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Old house on the southeast corner of Fifth and Spruce Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Decatur Street from Jones Hotel [graphic].

Old houses on the north side of Arch Street, west of Third and the new Hotel [graphic].

Old houses, from the southeast corner of Fourth and Union Street, to the northeast corner of Pine and Fourth Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

[Chestnut Street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets] [graphic]

House n.w. corner of Prune and Fourth street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

[View of the north side of Chestnut Street, east of Second Street, to the river Delaware] [graphic].

[View of the north side of Chestnut Street, east of Second Street, to the river Delaware] [graphic].

View of the north side of Chestnut Street, east of Second Street, to the river Delaware [graphic] / Photographed from a daguerreotype by Mason - 1845 [sic] - by Richards.

Academy of Germantown. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Old wooden houses, extending southwardly from the corner of Marble Street, on the west side of Tenth Street, to Miss Sally Keene's, late Maj. Lennock's property and residence, built by "Col." Peter L. Berry. N.W. corner of Chestnut and Tenth streets. [gra

Kohn's Mansion. Chestnut Street, west of Tenth St. North side. Late "Parkinson's Restaurant, confectionery, garden" &c. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

[First U.S. mint building, the "Old Mint," 37-39 Seventh Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].

[Warnick, Chadwick & Bro. stove factory and iron founders, northeast corner of 2nd & Race streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].

[Northeast corner of Chestnut and Second streets] [graphic].

Old house n.w. cor. of Sixth & Cherry St. [graphic].

Philadelphia Library. On the northeast corner of Fifth and Library street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

The "Black Bear" Tavern; Girard estate offices; the residence of Thos. Sully, and his studio, and the music store of Geo. E. Blake; up to Fred. Brown's iron building and apothecary shop, at the n.e. corner of Fifth and Chestnut St., and the east side of F

The old Hurst mansion, "standing back," facing the west, on the northeast corner of Fifth and South street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

The Rock House, [graphic] : So called, writes Mr. Watson, "because it rests on an exposed rock (large) situated at the junction of Shoemaker's street ("lane" in old times), and the rail road. It has no particular history, but is picturesque and ancient" /

West side of Ninth St., from the southwest corner of Market & Ninth St. southerly to Chestnut Street &c including a view of the building of the University of Pennsylvania (part of the house on the s.e. corner of Market and Ninth St. on your left hand.) [g

"Congress Hall" [graphic].

North side of Chestnut Street, west of Sixth Street on the lot of ground formerly occupied by Chief Justice Tilghman's mansion house. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

North-west corner of Fifth and Arch street. (A primitive house) [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Carpenters' court and hall (in perspective), Chestnut St. bet. Third and Fourth St. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

[Auburn, residence of John McAllister Sr., Old Front St. Road, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].

Northwest corner of Carpenter and Sixth street, north of Chestnut Street. [graphic] : Gray's brewery building is partially seen on the right of the picture. Where the "sign" is now, was, in my remembrance a picture full length of Sir John Falstaff, as rep

Residence of Wm. Crammond [sic], esq. s.w. corner of Third and Spruce Street. [graphic].

William Penn's mansion or the "slate-roof house." Southeast corner of Norris Alley and Second Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Old first high school house - Juniper street, Penn Square. [graphic] / Photogh. F.D.B. Richards.

Bell Tavern - west side of Eight Street, north of Sansom Street - (a primitive building.) Demolished May 1858. [graphic] / By Richards.

Engle's house [graphic] : Of this house Mr. Watson writes "The house of Engle's, a tanner, next north of the Town Hall. It marks a very superior house as the erection of one hundred years ago. It has no history". On the Main Street of Germantown. / Photog

Girard House Hotel, northeast corner of Chestnut & 9th St. [graphic] : As viewed from the southwest across the foundation walls of the new hotel on the s.e. corner of Chestnut and Ninth Street / Photograph by Richards.

