This view is of the northwestern corner of Market and 2nd Streets as it appeared in the early 1820s, and comes from a full-page advertisement for the partnership of druggists Thatcher & Thompson in Bennett & Walton's Almanac for 1825.
Market Street has always been a key street in Philadelphia; Penn named it High Street, but markets were held in covered wooden stalls in the middle of the street from the early 18th century.
CORNER OF MARKET AND WATER
(1785) #1, Beck, Paul jun. (by implication of MacPherson's numbering system, on the southeastern
corner.)
(1791) #2 High St., Cochran, James & Nicol, grocers
(1785) #2, Fisher & Roberts, grocers (by implication of MacPherson's numbering system, on the southwestern
corner.)
(1791) #4 High St., Mason, Benjamin, grocer
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#13 Market, northeastern corner.
#15 Market, northwestern corner.
#12 Market, southeastern corner.
#14 Market, southwestern corner. The southwestern corner of Market and Front is also
listed as #14.
BETWEEN WATER AND FRONT, SOUTH SIDE
(1785) #3, Rugge, John
(1791) #6 High St., Boyd, Andrew, house carpenter & shopkeeper
(1785) #4, Maclin, John
(1785) #4, Turner, Robert, tavernkeeper (by implication)
(1791) #8 High St., Esdill, James, tavernkeeper
The operation of a tavern in both listings helps this alignment
(1785) #5, vacant or residents would not give name (by implication)
(1791) #10 High St., no listing
(1785) #6, Vowel, Thomas, shopkeeper (by implication)
(1791) #12 High St., no listing
BETWEEN WATER AND FRONT, NORTH SIDE
(1785) #360, Guiry, William (possibly at the corner of Market and Front)
(1791) #19 High St., Smith, Frederick, druggist
(1785) #361, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #17 High St., Morgan, Thomas, grocer
(1785) #362, Long, James
(1791) #15 High St., Clemens, Jacob, grocer
(1785) #363, Donaldson, Joseph jun.
(1785) #364, Bennet & Somers, merchants
(1791) #13 High St., Kerr, Archibald, labourer
(1785) #365, Rolston and Holmes, merchants
(1791) #11 High St., Ralston, William, grocer, also at 5 High St.
(1791) #11 High St., Brown, Joseph, merchant
(1785) #366, Cook, John
(1791) #9 High St., Elliott, Francis, tavernkeeper
(1785) #367, Rolston and Holmes' Store
(1791) #5 High St., Ralston, William, grocer, also at 11 High St.
(1785) #369, McLaughlin and Taggart, grocers
(1791) #3 High St., no listing
(1785) #370, Syng, Charles
(1791) #1 High St., Griffith, Thomas W., merchant
(1785) #484, Patten, Hugh's, Shoe Warehouse
(1785) #529, White, Margaret
BETWEEN WATER AND FRONT, UNKNOWN SIDE
CORNER OF MARKET AND FRONT
(1785) #7, Campbell, John, storekeeper (by implication, since the Old London Coffeehouse was on the
southwestern corner of Market and Front Streets, Campbell was on the southeastern corner.)
(1791) #14 High St., Campbell, John, tea merchant, also at 1 S. Front St.
(1785) #9, Oswald, Eleazer, Coffee-house Keeper
(1785) #10, Oswald, Eleazer, printer
(1785) Oswald, Eleazer, printer and bookseller, at the Old Coffee-house, corner of Market and Front
(1791) #16 High St., Mair, John, saddler
(modern) #100 Market Street
The London Coffeehouse was a landmark in Philadelphia beginning at its establishment
by William Bradford in 1754. Downstairs was the coffeehouse, with the latest newspapers from
all over; upstairs, merchants did business. Auctions of all sorts, including of slaves,
were held outside this establishment.
According to Rum Punch and Revolution by Peter Thompson, in 1774 James
Hume opened an "Intelligence Office" next door to the London Coffeehouse which functioned
as an employment agency, and Matthew Clarkson opened an office nearby where he issued loans
and changed money. Across the street from the coffeehouse, William Goddard edited the
newspaper The Pennsylvania Chronicle. (p.107)
(1785) #359, Leppellier, John
(1785) Le Tellier, John, grocer, corner of Market and Front
(1791) #21 High St., Sink, Abraham, shopkeeper, also at 4 Letitia Court
Theoretically, on the northwest corner.
