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: 1855 Map of the Consolidated City of Philadelphia, by R.L. Barnes
"Barnes’ New Map of the Consolidated City of Philadelphia, Being the first Map published after the Act of Incorporation, passed January 31, 1854".
The Act of Consolidation, passed by the state legislature in 1854, provided that the city of Philadelphia, as limited by the charter of 1789, should be enlarged by taking in all the territory within the county of Philadelphia. The next year, 1855, R. L. Barnes published this map based on original surveys and official records. It was printed by Wagner & McGuigan. This large (58.8" x 49.5") colored wall map, with several vignettes, was apparently the first map published after the consolidation.
West Philadelphia is Ward 24, as outlined on the map.
Courtesy of The Free Library of Philadelphia.
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