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.
Maps: 1833 survey map of West Philadelphia, by Nathan Suplee
Map of West Philadelphia, 1833, by Nathan Suplee
Paper, 58 x 74 cm.
Courtesy of University of Pennsylvania Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts.
This annotated survey map shows the area from above Market Street south to Beaver Creek (below what is now Spruce Street), and from the Schuylkill River on the east to just beyond Moor Street (now 38th Street).
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