(1785) Callice and Moore, sadlers, corner of Market and Front
(1785) Clarke, Ephraim, clock and watchmaker, corner of Market and Front
(1785) Vanderon, John, notary public, corner of Market and Front
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#17 Market, northeastern corner.
#19 Market, northwestern corner.
#1 S. Front, southeastern corner.
#14 Market, southwestern corner. The southwestern corner of Market and Water is also listed
as #14.
BETWEEN FRONT AND 2ND, SOUTH SIDE
(1791) #18 High St., Haworth, John, mustard manufacturer
(1785) #11, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #20 High St., Collier, John, shopkeeper
(1785) #12, Aitken, Robert, printer
(1785) Aitken, Robert, printer and bookseller, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #22 High St., Aitken, Robert, printer
(1785) #13, Pelose, Vincent, Penns. Coffeehouse
(1791) #24 High St., Pole, Edward, notary public and ironmonger
According to Rum Punch and Revolution by Peter Thompson, the Pennsylvania
Coffeehouse was established by Vincent Pelosi in 1780 to compete with the London Coffeehouse
and the City Tavern. He was still there in 1785, as the directory entry shows, but by
1789 it was under the management of one Albert Warnick, who advertised it in that year.
The ad began, "The old Pennsylvania Coffeehouse is not yet annihilated..." but seemingly,
by 1791, it was so.
(1785) #14, Seddon, Thomas, bookseller and stationer
(1785) Seddon, Thomas, bookseller, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #26 High St., Bringhurst, John, hardware merchant
(1785) #15, Hopkins, Richard, ironmonger
(1785) Hopkins, Richard, ironmonger, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #28 High St., Hopkins, Richard, ironmonger
(1785) #16, Pole, Edward
(1788 newspaper) Edward Pole, "notary public, conveyancer, and mercantile broker"
advertised in the The Independent Gazetteer, published in Philadelphia, in the issue of
May 21, 1788, that he was open for business (drawing up legal documents, mostly, it would
seem) "at his office on Market-street, near the Court-house, Philadelphia."
(1791) #30 High St., Franks, Isaac, broker
(1791) #30 High St., Thompson, Enoch, hatter
(1785) #17, Whitehead, John & James, merchants
(1785) Whitehead, John and Co., merchants, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #32 High St., Carrell, John, clock and watch maker and ironmonger
(1785) #18, McCallister, John
(1785) McAllister, John, turner, at the cane-shop, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #34 High St., Pritchard, William, bookseller
(1785) #19, Nones, Benjamin, broker
(1785) Nones, Benjamin and Co., brokers, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #36 High St., Harrison, Thomas, taylor
(1785) #20, Claypole, Deborah
(1785) #21, Philips, Jonas
(1785) Philips, Jonas, merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #38 High St., Cooke, Joseph, goldsmith & jeweller
(1785) #22, Manly, Henry, shopkeeper
(1785) Manly, Henry, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #40 High St., Manley, Henry, shopkeeper
(1785) #23, Sink, Abraham
(1785) #24, Fullerton, Alexander, merchant
(1785) Fullerton, Alexander, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #42 High St., Fox, Martha, shopkeeper
(1785) #25, Finley, Mary, shopkeeper
(1785) #26, Dawson, Elias
(1785) Dawson, Elijah, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(This may be an error by White, or it may not be the same person.)
(1791) #44 High St., Council, William, hatter
(1785) #27, Whitingham, George & Co.
