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Historic RittenhouseTown, sometimes referred to as ... Colonial Germantown Historic District ... Library Company of Philadelphia and Friends of Historic ...
Settlement in the Germantown area began, at the invitation of William Penn, in 1683 by Nederlanders and Germans under the leadership of Francis Daniel Pastorius fleeing religious persecution. [2] [4] [5] Colonial Germantown was a leader in religious thought, printing, and education. Important dates in Germantown's early history include: [6]
Seal of Germantown (1691) Pictures from Old Germantown: the Pastorius family residences are shown on the upper left (c. 1683) and upper right (c. 1715), the center structure is the house and printing business of the Caurs family (ca. 1735), and the bottom structure is the market place (c. 1820).
Arch Street Friends Meeting House. June 23, 2011 ... A special collections library founded in 1814. ... Colonial Germantown Historic District. June 23, 1965
The Germantown Community Library patio project will include new picnic benches, play houses, musical instrument area and other early literacy items. The Germantown Community Library is expanding ...
Brief Historical Sketches concerning Friends' Meetings of the Past and Present with special reference to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Moorestown, NJ. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher Available at the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College. Futhey, John Smith; Cope, Gilbert (1881).
Irene Blau of Germantown left a legacy of sharing history, restoring historic buildings and sharing Christmas traditions. Irene Blau, who owned Germantown's Sinter Klausen Christmas Markt for 31 ...
Library and Reading Room Association of 23rd Ward (est.1857) [23] Library Association of Friends [2] [3] Library Company of Colored Persons [12] Library Company of Philadelphia (est. 1731), also called the Philadelphia Library [2] [3] [7] Ridgway Branch [14] [24] Library of Foreign Classical Literature and Science [23]