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

 


Varle's 1802 map/plan for Philadelphia, West Philadelphia detail. Click for complete map

Atlas of West Philadelphia, 24th and 27th Wards. by Wm. G. Baist,1886, detail. Click for complete map

Google 2008 map of West Philadelphia, detail. Click for complete map

MAPS

Online exhibits

Historical Maps, 1750 - 1930 prepared by Matthew Grubel

 

Atlases

Smedley's Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, Samuel L. Smedley, 1862

Atlas of West Philadelphia, G.M. Hopkins, 1872

Atlas of West Philadelphia, J.D. Scott, 1878

Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 24th, 27th and 34th Wards, Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley, 1892

 

Individual maps

1802: Idealized “Plan” for West Philadelphia, by Charles P. Varle

1808: Plan for William Hamilton's land in West Philadelphia

1833: Survey map of part of West Philadelphia, by Nathan Suplee

1851: Plan for Hamilton Village in West Philadelphia

2008: Google Map of West Philadelphia

 

 

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