franklinbridgenortMar 22, 20211 minSugar Refinery Apartments, 225 Church St.The Sugar Refinery was built in 1792 by Joshua Cresson and John Bartholomew on undeveloped land near Christ Church. The "Sugar House," as...
franklinbridgenortMar 22, 20212 minMother Jones in PhiladelphiaAfter her husband and four children died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1867, Mary Harris Jones (1837 - 1930) lost her dress shop to the...
franklinbridgenortMar 22, 20212 minOld City Arts (1975 - 1980)Old City in 1975 was a very different place than it is today. The neighborhood was a declining manufacturing district made up of 19th...
franklinbridgenortMar 15, 20212 minFloating Church of the Redeemer & The Seamen’s Church InstituteIn November, 1847, three members of Philadelphia’s Christ Church founded a Missionary Association for seamen and decided to erect a free...