Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. THE INDEPENDENCE HALL GROUP 7
5. PHILOSOPHICAL HALL 43
6. THE OLDEST BANK BUILDING IN THE UNITED STATES 70
7. THE SECOND BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 80
8. THE PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE: WILLIAM STRICKLAND, ARCHITECT 86
9. CARPENTERS' HALL 96
10. LIBRARY HALL: HOME OF THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA 1790-1880 129
11. FRANKLIN'S HOME 148
12. 190, HIGH STREET (Market Street below Sixth) 161
13. THE CHARITY SCHOOL, THE ACADEMY, AND THE COLLEGE 179
14. CHRIST CHURCH, ST. PETER'S, AND ST. PAUL'S 187
15. ST. JOSEPH'S AND ST. MARY'S CHURCHES 199
16. QUAKER LANDMARKS IN EARLY PHILADELPHIA 210
17. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES OF OLD PHILADELPHIA 217
18. ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH The Cradle of American Methodism 230
19. THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL 237
20. PHILADELPHIA'S EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 247
21. PEALE'S MUSEUM 253
22. THE ATHENAEUM 260
23. THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA 266
24. THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA 275
25. HOUSES AND EARLY LIFE IN PHILADELPHIA 280
26. TWO CENTURIES OF PHILADELPHIA ARCHITECTURE 1700-1900 289
27. MARKET HOUSES IN HIGH STREET 304
28. THE THEATRE AND THE DRAMA IN OLD PHILADELPHIA 313
29. THE TAVERNS OF COLONIAL PHILADELPHIA 318
30. PHILADELPHIA PRISONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 326
31. CORRECTIONS ON THE MAP 331