(1791) #46 High St., Trueman, James, coppersmith
(1785) #28, Dunlap & Claypoole, printers
(1785) Dunlap and Claypoole, printers, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #48 High St., Dunlap, John, printer & publisher of Dunlap's Daily Advertiser
(1785) #29, Thomas, William, shopkeeper
(1791) #50 High St., Rice, Patrick, bookseller
BETWEEN FRONT AND 2ND, NORTH SIDE
(1785) #337, Claypoole, David C., printer
(1791) #59 High St., De la Croix, Joseph, distiller & confectioner
(1785) #338, Clay, Curtis
(1785) Clay, Curtis, merchant, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #57 High St., Clay, Curtis, merchant
(1785) #339, Miller, John
(1785) Miller, John, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #55 High St., Fullerton, Alexander, shopkeeper
(1785) #340, Fitzgerald, Thomas
(1785) Fitzgerrald, Thomas, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #53 High St., Fitzgerald, Thomas, shopkeeper
(1785) #341, Cullin, Thomas
(1785) #341, Hall, William
(1791) #51 High St., Hall, William, printer
(1791) #51 High St., Hall & Sellers, printers [and] publishers of the Pennsylvania Gazette
(1785) #342, Parkes, Jacob
(1785) Parke, Jacob, ironmonger, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #49 High St., Parke, Jacob, ironmonger
(1785) #343, Hunter, George, druggist
(1785) Hunter, George, druggist, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #47 High St., Fisher, Joseph C., hatter
(1785) #344, Lymm, John
(1785) #345, Jacobs, Mary
(1785) Jacobs, Mary, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #45 High St., Lynn, John, shopkeeper
(1791) #45 High St., Parker, Joseph, clerk in the office of the pay master general of the United States
(1791) #45 High St., Rousselet, Nicholas, broker and commissioner
(1785) #346, Pritchard, William, bookseller
(1785) Prichard, William, bookseller, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #43 High St., Bispham, Samuel, hatter
(1785) #347, Ball, William, magistrate
(1791) #41 High St., Ball, William, Esq.,
(1791) #41 High St., Wickoff & Harrison, druggists
(1785) #348, Baker, Jacob, merchant
(1785) Baker, Jacob, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #39 High St., Yarnall, Ellis, ironmonger
(1785) #349, Poyntel, John, stationer
(1785) #350, Crisen, Josiah
(1785) Cresson, Joshua, merchant, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #37 High St., Cresson, Joshua, sugar baker
(1791) #37 High St., Hart, John, druggist
(1785) #351, Stemble, Christian
(1785) Stimble, Sarah, sign Rising Sun, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Cumming, William, coppersmith, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #35 High St., Cummings, William, coppersmith
(1785) #352, Preston, Mathew
(1785) Preston, Martin, sign Seven Stars, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #33 High St., Foot, Mary, tavernkeeper
(1785) #353, Withy, James, hatter
(1785) Withy, James, hatter, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #31 High St., Morton, Isaac & John, hatters, on addendum at end
(1791) #31 High St., Porter, John, breeches maker
(1785) #354, Baker, John
(1785) Baker, John H., hatter, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #29 High St., Baker, John H., hatter
(1791) #29 High St., Micklejohn, John, grocer
(1785) #355, Fisher, Samuel, hatter
(1785) #356, Fisher, Samuel & James, merchants
(1785) Fisher, Samuel, hatter, Market between Front and 2nd
(1791) #27 High St., Fisher, Samuel, hatter
(1785) #357, Johnson, Joseph
(1791) #25 High St., Bispham, Joseph, hatter
(1785) #358, Jackson, William
(1791) #23 High St., no listing
BETWEEN FRONT AND 2ND, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Claypoole, Joseph, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Cummings, David, gentleman, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Failet, Peter, shopkeeper, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Gordon, Edward, cordwainer, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Harrison, Thomas, merchant taylor, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Lind, Joseph, merchant, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Morgan and Johnston, grocers, Market between Front and 2nd
(1785) Walters, Nathaniel, hatter, Market between Front and 2nd
James Humphreys, Jr. was a printer on Market between Front and 2nd Streets in 1777, according to a broadside he printed that year for General Howe, at the Library Company of Philadelphia and illustrated in Edwin Wolf's Philadelphia: Portrait of an American City.
CORNER OF MARKET AND 2ND
In the middle of the street at this intersection stood the old courthouse and City Hall, with the market sheds behind it heading off toward 3rd Street, with the Presbyterian Church half a block away. "As for the public buildings," said Isaac Weld in the 1790s, "they are all heavy tasteless piles of red brick, ornamented with the same sort of blue marble as that already mentioned, and which but ill accord together, unless indeed we except the new Bank of the United States, and the presbyterian church in High-Street. The latter building is ornamented with a handsome portico in front, supported by six pillars in the Corinthian order, but it is seen to great disadvantage on account of the market house, which occupies the center of the street before it."
-- from Isaac Weld, Travels Through the States of North America...During the Years 1795, 1796 and 1797, p.4.
According to the 1909 "Publication No. 5" of the City Historical Society of Philadelphia, when the old Presbyterian Church on Market Street was torn down, twenty-one window frames and sashes were sent to Trinity Church on Catharine Street above 2nd Street, most of which were in 1909 still in the church.
