WebThe Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War.It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, between the British Army led by Sir William Howe, and the American Continental Army under George Washington.. After defeating the Continental Army at the …

WebNorth Philadelphia, nicknamed North Philly, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It is immediately north of Center City.Though the full extent of the region is somewhat vague, "North Philadelphia" is regarded as everything north of either Vine Street or Spring Garden Street, between Northwest Philadelphia and Northeast Philadelphia.It is bordered to the …

WebMount Airy is bounded on the northwest by the Cresheim Valley, which is part of Fairmount Park.Beyond this lies Chestnut Hill.On the west side is the Wissahickon Gorge, which is also part of Fairmount Park, beyond which lies Roxborough and Manayunk. Germantown borders the southeast of Mount Airy, and Stenton Avenue marks the northeast border. …

WebThe 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. It served as a gateway between Philadelphia and the nearby farmlands. During the American Revolutionary War era (late 18th century), the …

WebFiladélfia (em inglês: Philadelphia) é a cidade mais populosa do estado norte-americano da Pensilvânia, sendo a única cidade do condado homônimo e, portanto, sua sede. É apelidada Philly e City of Brotherly Love (Cidade do Amor Fraternal), por conta da etimologia de seu nome: a palavra "Filadélfia" vem do grego Φιλαδέλφεια (pronunciado …

WebThe Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. The museum administers collections containing over 240,000 objects …

WebApril 27, 1992 (Northwest Philadelphia 206–210 Lincoln Drive: Fairmount Park: Site of British North America's first paper mill. The mill was built in Germantown by William Rittenhouse and his son Nicholas in 1690. Six of the …

WebHistory. Philadelphia, especially its Germantown section, was a center of the 19th-century American movement to abolish slavery, and the Johnson House was one of the key sites of that movement.Between 1770 and 1908, the house was the residence of five generations of the Johnson family. The third generation was active in the Underground Railroad during …

WebThe Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic building in Philadelphia.Located at 1 North Broad Street, directly across from Philadelphia City Hall, it serves as the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons.The Temple features the Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania, and receives thousands of visitors every …

WebSouthwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The section can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the SEPTA.The northern border is defined by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission as east from the city line along Baltimore …