Roberts' Mill. [graphic] : "To go back the Church lane," writes Mr. Watson, "there is Roberts' Mill and dam, holding the place, and probably much of the original of the first mill in Philadelphia county" / Photograph by Richards.

Old St. Michaels Church, (German Lutheran) on the southeast corner of Fifth and Cherry St. The grounds bounded on the south by Appletree Alley. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

St. Stephen's Church (Episcopal). Dr. Duchachett [sic], rector. Tenth St. East side corner of College Avenue. [graphic] : The broken ground &c in foreground, is the remains at the time the picture was taken, of the old wooden houses now removing to give p

Spruce between 4th and 5th, south side looking west. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

[Central High School for Boys, South Juniper Street facing Penn Square below Market Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].

The second Presbyterian church. And the burial grounds belonging to it, and that of the first Presbyterian church. On the southwest corner of Pine, and Fourth Street, as recently altered and improved. [graphic] / Frederick De B. Richards.

Nutz's house. [graphic] : "A very old stone house," writes Mr. Watson, "of two storys, owned and dwelt in by Nutz, a tanner, who had his tanyard along the street, southward. It is now a house resting some two feet or more below the street pavement but in

Mercantile Library, on the southeast corner of Fifth and Library Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Edward Penington's counting-house. On the northeast corner of Race and Crown street. [graphic] : His sugar factory was in the rear facing Crown Street; the building in view is an extensive enlargement of the old "sugar-house." / Photograph by Richards.

[The Fisher House. Formerly No. 110 now 226 South Front Street. [graphic] : The residence of Saml. R. Fisher - where he deceased. His son (only) Thomas then occupied the house where he died, on Tuesday morning, Feby 12th 1856. The house is remarkable from

Aaron Wolff's old wine store, &c on the northwest corner of Chestnut and Seventh Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

[Jayne Building, 242-244 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].

The Poulson mansion. Lately no. 106 Chestnut Street, now No. 310. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Academy of Natural Sciences (undergoing "raising", &c.) and the "La Pierre house" hotel; with the private dwelling house at the S.W. corner of Broad and Chestnut Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Yohe's, late Jones' Hotel. On the south side of Chestnut St., next to the Clymer mansion (afterward Geo. Harrison's residence) between Sixth and Seventh St. The site, in the olden times, of the celebrated "Oeller's hotel." [graphic] / Photograph by Richar

Joseph Sims old mansion. Next south of St. Peters' church ground on the west side of Third Street near Lombard St. (part of the church, and Pine St., house in the view). [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Old houses, on the north side of Arch Street, between Second and Third Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Old Houses, on the east of Fifth Street, with entrance to a "court," to Fred. Brown's iron buildings n.e. cor. of Chestnut and Fifth sts. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Free Quakers meeting house. On the southwest corner of Fifth Street. Benjm. Tucker's schools, for many years, were kept in upper portion of this building. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

The Penington mansion. On the northwest corner of Race and Crown Street. [graphic]

[Residence of John McAllister Jr., 14 N. Merrick Street, West Penn Square, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].

Rittenhouse Mansion. Northwest corner of Arch and Seventh Street. Sometimes called "fort Rittenhouse" [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Pepper's brewery. [graphic] : And dwelling house - the latter - on northwest corner of Fifth and Minor street with a view in perspective of the houses on the west side of Fifth Street to the corner of Market Street - also part of the house on n.w. corner

The Willing Mansion. Corner s.w. Willings Alley and Third Street. [graphic] / Photogrh. F.D.B. Richards.

Holy Trinity (Romish) Church, northwest corner of Spruce and Sixth Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.

Michael Billmeyer's house and printing office - his bookstore was in portion of the house nearest the eye - it was the next "place" above Chews place. [graphic] : Mr. Watson writes "It is a good one [to be photographed]." At its south end Genl. Washington

John George Knorr's house [graphic] : This house (the central in the picture) was built by the grandfather of my maternal grandfather - he occupied it many years - then by his son J.G.K., the 2nd, then by my grandfather John Knorr - then by Michael Keyser