Just prior to starting work on this house, a local arts paper reprinted a short notice originally from The Express Times describing this building as the first brick house built in Easton. The house dates from 1792 and was built on the orchard of Samuel Sitgreaves a founding father of Easton.  The house was given to the slave named Cudjo who was owned by Sitgreaves and the time of his death., evidence of this gift is in the probate of Sitgreaves will.  Based on the 19th century architecture we initially doubted this to be the same building but were surprised and excited to find that the south corner of the facade was substantially different than the west facing facade and it was clear that the bricks were substantially older, larger and not nearly as standard in size.  It is worth a walk down this historic street to get a glimpse of perhaps the first bricks used in Easton.  This was one of our most gratifying projects to date.  Removal of brick face is a delicate process but one that makes an old building look great again.  This house and its history is a sober reminder of how recent slavery was part of America and that it existed even in a small Pennsylvania town.