Topics Philadelphia before 1800

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, May 30, 1796

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, 1796

Color image of a grassy field with trees and buildings surrounding it and white lines drawn on the grass mimicking the path of a creek.

Drawing Dock Creek

Centre Square Water Works, Drawings of Intake Basin

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, portrait by Filippo Costaggini, 1880

Centre Square Water Works, Latrobe Plans, 1799

The Centre Square Works, 1801

Second Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street, Philadelphia

Hudson’s Square – A Place Through Time, Archeological Data Recovery on Block 2 of Independence Mall

Dock Creek and Blue Anchor Inn

Penn Landing at Blue Anchor, from Watson’s Annals