This view is of the northwestern corner of Market and 2nd Streets as it appeared in the
early 1820s, and comes from a full-page advertisement for the partnership of druggists Thatcher &
Thompson in Bennett & Walton's Almanac for 1825.
(1785) #30 Market Street, #578 2nd Street, Adcock, William, shopkeeper
(1785) Adcock, William, merchant, corner of Market and 2nd
By the numbering, on the southeastern corner.
(1791) #52 High St., Adcock, William, shopkeeper
(1785) #335, January, Peter, storekeeper
(1785) January, Peter, merchant, corner of Market and 2nd
By implication of #336, #335 Market Street was probably at the northwestern corner.
(1791) #61 High St., Sommerkamp, Philip, druggist
This alignment is a guess. #63 is the first matchup for the listings between 2nd and 3rd. #59
seems to match up for those between Front and 2nd, so there may not have been a Market
Street number for the property at the northeastern corner.
(1785) #336 Market Street, #577 2nd Street, Land, Henry
By the numbering, on the northeastern corner.
(1785) Ritchie, George, clock and watchmaker, corner of Market and 2nd
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#61 Market, northeastern corner.
#63 Market, northwestern corner.
#52 Market, southeastern corner.
#54 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD, SOUTH SIDE
(1785) #32, Humphreys, Richard, goldsmith
(1785) Humphreys, Richard, goldsmith, Market between 2nd and 3rd
Humphreys was, according to one scholarly source, "one of Philadelphia's most
prolific Quaker silversmiths." That source, Beatrice Garvan's
Federal Philadelphia: The Athens of the Western World, illustrates and
discusses on pp.26-27 a buckle and pair of cufflinks, both set with false gems made from paste,
which belonged to Hannah Humphreys, the wife of the silversmith, and which are therefore
attributed to him.
(1791) #54 High St., Humphreys, Richard, silversmith
(1785) #33, Harland, John
(1791) #56 High St., Harland, John, shopkeeper
William Ketchum's Cabinetmakers of America, p.279, quotes the label of
brothers James Jr. and Henry Reynolds, carvers and looking glass makers, as being at
#56 Market Street c.1795-1800. Ketchum says James was born in 1772 and Henry in 1774,
and notes that one of their labeled mirrors is in the Winterthur Museum.
(1785) #34, Betterton, Benjamin, cooper
(1785) Betterton, Benjamin, innkeeper, corner of Market and Strawberry Alley
(1791) #58 High St., Greenaway, William, tavernkeeper
(1785) #35, Spotswood & Rice
(1785) Rice, Henry, bookseller and stationer, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #60 High St., no listing
(1785) #36, Hemill, John
(1791) #62 High St., Finley, Francis, shopkeeper
(1785) #37, Lawrence, William, tavernkeeper
(1785) Lawrence, William, innkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #64 High St., McDonald, James, innkeeper
(1785) #38, Pryor, Charles, grocer
(1791) #66 High St., Gostelowe, Jonathan, cabinetmaker, also at 68 High St.
Bjerkoe (in Cabinetmakers of America, p.115) says that Gostelowe (1745-1795)
married his second wife Elizabeth Tower, "daughter of his old friend Robert Tower, the
druggist at 66 Market St." and that Robert Tower died the following year, at which point he
moved his shop from Church Alley to #66 High (Market) Street. He apparently retired, says
Bjerkoe, in 1793, and died two years later.
(1785) #39, Jones, Mary, shopkeeper
(1785) Jones, Mary, haberdasher and milliner, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #68 High St., Gostelowe, Jonathan, cabinetmaker, also at 66 High St.
(1785) #40, Towers, Robert
(1785) #41, Towers, Evans
(1785) Towers, Robert, drug and paint merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #70 High St., Towers, Robert, druggist
#41 was probably a backbuilding or something similar of #40.
(1785) #43, Wharton & Edwards
(1785) Wharton and Edwards, grocers, corner of Market and Elbow Lane
(1791) #72 High St., Edwards, Griffith, grocer
(1785) #44, Shakespeare & Cumpston
(1785) Shakespear and Cumpstone, shopkeepers, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #74 High St., Cumpston, Thomas, shopkeeper
(1785) #45, Anthony, Joseph, jeweller and silversmith
(1785) Anthony, Joseph, goldsmith, Market between 2nd and 3rd
Joseph Anthony, Jr. (1762-1814) was a well-known silversmith. A tankard (a lidded drinking
vessel) which he made in 1788 is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and is illustrated in
Beatrice Garvan's Federal Philadelphia: The Athens of the Western World, p.18.
