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A 1752 map of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of ...
1682 – Philadelphia founded as capital of the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania by William Penn; 1689 – William Penn Charter School founded; 1691 – Appointment of first mayor, Humphrey Morrey, by Penn; 18th century. 1700 – Swedish Lutheran Gloria Dei Church consecrated. 1710 – Town Hall built. 1711 – Trinity Church built
Treaty of Shackamaxon. Coordinates: 39.966°N 75.129°W. Penn's Treaty with the Indians by Benjamin West, painted 1771/2. The Treaty of Shackamaxon, also called the Great Treaty and Penn's Treaty, was a treaty between William Penn and Tamanend of the Lenape signed in 1682. [1] Tamanend and Penn gifted each other and the people they represented ...
In 1974 Traub established his own office in Philadelphia. His firm, David S. Traub Associates, Architects, Planners and Interior Designers, has performed a variety of projects in the residential, commercial, and institutional fields. [2] He has designed for the City of Philadelphia, including projects for The Philadelphia Department of Parks ...
Penn's Landing. Penn's Landing is a waterfront area of Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, situated along the Delaware River. Its name commemorates the landing of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, in 1682. The actual landing site is farther south, in Chester.
History of Pennsylvania. The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied ...
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. They settled the state of Pennsylvania.
Culture of Philadelphia. The Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The culture of Philadelphia goes back to 1682 when Philadelphia was established by William Penn, founder of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia emerged quickly as the largest and most influential city in the Thirteen Colonies.