Powelton History Blog: A Collective Biography of a Philadelphia Neighborhood

The following is a long, almost poetic piece published on the front page of the newspaper The Press on Sept. 6, 1861, about the land a...

            The U.S. has been called a “melting pot” where immigrants from many countries combine to form a common society.   However, ...

    From about 1867 to 1875, Rev. William Speer, D.D., his wife, Elizabeth, and their three children lived at 3409 Hamilton St .  While here...

           Running a Victorian household was hard work.   Powelton was fortunate to have running water and gas for heating it but witho...