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Rittenhouse Square is a public park in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is the center of the eponymous Rittenhouse neighborhood. The square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century. Together with Fitler Square, the Rittenhouse neighborhood and the ...
Harper's house at 1811 Walnut Street became the home of the Rittenhouse Club following his death. The façade, updated in 1901 by Newman Woodman & Harris architects, still graces Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square. Harper was born on March 28, 1780, in Castlederg, County Tyrone in Ireland.
When the linen fabrics wore out, the rags were brought to RittenhouseTown to be made into paper. Paper produced at the Rittenhouse mill was sold to printers in Germantown, Philadelphia, and New York City. The Rittenhouse paper mill operated until about the 1850s, by which time the family was leasing its facilities out to other types of ...
Historically, ‘Delancey Place’ has only been used for streets in the Rittenhouse area between Seventeenth Street and twenty-sixth street, however, in an effort by the city to simplify street names in 1895, several side streets across the city, between Spruce Street and Pine Street, were renamed to ‘Delancey Street,’ including streets formerly called ‘Delancey Place.”
September 18, 1978 (1223–1225 Spring Street: Chinatown: 5: Amalgamated Center: Amalgamated Center: December 30, 2008 (2101–2143 South Street: Rittenhouse Square West: 6: Crozer Building
Church of the Holy Trinity is an Episcopal church on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. The first service in the church building, designed by Scottish architect John Notman, was held on March 27, 1859. The corner tower was added in 1867 and was designed by George W. Hewitt of the firm of Fraser, Furness & Hewitt.
Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is in its 120th year. The tradition of thousands of people crowding to watch a shimmering ball be lowered in Times Square began in 1907, though the first ...
The Mutual Benefit Life Building is a twenty-five-floor high rise office building that is located at 1845 Walnut Street on Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia, 19103. It was placed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1995.