Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of a house once occupied by George Washington and before that by King William IV of England when he was a boy. The house is in Germantown, a area of northwest Philadelphia. This photograph was taken by Frederick De Bourgh Richards in 1859. Richards photographed many different locations in Philadelphia, and was especially interested in Germantown. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see other photographs by Richards click here. To get back to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the Philadelphia Library, which was on the corner of 5th Street and Library Street, between Chestnut and Walnut St. The original building, which you see here in a photograph by Frederick de Bourgh Richards, was finished in 1860. It was demolished in 1880, but a replica was built in the 20th Century, to be occupied by the American Philosophical Society. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see other photographs by Richards click here. To get back to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the house of William Penn. Penn founded the city of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania in the 1690's. This house stood on Second St. This photograph was taken by Frederick De Bourgh Richards in August, 1854. Richards photographed many different places in Philadelphia. His pictures are important to us today, because many, such as this one, show buildings which are no longer standing. Without pictures like this we wouldn't know what these places looked like. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see other photographs by Richards click here. To get back to the last, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the first mint in the United States which was located on Juniper St. between 13th and Broad Sts.. A mint is a place that makes money and coins to be used by the country's population. This mint began operating in 1792 as a part of the new independence of the United States after the war with Great Britain. The US Mint is now located between 4th and 5th Sts.. This picture was made by John Caspar Wild as a part of a series of images he published in 1838 called Views of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more views by Wild, click here. To return to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the Fairmount Water Works. These water works are located in Fairmount Park, on the east (right on the map) bank of the Schuykill River. They are right behind the present location of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which you will see later. The water works, built in the early 1800's, supplied running water to the city. This image is a hand-colored engraving. It is made like other engravings, but after the ink has been gathered off the metal plate onto the paper., the artist uses ink, paint or water-color to color the picture. This image can be found at the American Philosophical Society. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more pictures like this one from the American Philosophical Society, click here. To return to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the Pennsylvania Hospital which was located on Pine St. at 8th Street and it was founded in 1755. This image is a hand-colored engraving by William Strickland, who was both an artist and and architect. Strickland did a number of pictures of various places in Philadelphia. Many picture of Philadelphia, like this one, may be found at the American Philosophical Society. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more images from the American Philosophical Society, click here. To return to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This image is an engraving of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as it appeared in the 1800's. It was made by the artist Cephas Grier Childs in 1828 as a part of a series of pictures of Philadelphia he did called Views in Philadelphia and its Environs, from original Drawings taken in 1827-30. (They sure had long names for books back then didn't they ?!)The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts was founded to assist in the training of artist by Charles Wilson Peale. this building was designed by the Philadelphia architect John Dorsey. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more images from Childs' book click here. To get back to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the University of Pennsylvania as it appeared in the 1800's. It was made by the artist Cephas Grier Childs between 1827 and 1830 as a part of a series of pictures of Philadelphia he did called Views in Philadelphia and its Environs, from original Drawings taken in 1827-30. (They sure had long names for books back then didn't they ?!) This building was first occupied by the university in 1800. The building was originally intended as a house for the Second President of the United States, John Adams, but Adams refused to live there, so the University bought it. The University has since moved to the west of this location (9th and Market Sts..), and occupies many buildings from around 32nd St. to 40th St. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more images from Childs' book click here. To get back to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the Merchants' Exchange Building which was built in 1834 and designed by the artist and architect William Strickland. The building was meant to function as a center from the growing business activity of Philadelphia in the early 1800's. This picture was made by John Caspar Wild as a part of a series of images he published in 1838 called Views of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity. To see a larger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more views by Wild, click here. To return to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is a picture of the Old Lutheran Church which stood at the corner of 5th and Cherry Sts. This engraving is one of a series of twenty-eight done by William Birch and his son Thomas from 1798-1800, called The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America: as it appeared in the Year 1800 consisting of Twenty Eight Plates. Birch was one of the most important of a number of artists who made images of the city of Philadelphia at around this time, as it grew into a major city. To see a bigger version of this picture, please, click on the image or here. To see more images by Birch, click here. To return to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the Alms House which stood on Spruce St. at 10th Street. An almshouse is a place where care and money are give to the poor and homeless of a city. This building was opened in October 1767 to replace the earlier almshouse which had become overcrowded. This engraving is one of a series of twenty-eight done by William Birch and his son Thomas from 1798-1800, called The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, North America: as it appeared in the Year 1800 consisting of Twenty Eight Plates. Birch was one of the most important of a number of artists who made images of the city of Philadelphia at around this time, as it grew into a major city. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more images by Birch, click here. To return to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is a photograph of a school house taken by Frederick De Bourgh Richards. Does this look like where you go to school? This school house was located on Juniper St., which is between Broad and 13th Sts. This photograph was taken by Frederick De Bourgh Richards in January 1854. Richards photographed many different places in Philadelphia. His pictures are important to us today, because many, such as this one, show buildings which are no longer standing. Without pictures like this we wouldn't know what these places looked like. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see other photographs by Richards click here. To get back to the last page, please click here.

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Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is a picture of Carpenter's Hall which is located on 4th Street between Chestnut and Walnut Sts., taken by Robert Newell in the last half of the 1800's. Carpenter's Hall was built between 1770 and 1774 by the Carpenter's Company of the City and Count of Philadelphia. Founded in 1724 by the master builders of Philadelphia, the Carpenter's Company is the oldest surviving trade organization in the United States. It was also here the the first Continental Congress met in 1774. Still operated by this organization, and unlike many of the buildings you have seen on your tour of Philadelphia, Carpenter's Hall remains standing and can be seen today. To see a larger verion of this picture, please click on the image or click here. To see more images by Newell from this period, including different views of Carpenter's Hall, click here.