EASTON, Pa. — The fight over the historic Hooper House property on Easton’s Northampton Street may be on its way to an amicable end for the city and the Rock Church.
On Monday, Easton Zoning Hearing Board granted a variance to subdivide the property at 501-503 Northampton St. into two parcels, with the city taking ownership of the Hooper House and the Rock Church maintaining the adjacent Timothy House on North Fifth Street.
Under the agreement, the city’s parcel with the Hooper House would be 1,417 square feet, and the Rock Church’s parcel with the Timothy House would be 2,018 square feet…