Map of Philadelphia area placing West Philadelphia in context
West Philadelphia Community History Center

Faculty and Students at the University of Pennsylvania inaugurated this heritage site in the spring of 2008.
This virtual history center will be an ever-revised and expanded resource by and for members of the
West Philadelphia community, and especially for teachers and their students.

Click for the Home page for the West Philadelphia Community History CenterClick for historical summaries of West PhiladelphiaClick for descriptions and histories of West Philadelphia neighborhoodsClick for personal perspectives on West PhiladelphiaClick for special exhibitsClick for maps of West PhiladelphiaClick for statistics on West PhiladelphiaClick for a bibliography of resources for the study of West PhiladelphiaClick for teacher guides for studying West Philadelphia

 

 

 

SPECIAL EXHIBITS

Detail of print by William Birch of William Hamilton's country estate, the Woodlands

Matthew Grubel's Website: The Building of West Philadelphia: An Historical Survey of Suburban Architecture

Title page of Vieira's 1903 book on West Philadelphia

M. Laffitte Vieira: West Philadelphia Illustrated, 1903

Detail of watercolor of West Philadelphia, ca. 1880, by David Kennedy featuring the bank designed by Frank Furness at 32nd and Market streets

West Philadelphia: Building a Community
An Exhibition at the Arthur Ross Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania
July 7 - October 11, 2009

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Web site sponsored by the University Archives of the University of Pennsylvania Copyright 2009