Tag: Carpenter’s Company of the City and County of Philadelphia

Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia, ca. 1876

25 April, 2012 (12:14) | East Carolina Manuscript Collection, Format, photographs, postcards | By: Jonathan Dembo

Source: Elihu A. White Papers, #14.11.a (P-14/6) Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: This photograph of Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia dates from the 1870s.  It’s name derives from the fact that it was originally built in 1770-1773 to serve as a meeting hall for the Carpenters’ Companies of the City and County of Philadelphia, the nation’s oldest [...]