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Upsala is a historic mansion in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.Considered one of the finest extant examples of Federal architecture, the mansion is a contributing property of the Colonial Germantown Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places [1] and the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.
United States Court House and Post Office, Philadelphia, 1930s United States Custom House , Philadelphia, 1934 United States Post Office–Main Branch , Philadelphia, 1931–1935
May 11, 1976 (North Philadelphia Eastern banks of the Schuylkill River: Fairmount Park: First municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822, it operated until 1909.
Grumblethorpe was built as a summer residence in 1744 by Philadelphia merchant and wine importer John Wister, when Germantown was a semi-rural area outside the city of Philadelphia. It eventually became the family's year-round residence when they withdrew from the city during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 .
Construction of the church was completed in 1700. Philadelphia was founded by Quakers and as a result many early buildings were plain and simple, the largest building being the Great Meeting House. [20] The earliest group of row houses in Philadelphia, called Budd's Long Row, date from 1691.
Whoopi Goldberg and “The View” co-hosts came to Travis Kelce’s defense ahead of Super Bowl LIX, where the Kansas City Chiefs tight end will be facing off against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The house stands on one of the highest Native American Mounds (the Lenni Lenape )overlooking Philadelphia and the Delaware River from Germantown. During and after the Battle of Germantown many wounded soldiers were carried to the top of the hill where Loudoun now stands. [5] The house was donated to the City of Philadelphia in 1939. [4]
More than a dozen people were arrested after a large group of looters ransacked stores in downtown Philadelphia Tuesday night, according to officials. The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) said ...