This was presented to the lawyer Charles Jarvis (not listed in the 1785 directories) by John
Penn, Jr. (William Penn's grandson) and a cousin of his also named John Penn; they presented
an identical one (also by Anthony) to the lawyer Gunning Bedford (#49 and #55 Lombard Street).
Curiously, White lists Bedford as a house carpenter.
(1791) #76 High St., Anthony, Joseph, jun., goldsmith
(1785) #46, Comegys, Paul & Co.
(1785) Commegs and Paul, merchants, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #78 High St., Kitts, Michael, tavernkeeper
(1785) #47, Paul, Sidney
(1785) Paul, Sidney, Mrs., sign Indian King, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #80 High St., Paul, Sidney, innkeeper
The Indian King was one of the largest taverns in the city. It was brick, three stories
high, and fourteen of its eighteen rooms had their own fireplaces. The city's first Masonic
lodge met here when its proprietor was a member. Owen Owen was the
proprietor in 1732 when the Society of Ancient Britons, an organization of those of
Welsh descent, held their meetings there. (At that time Richard Brockden was the owner, and
Peter Thompson's book (see below), pp.88-89, should be consulted for the story of Brockden's part in the discovery and arrest of
counterfeiters at the Indian King in December 1732.) Owen was still there in 1740 when he advertised the
showing there of a bizarre animal, but the keeper was Peter Robinson in 1742 when there was
unrest about the assembly elections there. (pp.129-132) John and Sarah Biddle were the
proprietors in 1755 when Virginian Daniel Fisher stayed there, and also in 1758 when Forbes' Regiment wintered in Philadelphia and Captain White of
that regiment stayed at the establishment. Biddle also had a general store nearby,
though at this point it is not certain exactly where. (Rum Punch and Revolution by Peter
Thompson, p.59-63; p.79 re 1740 mention.)
(1785) #48, Wescot, George, merchant
(1785) Westcoat, George, merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #82 High St., Baker, Hilary, Esq., clerk of the Court of the County Sessions
(1785) #49, What you please
(1785) #49, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #84 High St., Pearson, James, hatter
(1785) #50, Garrigues, Mary
(1785) Garrigues, Mrs., grocer, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #86 High St., Garrigues, Edward, carpenter
(1791) #86 High St., Price, Isaac, clock and watch maker
According to Stephen Ensko's American Silversmiths and their Marks, silversmith Edmund Milne advertised in the December 29, 1757 Pennsylvania Gazette, that he had worked for the past two years for one Charles Dutens, who'd moved to the West Indies, and that Milne had now set up shop "next door to the Indian King in Market Street in house with Mr. David Barnes." By 1767 he was in 2nd Street. He died in 1813.
BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD, NORTH SIDE
(1785) #309, Bartram, John, druggist & chymist
(1785) Bartram, John, gentleman, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #111 High St., Price, Rebecca, shopkeeper
(1785) #310, Roweman, Widow
(1785) Roman, Catharine, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #109 High St., Heyl, George, tobacconist
(1785) #311, Dally, Miss
(1785) Dally, Mary, taylor, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #107 High St., Dalley, Mary, shopkeeper
(1785) #312, Freese & Chancellor, merchants
(1791) #105 High St., Chancellor, William, merchant
(1785) #314, Smock, Robert
(1785) Smock, Robert, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #103 High St., Brooks, Edward, jun., ironmonger
(1785) #315, Stark, Margaret
(1785) Starke, Jane, boardinghouse, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #101 High St., Wiltberger, Peter, hatter
(1785) #316, Jackson, William
(1791) #99 High St., Carmalt, Caleb, clerk to the Hand-in-Hand Fire Company
(1791) #99 High St., Carmalt, Rebecca, shopkeeper
(1785) #317, Dishler & Roberts, ironmongers
(1785) Deshler, David, merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #97 High St., Deshler & Roberts, ironmongers
(1785) #318, Paschall, Joseph
(1785) Paschall, Joseph, merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #95 High St., Paschall, Joseph, ironmonger
(1785) #319, Carman, Rebecca
(1785) Carmalt, Rebecca, Mrs., shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #93 High St., Woodward, John, shopkeeper
(1785) #320, Cruckshank, Joseph, printer
(1785) Crukshank, Joseph, printer and stationer, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #91 High St., Crukshank, Joseph, printer & bookseller
(1785) #322, Wilmer, Lambert
(1785) Wilmer, Lambert, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #89 High St., Wilcox, Samuel, tea merchant
(1791) #87 High St., Jobson, James, tinman
(1785) #323, Biddle, Owen
(1785) Biddle, Owen, druggist, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #85 High St., Biddle, Owen & John, druggists
(1785) #324, Roberts, George, ironmonger
(1785) Roberts, George, ironmonger, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #83 High St., Roberts & Twamley, wholesale iron mongers
(1791) #83 High St., Lampley, Sarah, boardinghouse
(1785) #325, Evans, John
(1785) Evans, John, hatter, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #81 High St., La Mar, Matthias, shopkeeper
(1785) #326, Brown, Joseph
(1785) Brown, Joseph, innkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #79 High St., Brown, Mary A., tavernkeeper
(1791) #79 High St., Crosby, Elijah, hatter
(1785) #327, Brown, Mary
(1785) Brown, Mary, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #77 High St., Maisey, Thomas, shopkeeper
It would seem that between 1785 and 1791, Mary Brown took over the running of the
tavern next door to her 1785 shop.
