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A marker at the corner of Mahoning and Front Streets in Milton Reads:
"On this site stood the second stone house in Milton.
It was built in 1803 by Peter Swartz for Dr. James Dougal, Milton's first permanent physician and ancestor of a long line of physicians to practice in this community.
It Survived the Great Milton Fire of 1880 and was demolished in 1974, stones from the structure form the base of this plaque."
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From the History Of Northumberland County, 1876:
THE FIRST STONE HOUSE
In Milton was built in 1796, by Peter Swartz, stone-mason, for James Black, Esq., on his land on Water street [today Front st.] , just north of Broadway. Before this, all buildings had been of wood - either log or frame - and this one was looked upon as a very superior structure. When Mr. Black’s financial troubles came, the house and land fell into the possession of William and Thomas Pollock, and is now owned by ex-Governor James Pollock, who is making elegant and extensive repairs upon it. The character of the old mansion may be judged from the fact that, on May 4th, 1876, when (in it’s eighteenth year) it was damaged by the fire at the corner of Water street and Broadway, the insurance upon it (exclusive of furniture) was three thousand dollars.
Was that of Dr. James Dougal, also built by Peter Swartz, in 1803. It is still occupied by Dr. James Dougal, the son of the first proprietor. It is a large, solid, quadrangular house, and certainly does not seem to have lived out half it’s days.
The same, or the following year, Swartz built a third house, of the same material, for John Hetherington, in the lower part of the town.
THE FIRST BRICK BUILDING
In Milton, was a one-and-a-half story dwelling-house, built in 1802, for Miss Ellen Sanderson, who afterwards became Mrs. David Ireland. The house stood on the north side of Market street, directly east of, and adjoining the residence of George Corry, deceased.
Dr. James S. Dougal:
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