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The town was named Germantown by the group's leader Franz Pastorius, a German preacher from Sommerhausen. The town's population remained largely Dutch-speaking until 1709, after which a number of the Dutch families set out west and a series of major German emigrations reached Germantown and Pennsylvania as a whole. Their initial leader ...
The Free Library of Philadelphia 5818 Germantown Ave. 1907 Now housing the Center in the Park.org. A Carnegie Library; designed by Frank Miles Day & Brother: PA-6752: Germantown Town Hall: 5928–30 Germantown Ave.
One dispute can be summarized in a letter to the editor from the Philadelphia Times Public Ledger in June 1903: "The new bell which now hangs in the steeple of Germantown Hall, was cast by John Wilbank, took the place of the old bell in the new steeple on Sept. 11, 1828" "Our unappreciative Councils of 1828 would not pay Mr. Wilbank his bill ...
The City Hall-County Building, commonly known as City Hall, is a 12-story building in Chicago, Illinois, that houses the seats of government of the City of Chicago and Cook County. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building's west side (City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.) [ 3 ] holds the offices of the mayor , city clerk , and city treasurer ; some city departments ...
Germantown, Philadelphia, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, former borough Colonial Germantown Historic District , in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, listed on the National Register of Historic Places Germantown Township, Pennsylvania , a former unincorporated jurisdiction located mostly in what is now Philadelphia
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 .
The building in the background is the Green Tree Tavern (6023 Germantown Ave.), built in 1743. [3] Wyck in March 1840, from daguerreotype made by Prof. Walter R. Johnson. Image transferred to Lantern Slide c.1913 by John G. Bullock (1854-1939). Original in collection of Library Company of Philadelphia.
Chestnut Hill Baptist Church built 1835 Old Cress Hotel at 8501 Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill. The village of Chestnut Hill was part of the German Township laid out by Francis Daniel Pastorius and came to include the settlements originally known as Sommerhausen and Crefeld, as well as part of Cresheim.