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.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS:
West Philadelphia Illustrated by M. Laffitte Vieira, 1903
Description:
West Philadelphia Illustrated: Early History of West Philadelphia and Its Environs; Its People and Its Historical Points
Written and compiled by M. Laffitte Vieira
Philadelphia: Anvil Printing Company, 1903
Copyright, 1903, by Charles H. Clarke
The University of Pennsylvania's University Archives has scanned its copy of this book to create a digital version. Chapters of this book can be accessed online through the following table of contents:
Table of Contents
II. Philadelphia West of the Chunkily - The Township of Blackly
III. Ancient Inns and Taverns of Stage-Coach Days
IV. Ferries and Bridges of the Olden Days
V. West Philadelphia's Historic Churches and Burial Grounds
VI. Lancaster Pike - The Old Road and Its Historic Memories
VII. Historic Meeting-house at Chad's Ford and Old Wynn Homestead
IX. Historic Village of Hessonite
X. In a Reminiscent Vein - The Old Estates and Owners
XI. The Old Creeks - Cobb's Creek (formerly Mill Creek) and Sandy Creek
XII. Woodlands - Home of William Hamilton
XIII. John Bar tram, the Botanist
XIV. Historic Club - The State in Chunkily
XVI. West Fair mount Park - Its Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments
XVII. University of Pennsylvania and Drexel Institute
XVIII. The Charitable and Benevolent Institutions of West Philadelphia
XIX. West Philadelphia's Parks
Web site sponsored by the University Archives of the University of Pennsylvania Copyright 2009