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1. Philadelphia City Hall

   ... building in the world.   The History When William Penn first planned the street grid of Philadelphia in 1682, the land on which ...

   07/27/2018 - 01:50

2. Beginning of American Slavery - This Day in History - August 25, 1619

   ... and wouldn't until it's founding over 50 years later by William Penn. The land that would become Pennsylvania, was then owned by the Swedes and ...

   08/25/2024 - 21:31

3. Letitia Street House

   ... have been built in anticipation for the first arrival of William Penn in the New World. Instead, the story of the Letitia Street House is ...

   08/07/2020 - 11:54

4. Tyler Arboretum

   ... an English Quaker, purchased property in Pennsylvania from William Penn that contained the site now occupied by Tyler Arboretum. Between 1681 and ...

   07/24/2018 - 02:05

5. America's Founding Fathers

   ... X John Blair     X William Blount     X Carter Braxton X   ... William Paterson     X John Penn X     Charles Cotesworth Pinckney   ...

   07/24/2020 - 07:57

6. Elfreth's Alley

   ... continuously inhabited street The History When William Penn founded Philadelphia in 1682, he envisioned a new type of city. Persecuted ...

   06/25/2019 - 08:09

7. Quakerism is Outlawed in Massachusetts - This Day in History - October 20, 1658

   ... Hall Arch Street Friends Meeting House William Penn was Born - This Day in History - October 14th On This Day in ...

   10/27/2021 - 11:02

8. Belmont Mansion & The Underground Railroad Museum

   ... to men associated with the founder of Philadelphia, William Penn . Built in 1745 by William Peters, the English land manager to the Penn ...

   06/30/2020 - 14:33

9. John F. Collins Park

   ... philanthropist Dorothy Haas proposed the park, and the William Penn Foundation funded its construction. Designed principally by John F. ... F. Collins Park, Formerly Chestnut Park In 1978, the William Penn foundation purchased the site, which was once a parking lot, and ...

   01/04/2019 - 01:14

10. Fairmount Park Mansions

    ... history. The property’s first owner was Quaker lawyer William Lewis, who purchased 13 acres of land in 1783 before finishing the ... men associated with the founder of Philadelphia, William Penn . Built in 1745 by William Peters, the English land manager to the Penn ...

    11/16/2020 - 10:02

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