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Independence Mall State Park was created in the 1950s with the intention that the land would eventually be turned over to the NPS. Funded by 40-year state bonds, its construction was a joint venture between Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia and was overseen by Edmund Bacon, director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Many ...
Franklin Court is a complex of museums, structures, and historic sites within Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It is located at the site which American printer, scientist, diplomat, and statesman Benjamin Franklin had his Philadelphia residence from 1763 to his death in 1790.
The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
The properties are distributed across all of Philadelphia's 12 planning districts. East/West Oak Lane, Olney, Upper North and Lower North are included as North Philadelphia. Kensington, Near Northeast and Far Northeast are part of Northeast Philadelphia. Roxborough/Manayunk and Germantown/Chestnut Hill are a part of Northwest Philadelphia.
The Congress continued to meet in the Pennsylvania State House until December 12, 1776, [19] when Congress was forced to evacuate Philadelphia during the British occupation of Philadelphia. During the British occupation of Philadelphia, the Continental Congress met in Baltimore, Maryland from December 20, 1776, to February 27, 1777. The ...
Loews Philadelphia Hotel: 1200 Market St. Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building Carl Mackley Houses: 1401 E. Bristol St. Mount Moriah Cemetery gates: 1801 Cemetery Ave. The Philadelphia Club: 1301–03 Walnut St. Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral: 13–19 S. 38th St. Listed as Church of the Savior Philadelphia Sketch Club: 233–37 S. Camac ...
Charles Willson Peale's Philadelphia Museum founded [11] Dock Street laid out. [8] 1785 – Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture instituted [8] 1786 Labor strike by printers. [15] Philadelphia Dispensary established. [8] 1787 May–September: U.S. Constitutional Convention held [5]
Along with the northern part of Society Hill, Old City is one of Philadelphia's oldest neighborhoods and part of the area where William Penn and the Quakers first settled. It hosted the governments of Pennsylvania and the United States of America for most of the period from 1776–1800, and was North America's most important financial center ...