quakers; a one story frame building, which was demolished in 1860.

The most southerly house on the east side of Franklin street stood on the northeast corner of Northampton street. It was a small frame building, and for may years was the home of Jean Francois Dupuy, a French refuge, who with his daughters had escaped from the massacre of San Domingo, and had come here in 1796. A native of France, he had been a member of the National Convention that condemned Louis the XVI.

Next to him lived Judge Garrick Mallery, later the site of the Wilkes-Barre Institute.

Next was Steuben Butler's home.