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Jul 18, 2016 · "Bartram Hall" the Andrew Eastwick House, Philadelphia, PA. 1851 Courtesy: The Library Company of Philadelphia Andrew Eastwick, a locomotive manufacturer, gave Sloan his first commission in 1850 after a return from Russia where he had been making locomotives for the new Russian railroads.
Oct 5, 2017 · What saved Bartram’s Gardens from destruction? A larger and even grander mansion, built with the very proceeds of 19th century industry that gobbled up much of the surrounding riverbanks. Andrew McCalla Eastwick (1806-1879) was a Philadelphia engineer credited with the invention of the steam shovel.
Jan 11, 2013 · 5 Modern Day. 6 Cemetery. 7 Images of Blockley Almshouse. 8 References. Philadelphia Bettering House. With the Friend's Almshouse operating since 1713 the city put off construction of it's own facilities until 1732, and the Philadelphia Almshouse was established.
Aug 2, 2013 · A trove of Modernist art covers the walls of an old mansion in Northwest Philly. Sam Shane (born Sholem Luzar Olshansky) was a Philadelphia based painter who lived from 1900 to 1993. This video highlights the Germantown house where his family preserves and displays dozens of his colorful paintings.
Upsala is a historic mansion in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Considered one of the finest extant examples of Federal architecture, the mansion is a contributing property of the Colonial Germantown Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places [1] and the Philadelphia Register of Historic ...
- Federal
- 1798-1801
- < 1-acre (4,000 m²)
The "Philadelphia School" of architecture, design, and urban planning in the 1950s and 1960s included such well-known designers as Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Louis Kahn, Lewis Mumford, and Edmund Bacon and was focused on a functional approach to architecture, especially in the realm of urbanism. Jane Jacobs' seminal treatise, The ...
Built after the Revolutionary War by the wealthy Madeira wine importer Henry Hill, this stunning four-story square brick house is the only free-standing Federal townhouse remaining in Society Hill. The house was named a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
