Old Philadelphia houses on Society Hill, 1750-1840

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Old Philadelphia Houses On Society Hill 1750 -- 1840; CONTENTS; Foreword and Acknowledgments; Notes on the Design and Architectural Detail of Philadelphia Row Houses; THE BARCLAY HOUSE; BELL'S COURT; THE BOUVIER HOUSES; THE BRACKEN HOUSE; THE CARSON HOUSES; THE DILWORTH HOUSE; THE DRINKER HOUSE and DRINKER'S COURT; THE HEAD HOUSE and OLD MARKET; THE HILL-PHYSICK-KEITH HOUSE; THE INGERSOLL HOUSE; THE LATTA HOUSE; THE LITTLE HOUSE; THE MAN FULL OF TROUBLE INN and THE PASCHALL HOUSE; THE MEREDITH HOUSE; THE MORRIS HOUSE; THE MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY; THE OLD PINE STREET CHURCH.;The pennsylvania hospitalthe philadelphia contributionship; portico row; the powel house; st. joseph's, willing's alley; st. paul's church; st. peter's church; the trump house; the watts house; the wister house; firemarks; index.;Officially known as Washington Square Park, Philadelphia's Society Hill district contains an impressive number of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century houses. This book presents, in text and pictures, the stories of its outstanding Colonial and Early American mansions and dwellings and simple row houses; its churches and other exceptional historic buildings. Included are chapters devoted to such famous places as Bell's Court, the Drinker House and Drinker's Court, the Head House and Old Market, and many others, all complemented by photos.