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