The Book of Philadelphia
By Robert Shackleton
©1918
The Penn Publishing Company
Philadelphia
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TO
HAMPTON L.
CARSON
A PHILADELPHIAN
THE SIGNING PLACE OF THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
|
Chapter |
|
Page |
|
I |
1 |
|
|
II |
14 |
|
|
III |
32 |
|
|
IV |
40 |
|
|
V |
62 |
|
|
VI |
81 |
|
|
VII |
93 |
|
|
VIII |
111 |
|
|
IX |
128 |
|
|
X |
150 |
|
|
XI |
163 |
|
|
XII |
179 |
|
|
XIII |
201 |
|
|
XIV |
218 |
|
|
XV |
230 |
|
|
XVI |
A College Town Within The
City |
260 |
|
XVIII |
Some Distinguishing Traits |
272 |
|
XIX |
288 |
|
|
XX |
Out The Old York Road |
305 |
|
XXI |
The Wayne Line |
321 |
|
XXII |
The Three B’s of the
Riverside |
332 |
|
XXIII |
Romance in Towns to the
Southward |
344 |
|
XXIV |
Valley Forge |
354 |
|
XXV |
As Far as York and
Lancaster |
366 |
|
XXVI |
Some Benefactions, Old and
New |
376 |
|
XXVII |
South of Market Street |
386 |
|
XXVIII |
Feudal City |
397 |
|
|
407 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
|
|
|
PAGE |
|
The Hall
of the Declaration |
|
Frontispiece |
|
At Broad
and Chestnuts Streets |
(heading) |
1 |
|
Franklin’s
Stature |
(initial) |
1 |
|
The Broad
Street Vista |
(facing) |
12 |
|
Three
Arches in Supreme Court Room |
(tailpiece) |
13 |
|
A Bit of
St. Peter’s |
(initial) |
14 |
|
Aristocratic
St. Peter’s |
(facing) |
22 |
|
Christ
Church |
(tailpiece) |
31 |
|
St.
Joseph’s Tower |
(initial) |
32 |
|
William
Penn’s Chair |
(tailpiece) |
40 |
|
Franklin’s
Electrical Apparatus |
(initial) |
41 |
|
Franklin’s
Grave |
(tailpiece) |
61 |
|
The Syng
Silver |
(initial) |
62 |
|
The Old
State House |
(facing) |
64 |
|
The Court
Room in the Old State House |
(facing) |
72 |
|
The
Finest Stairs in America |
(tailpiece) |
80 |
|
Carpenters’
Hall |
(initial) |
81 |
|
The
Custom House |
(tailpiece) |
92 |
|
The Penn
Treaty Monument |
(initial) |
93 |
|
The Old
Meeting House on Arch Street |
(facing) |
96 |
|
A
Peaceful Quaker Courtyard |
(tailpiece) |
110 |
|
An Iron
Railing |
(initial) |
111 |
|
One of
the Ancient Alleys |
(tailpiece) |
127 |
|
The
Palladian Window: State House |
(initial) |
128 |
|
Residential
Rittenhouse Square |
(facing) |
140 |
|
Old
Mansions on Rittenhouse Square |
(tailpiece) |
149 |
|
Doorway:
Philadelphia Contributionship |
(initial) |
150 |
|
The Old
Stock Exchange |
(facing) |
156 |
|
The
Ancient Black Horse Inn |
(facing) |
160 |
|
Fire
Signs |
(tailpiece) |
162 |
|
Academy
of the Fine Arts |
(initial) |
163 |
|
School of
Industrial Arts |
(tailpiece) |
178 |
|
Franklin’s
Sword |
(initial) |
179 |
|
The
Academy of Music |
(tailpiece) |
200 |
|
Gateway
of The Acorn Club |
(initial) |
201 |
|
The
Street of Little Clubs |
(facing) |
208 |
|
The
Franklin Inn |
(facing) |
214 |
|
The
Philadelphia Club |
(tailpiece) |
217 |
|
The
Franklin Institute |
(initial) |
218 |
|
Andalusia |
(facing) |
220 |
|
The
Classic Portico of the Old Girard Bank |
(facing) |
228 |
|
Girard
College |
(tailpiece) |
229 |
|
Memorial
Hall |
(initial) |
230 |
|
The
Classic Temples of the Old Water Works |
(facing) |
240 |
|
On the
Parkway |
(tailpiece) |
245 |
|
The
Letitia House |
(initial) |
246 |
|
The Home
of Benedict Arnold |
(facing) |
254 |
|
Arch over
the Wissahickon |
(tailpiece) |
259 |
|
Archway
into Quadrangle |
(initial) |
260 |
|
The
Memorial Tower |
(tailpiece) |
271 |
|
Fountain
in Rittenhouse Square |
(initial) |
272 |
|
The
Unites States Mint |
(tailpiece) |
287 |
|
Washington’s
Garden |
(initial) |
288 |
|
Stenton:
An Honored Mansion |
(facing) |
292 |
|
The Chew
House: Germantown |
(facing) |
302 |
|
An Old
Doorway |
(initial) |
305 |
|
Paneling
at Graeme Park |
(tailpiece) |
320 |
|
The John
Bartram House |
(initial) |
321 |
|
St.
David’s: The Burial Place of An- thony Wayne |
(facing) |
328 |
|
On the
Schuylkill |
(tailpiece) |
331 |
|
Garden
House, Bonaparte Park: Bor- dentown |
(initial) |
332 |
|
Gateway
to Bonaparte Park |
(tailpiece) |
343 |
|
Naaman’s-on-the-Deleware |
(initial) |
344 |
|
Doorway
of Newcastle Church |
(tailpiece) |
353 |
|
Washington
Memorial: Valley Forge |
(initial) |
354 |
|
Washington’s
Headquarters |
(tailpiece) |
365 |
|
A
Bethlehem Belfry |
(initial) |
366 |
|
Mennonite
Street Market: Lancaster |
(tailpiece) |
375 |
|
Drexel
Institute |
(initial) |
376 |
|
The
Stately Old Pennsylvania Hospital |
(facing) |
378 |
|
The
Ridgway Library |
(tailpiece) |
385 |
|
An Old
Foot-scraper |
(initial) |
386 |
|
The Quiet
Living of Philadelphia |
(facing) |
390 |
|
Steps of
the Nicholas Biddle House |
(tailpiece) |
396 |
|
Barye’s
Bronze Lion |
(initial) |
397 |
|
Interior
Doorway in State House |
(tailpiece) |
403 |
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