(1785) #328, Harbison, Benjamin
(1785) Harbeson, Benjamin, coppersmith, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #75 High St., Oldden, John, merchant
(1785) #329, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #73 High St., Wilson, McCall, shopkeeper
(1785) #330, Hall, John
(1785) Hall, John, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #71 High St., Hall, John, shopkeeper
(1785) #331, Redman, Elizabeth
(1791) #69 High St., Fenno, John, printer to the Senate of the United States
(1785) #332, Hodge, Hannah
(1785) Hodge, Mrs., shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #67 High St., Hodge, Hannah, shopkeeper
(1785) #333, Beck, Paul
(1791) #65 High St., Tudor, George, broker
(1785) #334, Henderson, Margaret
(1785) Henderson, Margaret, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1791) #63 High St., Henderson, Margaret, shopkeeper
BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Clark, Mrs., boardinghouse, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Duplessis, Peter, teacher of French, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Evans, Hezekiah, drug and colour merchant, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Hall and Sellers, printers, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Hamble, William, innkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Harland, Joshua, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Morris, Governeur, Esq., counsellor at law, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Palmer, Mrs., boardinghouse, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Pearson, Isaac, hatter, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Roberts, Hugh, ironmonger, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Shaw, George, cabinetmaker, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Shaw, Thomas, tobacconist, Market between 2nd and 3rd
(1785) Snowden, Jedadiah, shopkeeper, Market between 2nd and 3rd
Bjerkoe (in Cabinetmakers of America p.197) says that George Shaw, in the list just above, was born in 1750 and died in 1792. In 1791 he was at 127 Chestnut Street and 240 Sassafras (Race) St..
Edwin Wolf's excellent Philadelphia: Portrait of an American City speaks of the "Buttonwood Church" which was built in 1704-1705 "in a fine grove of sycamores on High Street west of Second."
CORNER OF MARKET AND 3RD
(1785) #51 Market Street, #441 3rd Street, Smith, Robert, hatter
(1785) Smith, Robert, Esq., loan-officer, corner of Market and 3rd
(1785) Glentworth, J., shopkeeper, corner of Market and 3rd
(1791) #88 High St., Glentworth, James, broker
(1791) #88 High St., Smith, Robert, hatter
By the numbering, on the southeastern corner. It's rare for two apparently unrelated
people to share the same premises over a six-year period. It's rather interesting, too,
that Robert Smith was both a hatter and a loan officer.
(1785) Kitts, George, grocer, corner of Market and 3rd
(1785) #52 Market Street, no listing
(1791) #90 High St., Fries, John, merchant
By implication, on the southwestern corner.
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#115 Market, northeastern corner.
#117 Market, northwestern corner.
#81 Market, southeastern corner.
#90 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH, SOUTH SIDE
(1785) #53, no listing
(1791) #92 High St., Jones, Owen & Co., merchants
(1785) #54, no listing
(1791) #94 High St., White, Solomon & Co., shopkeepers
(1785) #55, Poultney & Wistar
(1785) Poultney and Wister, ironmongers, Market between 3rd and 4th
Also see #60 and #69.
