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The 1798 Bank of Pennsylvania heist was the robbery of $162,821 (over $2.9 million today) on the night between August 31 and September 1, 1798 from the Bank of Pennsylvania at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Isaac Davis and Thomas Cunningham. [1] It is notable as the first major bank robbery in the United States.
Patrick Lyon (c. 1769, Edinburgh, Scotland – April 15, 1829, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a Scottish-born American blacksmith, mechanic and inventor. After being falsely accused and imprisoned for a 1798 bank robbery, he became a working class hero. [1] A self-made businessman, he was among the foremost American makers of hand-pumped fire ...
Carpenters Hall was the site of the 1798 Bank of Pennsylvania heist. [11] [12] The federal Custom House in Philadelphia was located at Carpenters' Hall between 1802 and 1819, except for a brief interruption between January and April, 1811. [13] In 1970, Carpenters' Hall was declared a National Historic Landmark. [14]
Bank of Pennsylvania building designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.Engraving by William Birch. Civil War memorial Adrian Michigan. In 1793, the Bank of Pennsylvania was established with a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and branches were opened in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Reading, and Easton. [2]
1797–1798 [3] Gamble Hill (Col. John Harvie's home) Richmond 1798 [4] Bank of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia: 1798–1801 First major Greek Revival building in the United States. Sedgeley: Philadelphia 1799–1802 Built for William Cramond on the Schuylkill River, but the mansion fell into disrepair after 1836 when it was subdivided.
Marcus Whiffen states that the "first building in the United States to incorporate a Greek order was the Bank of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1798". [1] Talbot Hamlin says that "The period called 'Greek Revival,' extend[s] roughly from 1820 to 1860." [2] The Millford Plantation, South Carolina, ca. 1840
Notable non-residential buildings include the Stiegel/Arntz Building (1865-1875), Kready's Store, Manheim Railroad Station (1881), Manheim National Bank (1924), Keystone National Bank (1925), Eisenlohr Cigar Factory, Fuller Factory, Bond Caster and Wheel Corporation, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (1891), and Hope Hose Company Firehouse (1904).
The Hanover Historic District is a national historic district located in Hanover in York County, Pennsylvania.Bordered roughly by Elm Avenue, Broadway, Eisenhower Drive, Hollywood Avenue, and the borough's boundary line, this district encompasses 2,632 contributing buildings, four contributing sites, three contributing structures, and one contributing object (The Picket) in the central ...