From the collection in Independence Hall
Painted by B. T. Welch
Library, organized 1820 in Carpenters’ Hall, for many years only free library in Philadelphia, occupied the building after 1850. Later used by the Grand Lodge of Masons.
515 Cherry Street, residence of Bass Otis in 1819, who made the first American lithograph.
528 Arch Street, site, Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, first in Philadelphia, founded 1852; now absorbed by the University of Pennsylvania.
627 Arch Street, site, Woman’s Medical College, first in America to graduate women physicians, founded 1850.
Southeast corner of Seventh and Arch Streets, residence of David Rittenhouse in 1770.
Northwest corner of Seventh and Arch Streets, Fort Rittenhouse; residence of David Rittenhouse, 1787; treasurer of Pennsylvania.
117 North Seventh Street, site, Mikveh Israel Synagogue, built in 1747. Removed to Broad and York Streets.