History of Early Chestnut Hill - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of Early Chestnut Hill write by John James Macfarlane. This book was released on 1927. History of Early Chestnut Hill available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Suburb in the City
Suburb in the City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Suburb in the City write by David R. Contosta. This book was released on 1992. Suburb in the City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In Suburb in the City, David Contosta tells the story of how Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, once a small milling and farming town, evolved to become both a suburban enclave for wealthy Philadelphians and a part of the city itself." "In 1854, the railroad connected Philadelphia and Chestnut Hill and the village was annexed by the city. Attuned to the romantic currents of the age, the wealthy men and women who moved to Chestnut Hill believed that the village's semi-rural surroundings might uplift them physically, spiritually, emotionally, and morally. At the same time, they wanted to continue to enjoy the best that the city had to offer while escaping from its more unpleasant aspects: dirt, crime, disease, and other shortcomings. They thus cultivated a dual identity with both suburb and city." "Ironically, this led to a sense of division as prosperous suburbanites held themselves aloof from the resident shopkeepers and domestic servants who provided so many of their creature comforts. Being a suburb in the city also meant that Chestnut Hill could not control its political destiny, as communities outside the municipal limits could. In response, residents developed a number of civic organizations that became a sort of quasi government." "Contosta's study of Chestnut Hill thus illuminates the divided and often ambivalent feelings that Americans hold about their great cities. He includes anecdotes gleaned from dozens of interviews with men and women of many backgrounds - lawyers, nuns, debutantes, grocers, craftsmen, and former servants - who tell of their lives in Chestnut Hill. More than one hundred photographs, many never before published, further enliven this analysis of suburban America."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Houses of Philadelphia
Houses of Philadelphia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Houses of Philadelphia write by James B. Garrison. This book was released on 2008. Houses of Philadelphia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Examines 40 properties in detail with over 300 archival and contemporary photographs, drawings, and floor plans." -- Dust jacket.
A Philadelphia Family
A Philadelphia Family - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Philadelphia Family write by David R. Contosta. This book was released on 1992-03. A Philadelphia Family available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Three generations of the Houston-Woodward family, one of the wealthiest and most influential in Philadelphia, have been leaders in politics, diplomacy, suburban planning, housing reform, land conservation, and historic preservation. In A Philadelphia Family, David Contosta analyzes the impact the Houstons and Woodwards have had economically, politically, and demographically on Philadelphia, a city known for its reserved and private leading families. The story of the Houston and Woodward families' continuing public service offers a unique perspective on Philadelphia history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Family founder Henry Howard Houston (1820-1895) was one of America's greatest post-Civil War entrepreneurs, a top executive of the Pennsylvania Railroad as well as a leading speculator in oil, mining, and other railroad ventures. Houston created a unique, planned suburb in Chestnut Hill, which his son Samuel and son-in-law George Woodward maintained and expanded in the twentieth century. Woodward, in particular, became an energetic crusader for housing reform. Other family members have distinguished themselves in government service and charitable work. Stanley Woodward served in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, George Woodward was a state senator for 30 years, and Lawrence M. C. Smith was founder and owner of a prominent classical music station in Philadelphia.
Chestnut Hill, an Architectural History
Chestnut Hill, an Architectural History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chestnut Hill, an Architectural History write by Willard S. Detweiler, Jr., inc. This book was released on 1969. Chestnut Hill, an Architectural History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
