Posted by admin on April 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Last Vestige of Old World Spring Garden Street
Church of the Assumption, Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cornerstone Laid: May 21, 1848
Consecrated: 1849
Once a truly vibrant and dense residential section of the city, the above views of Spring Garden Street east of 12th Street, looking northeast, illustrate a context of buildings that has largely vanished. There is but one [...]
Category Architectural History, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Public Architecture · Tags Callowhill Neighborhood Association, Church of the Assumption Philadelphia, Gothic Revival Architecture, Historic Preservation, Market Buildings Philadelphia, north philadelphia, north philadelphia history, Old World Philadelphia, Philadelphia Architecture, Philadelphia History, Spring Garden Market Building, Spring Garden Street
The Bush Hill Iron Works of James Moore, 1600 Block of Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Posted by admin on March 24, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Bush Hill Iron Works
James Moore, Proprietor
1600 Block of Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, Penna.
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Spring Garden Street in Mint Condition, Site of the U.S. Mint, SW Corner Spring Garden and 17th Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Posted by admin on March 24, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Spring Garden Street in Mint Condition
Site of the U.S. Mint
SW Corner Spring Garden and 17th Street
Philadelphia, Penna.
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Philadelphia Formerly: One Hell Of A Night Club
Posted by admin on February 6, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Philadelphia Formerly: One Hell Of A Night Club
Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Penna
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Philadelphia, Public Architecture · Tags Bank Building, Girard Avenue, Historic Preservation, Kensington HIstory Kensington Philadelphia, Northern Liberties Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Architecture, Philadelphia History, Philadelphia Penna
Posted by admin on January 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Most Flaming Addition In Philadelphia
Gambrel Roof, 276 South Philip Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
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James E. Mitchell Had An Axe To Grind In York Avenue, 300 York Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on November 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
James E. Mitchell Had An Axe To Grind In York Avenue
Mitchell’s Grind Stone Yard and Stone Saw Mill
300 York Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
If you had an axe to grind! Or needed a grind stone in old Philadelphia, James E. Mitchell’s Grind Stone Yard and Stone Saw Mill, in the 300 block of York Avenue, was the [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Historical Humanity, Industrial Architecture, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Techologies in Buildings and Structures · Tags Architectural History, Grind Stone, Grind Stone Manufacturing, Grind Stones Philadelphia, Grindstones, Historic Preservation, JE Mitchell, Mitchell Grind Stone, Philadelphia Industrial Architecture, Vine Street Expressway, York Avenue Philadelphia
The Mellons and The Quaker City National Bank Were Once Neighbors in Philadelphia, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on November 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Mellons and The Quaker City National Bank Were Neighbors in Philadelphia
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Too Beauitful was the Rear of the Dwelling, the Lost World of North Philadelphia, 1328 North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Posted by admin on October 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Too Beauitful was the Rear of the Dwelling, the Lost World of North Philadelphia, 1328 North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
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Parlor Funeral in the Thomas S. Dunning House, 1328 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on October 9, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Parlor Funeral in the Thomas S. Dunning House, 1328 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Chestnut Hill Mansion of Sophie Du Pont Ford, Summit Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on September 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Chestnut Hill Mansion of Sophie Du Pont Ford, Summit Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prior to living at Wyncliffe at Germantown and Bell’s Mill, Sophie Du Pont Ford, the wife of Bruce Ford, lived at No. 25 East Summit Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in the ever-prominent Chestnut Hill neighborhood, the house shown above became home to the [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Greek Revival, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Italianate, Most Recent, Philadelphia, Residential Architecture · Tags Chestnut Hill Philadelphia, Dupont Family, Greek Revival Architecture, Italianate Architecture, Sophie Du Pont Ford, Summit Street Chestnut Hill