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Daylesford Abbey, near Philadelphia. The Abbey is situated on 88 acres (0.36 km 2) in Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, a few miles from the Philadelphia Main Line's Paoli Platform, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Norbertines combine a monastic-style life in community with the active ministry of ordained priests.
"The Monastery on the Wissahickon, 1874" at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1898 photograph at the Free Library of Philadelphia Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-183, " Monastery, Kitchen's Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA ", 2 photos, 23 measured drawings, 1 photo caption page
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church 412 Pine Street Olivet Covenant Presbyterian Church 608 North 22nd Street Overbrook Presbyterian Church: 6376 City Avenue Renewal Presbyterian Church: 4633 Cedar Avenue Summit Presbyterian Church: 6757 Greene Street Tabernacle United Church: 3700 Chestnut Street HABS PA-1099: Tenth Presbyterian Church: 1700 ...
Old City is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, near the Delaware River waterfront. It is home to Independence National Historical Park , a dense section of historic landmarks including Independence Hall , the Liberty Bell , the First Bank of the United States , the Second Bank of the United States , and ...
Philadelphia, Old City: 1720–1830 Houses Claimed to be the nation's oldest residential street; two rows of Federal and Georgian brick houses built between 1720 and 1830, with a total of 32 extant houses [8] Wyck House: Philadelphia, Germantown: c. 1700–20, later additions House Stenton: Philadelphia, Germantown: 1723 House
The Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). [1] Its territory includes parishes, monasteries, and missions located in two states in the United States – Delaware and Pennsylvania. The diocesan chancery is located in South Canaan Township, Pennsylvania.
Old Philadelphians, also called Proper Philadelphians [1] or Perennial Philadelphians, [2] are the First Families of Philadelphia, that class of Pennsylvanians who claim hereditary and cultural descent mainly from England, also from Ulster, Wales and even Germany, and who founded the city of Philadelphia.
A member of the American-Cassinese Congregation, it is the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The shrine is dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul. Pope Pius XII raised the monastery church to the status of a Minor basilica via his decree Quasi fons lucis on 25 August 1955.