The Weyand-Carver house on Fourth Street
wasIn the 1830's and 1840's, Beaver was the center of county activities. According to "History of Beaver County Papers", it was a vastly different place from that of the end of the nineteenth century or today.
"With a population of about 300, there were seven or eight licensed hotels, with breweries to afford liquid refreshments to all comers. Militia trainings were great features, and 'review day' was the day of all days at the county seat, bringing together hundreds of uniformed and non-uniformed people, to be inspected by gaily dressed officers on richly caparisoned steeds. All the feuds of the year had to be settled with fists on that day, and numerous were the scraps going on almost continuously. The vendors of spruce beer, the hotel bars and sellers of quarter sections of gingerbread, would reap a rich harvest by nightfall and would be loaded down with Spanish and Mexican quarters . . .".
The Weyand-Carver house on Fourth Street
was
the early home of publisher Michael Weyand. It
was enlarged and remodeled several times to its
present graceful style.
This substantial-looking
building on Third Street
later became the home of the Beaver County
Times, and now houses professional offices.
The Times, meanwhile, now occupies this
modern building on Fair Avenue.