444 N 4th St was constructed in the early 1900’s (1st photo) for the ACME Tea Company, which merged with four small Philadelphia grocery...

Ralph E. White’s 5- story, Flemish bond brick, Colonial Revival building at 244-248 N. 3rd Street was built around 1915 for Cover &...

The Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch St is purported to be the site where the seamstress and flag-maker Betsy Ross (1752-1836) lived when she...

Designed by William Strickland, one of the most prominent American architects of the early nineteenth century, the Mechanics’ Bank at 22...

Between 321 and 323 Arch is Loxley Court. Through the iron gates can be seen beautifully restored houses, a private and quiet corner in...

408 - 414 Vine was built by Peter Tomson, who was an importer of spices and later manufactured soaps and other products. The building...

306 New St was built around 1875 for Henry Tilge & Co., a manufacturer and importer of hatter's goods. The company moved from smaller...

1855 lithograph (1st image) showing a North Third Street block of businesses (37-43) (todays numbers are 41 - 49) above Market Street. ...

The Pennsylvania Assembly had the Pennsylvania State House Bell made in 1751 to mark the 50-year anniversary of William Penn's 1701...

Willow St winds it's way just north of Callowhill St from 9th to 2nd St., where it ends, having been cut off from Delaware Avenue by I-95....

The best example of the Early Twentieth Century Commercial style in Old City is the five-story, 5-bay, brick building at 229-235 Arch...

First National Bank was chartered in 1863. It was the first national bank created under the Civil War banking reforms that began to...

At the southwest corner of 3rd and Arch St. is a (partially fenced) area that was the site of a now-gone building. On October 13, 1856, a...

Ever drive, walk or bike south on 4th St. and notice how, between Wood St. and Vine St., the road widens on the right and then gradually...

The Free Quaker Meeting House was built in 1783, the last year of the Revolution. "The Fighting Quakers," or the Free Quakers as they are...

Philadelphia's Joseph Horn (1861–1941) and German-born, New Orleans-raised Frank Hardart (1850–1918) opened their first restaurant...

The Penn’s View Hotel, at 14 N Front Street on the south side of Church Street, was built as a shipping warehouse in 1828. 14 N Front is...

Center City is the 2nd most populous downtown area in the United States, yet anyone who lives in Philadelphia knows it’s not officially...

Built in 1851-1853 by dry goods merchants Bunn, Raiguel & Company – importers of silks and other dress items – 135-137 N. 3rd Street is a...

The historic practice of isolating the diseased dates back to ancient times. Venetians established the first institutionalized system of...