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William Penn is a bronze statue of William Penn, the founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by Alexander Milne Calder. [1] It is located atop the Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was installed in 1894. It was cast in fourteen sections, and took almost two years to finish.
Scottish-born architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, famous for being the architect of the United States Capitol building, designed the Philadelphia system in which an underground brick aqueduct carried drinking water from the Schuylkill River to Centre Square, now the site of Philadelphia City Hall. There, twin steam pumps propelled the water into ...
Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of the City of Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Built in the ornate Second Empire style , City Hall houses the chambers of the Philadelphia City Council and the offices of the Mayor of Philadelphia .
The minimum drinking age in Pennsylvania is 21 years. Minors are prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or consuming alcohol, even if it is furnished by the minor's immediate family. As is often the case in states with similarly restrictive drinking laws, there exists a small exception for religious reasons. [26]
The bronze and granite sculpture features a uniformed George Washington mounted on a horse. Washington and his horse are poised on top of the fountain, facing southeast down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway towards Philadelphia City Hall. The face of the sculpture was made from an impression of the former president made while he was still alive.
Statue of John Christian Bullitt on the North Plaza of Philadelphia City Hall. John Christian Bullitt (February 10, 1824 [1] –1902) was a lawyer and civic figure in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He founded the law firm known today as Faegre, Drinker, Biddle & Reath.
Bucks County drinkers love their red table wine, shelling out more than $27.5 million on the classic in the last year alone. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board reported the spending in its ...
The Tacony Iron Company manufactured the dome of Philadelphia City Hall and the massive statue of William Penn that it supports. In 1894, Frank Shuman , inventor of wire glass and a pioneer in solar power twice featured on the cover of Scientific American built a large inventor's compound on Disston Street and there built the first solar ...