Fig 9b. 1851 Start of the Great Fire
Location of the start of the Great Fire of 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fmr: 39 North Water Street Now: 237 North Water Street (an apartment complex)
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Fig 19a, b, & c - Odd Fellow and Mt. Vernon Cemeteries
Fig 19a.: Former location of the Odd Fellows Cemetery (1849 - 1951). The site was purchased by the Philadelphia Housing Authority in 1951. Those buried there were moved to other Odd Fellows cemeteries in the area. In 2016, during utility construction in the school yard, caskets were discovered. They were left in place and a large slab of concrete was poured. Was located between streets bordered by: 22 nd through 25 th St., Edgley St., and W. Norris St. Additional information: The Cemetery Traveler by Ed Snyder, The Odd End to Philadelphia's Odd Fellows Cemetery 4-28-20216, http://thecemeterytraveler.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-odd-end-to-philadelphias-odd.html Fig 19b.: The former entry gate of the Odd Fellows Cemetery Fig 19c.: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Established in 1856, Abandoned since 1968, 3499 W. Lehigh Ave. As of July 2024, the property was put on sale for $1 million dollars. Maps: (c) OpenStreetMap Contributors
Fig. 4, 6,10, 21, & 22 - Blockley Alsmhouse Images
Fig 4. Drawing of the 1751 plat of the Blockley Township Fig 6. Drawing of the Blockley Almshouse Complex on the Schuylkill River Fig 10/20. 1. The Blockley Almshouse Complex, superimposed on a modern map. 2 & 3. Were the cemeteries Fig 21. Historic Plat Drawing of the Almshouse Fig 22. A Drawing of the Blockley Almshouse
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IMAGES William Penn Portrait, William Penn (age 22), 1666 . Oil on canvas Eighteenth-century copy of a seventeenth-century portrait, possibly by Sir Peter Lely. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, public domain, //www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01-2.html#obj026 Society Hill known as the Dock Ward (1705), City of Philadelphia – City Political Subdivisions 1705-1854. City of Philadelphia. Retrieved on January 2, 2017, Original Division into 10 Wards, showing wards from 1705-1785, 2 February 1705, Public Domain "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WN-MW6H: 6 February 2020), Bernhard Herriges, 1811. "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WN-MW6F: 6 February 2020), Barbara Miller in entry for Bernhard Herriges, 1811. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearc...
