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Incorporating numerous articles on myriad Old Philadelphia institutions and landmarks, this valuable compendium provides a wealth of information on one of the most important cities in American history. Complete with historic illustrations and map references to locations of present and past buildings, this publication illuminates some of the nation’s most iconic and historic buildings. Spanning centuries of analysis, this hard-to-find publication is crucial to understanding the historic and cultural contexts of American architecture and is sure to engage scholars, general readers, and residents and visitors of Philadelphia alike.
Price: $90.00
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Imprint: The American Philosophical Society Press
Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Publication Date:
01 January 1953
ISBN: 9798893983968
Format: eBook
BISACs:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
"In short, here is a panorama of colonial and early national Philadelphia, the cultural capital of the North American colonies and states, and for considerable periods the political capital as well. The Philosophical Society, the National Park Service, and the individual authors all deserve thanks for this very substantial contribution to ‘useful knowledge.’"
— L.H. Butterfield
"In short, Historic Philadelphia is a pot pourri indispensable for the study of Philadelphia’s early architectural heritage. "
— William H. Jordy
"The result is a valuable compendium of data about the historic buildings and institutions of Philadelphia. The educated visitor will find it much more interesting and informative than any guide book. For the serious student it provides a wealth of information concerning the setting of many important events of early American history."
— William Wilson Manross
"As its subtitle reveals, Historic Philadelphia is a book about both people and buildings. … [E]very thoughtful reader of this work … will surely conclude that this symposium is a useful—even a noteworthy—contribution to our cultural history. … The illustrations alone should make it a prized possession. … [E]very person who likes well-made books, who is interested in the history of the city that was for at least a generation the cultural capital of the English colonies in America, and who has at least a normal interest in the early years of our national history will wish to keep a copy of this volume within easy reach of his easy chair."
— J. Orin Oliphant
"Continuing its tradition of promoting useful knowledge, the American Philosophical Society has published in Historic Philadelphia a compendium of ready information on the first city of eighteenth-century America. … The range of these articles in actuality provides a social and cultural panorama of Philadelphia. … Names familiar in Philadelphia and American history … add personality to the various civic ventures which the buildings represent. … Lavishly illustrated, Historic Philadelphia should prove a most useful reference work to all who wish to learn, or to refresh their knowledge, of Philadelphia and its institutions."
"The articles or projects which make up this volume cover practically every phase of public human life. … Its value lies in its compilation into one readable volume of an accurate history of those buildings in Philadelphia which many historians are convinced should be preserved, or restored, as national shrines. Through this work many others will undoubtedly be led to the same conviction."
— Cletus S. Benjamin
— L.H. Butterfield
"In short, Historic Philadelphia is a pot pourri indispensable for the study of Philadelphia’s early architectural heritage. "
— William H. Jordy
"The result is a valuable compendium of data about the historic buildings and institutions of Philadelphia. The educated visitor will find it much more interesting and informative than any guide book. For the serious student it provides a wealth of information concerning the setting of many important events of early American history."
— William Wilson Manross
"As its subtitle reveals, Historic Philadelphia is a book about both people and buildings. … [E]very thoughtful reader of this work … will surely conclude that this symposium is a useful—even a noteworthy—contribution to our cultural history. … The illustrations alone should make it a prized possession. … [E]very person who likes well-made books, who is interested in the history of the city that was for at least a generation the cultural capital of the English colonies in America, and who has at least a normal interest in the early years of our national history will wish to keep a copy of this volume within easy reach of his easy chair."
— J. Orin Oliphant
"Continuing its tradition of promoting useful knowledge, the American Philosophical Society has published in Historic Philadelphia a compendium of ready information on the first city of eighteenth-century America. … The range of these articles in actuality provides a social and cultural panorama of Philadelphia. … Names familiar in Philadelphia and American history … add personality to the various civic ventures which the buildings represent. … Lavishly illustrated, Historic Philadelphia should prove a most useful reference work to all who wish to learn, or to refresh their knowledge, of Philadelphia and its institutions."
"The articles or projects which make up this volume cover practically every phase of public human life. … Its value lies in its compilation into one readable volume of an accurate history of those buildings in Philadelphia which many historians are convinced should be preserved, or restored, as national shrines. Through this work many others will undoubtedly be led to the same conviction."
— Cletus S. Benjamin
Luther P. Eisenhart (1876—1965) was a professor and leading mathematician who served as President of the American Mathematical Society from 1931 to 1932 and as Dean of Princeton University Graduate School from 1933 to 1945. A member of the American Philosophical Society and the National Academy of Sciences, his career and intellectual contributions spanned decades and disciplines. His publications include An Introduction to Differential Geometry with Use of Tensor Calculus (1950) and Historic Philadelphia: From the Founding Until the Early 19th Century, Papers Dealing with Its People and Buildings with an Illustrative Map (1953).