Place: Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) / Creator: Chestnut Hill Historical Society. / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1892">1892</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Place Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) Creator Chestnut Hill Historical Society. Year 1892

Extent:: 5.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Chestnut Hill, in northwest Philadelphia, was a village of farmers and millers during the Colonial period. After the railroad reached the area in 1854, Chestnut Hill became a popular spot for Philadelphia's wealthy and it soon boasted magnificent estates designed by Frank Furness, T.P. Chandler, and Horace Trumbauer. The Chestnut Hill Historical Society map and atlas collection, 1849-2011, consists of loose maps and separated atlas plates centering on Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy, as well as about one dozen atlases of Philadelphia.

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