(1791) #96 High St., Poultney & Wistar, ironmongers
(1791) #96 High St., Pekin, William, cordwainer
(1785) #56, Kepley, Henry, merchant
(1785) Kepple, Henry, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #98 High St., Kepple, Henry, gentleman
(1791) #98 High St., Kepple, George, merchant
(1785) #57, Welberger, Peter
(1785) Wiltberger, Peter, hatter, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #100 High St., Greble, Andrew, cedar cooper
(1785) #58, Marlow, Randolph
(1791) #102 High St., Marlow, Widow, shopkeeper
(1785) #59, What you please
(1785) #59, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #104 High St., Riehle, John, tobacconist, also at 150 High St.
(1785) #60, Poultney, Thomas & Sons, ironmongers
(1785) Poultney, Thomas, ironmonger, Market between 3rd and 4th
Also see #55 and #69.
(1791) #106 High St., Bohlen, Bohl, merchant
(1785) #61, Seger, Emanuel
(1791) #108 High St., Gilchrist, Charles, merchant
(1785) #62, Bryson, James, shopkeeper
(1791) #110 High St., Graige, Seth, saddler
(1785) #63, Polke, Jehoshaphat, sadler
(1785) Polk, Josipath, sadler, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #112 High St., Barton, William, Esq., attorney at law
(1785) #64, Bass, Robert
(1785) Bass, Robert, druggist, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #114 High St., Bass, Robert, druggist
(1785) #65, Bailey, Francis, printer
(1785) Bailey, Francis, printer and stationer, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #116 High St., Bailey, Francis, printer
(1785) #66, Shingle, Frederick
(1785) Shinckle, Frederick, skinner, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #118 High St., Shinckle, Frederick, breeches maker
A Frederick Shinckle is mentioned in the collections about Jacob Graff at the University
of Delaware; see note below under the entry for the southwestern corner of Market and 7th.
(1785) #67, Grafts, John
(1785) Graff, John, grocer, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #120 High St., Haines, John, saddler & harness maker
(1791) #120 High St., Williams, Elizabeth, widow
This was possibly the John Graff who was a son of Jacob Graff, Sr. (1727-1780) (q.v.,
below)
(1785) #68, Phile, John
(1785) Phile, John, grocer, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #122 High St., Phile, John, shopkeeper
(1785) #69, Poultney, Thomas
(1785) Poultney, Thomas, sen., Market between 3rd and 4th
Also see #55 and #60.
(1791) #124 High St., Poultney, Thomas, ironmonger
(1791) #124 High St., Poultney, John & James, ironmongers
(1785) #70, Richards, William, brushmaker
(1785) Richards, William, breeches maker, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #126 High St., Richards, William, breeches maker
(1785) #71, Grier, J. McCarter & Co. (may have been at corner)
(1791) #128 High St., Cox, Jacob, shopkeeper
(1785) Franklin, Benjamin, his excellency, president of Pennsylvania, Market Street
(1785) Bache, Richard, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
Click here to go to the National Park Service website about 318 Market Street.
BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH, NORTH SIDE
(1785) #286, Ingersoll, Jared, attorney at law
(1791) #155 High St., Seckel, Lawrence, Esq., [state representative for the City of Philadelphia], section at end says 157 High St.
This is probably the Lawrence Sickle, grocer, listed at the corner of Market and 4th
in 1785, but the numbering strongly suggests he was just next to the corner, at least in
1791. He could have owned and/or occupied both buildings.
(1785) #287, Jones, J. & Foulke D., merchants
(1785) Jones and Foulke, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
Also see #298.
(1791) #153 High St., Forrest, Thomas, purchaser of certificates and paper money
(1785) #288, Jones, Owen sen.
(1785) Jones, Owen, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #151 High St., Jones, Owen, gentleman
(1791) #151 High St., Westcott, George, merchant
(1785) #289, Foulke, Caleb, merchant
(1791) #149 High St., Drinker, Daniel, merchant
(1785) #290, Josephson, Emanuel, merchant
(1791) #147 High St., James & Johnson, printers
(1791) #147 High St., James, Joseph, printer
(1791) #147 High St., Johnson, Benjamin, printer
(1785) #291, Haynes, Reuben & Casper, brewers
(1785) Haines, Reuben and Sons, brewers, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #145 High St., Haines, Reuben & Caspar, brewers
(1785) #292, Wister and Ashton, merchants
(1785) Wister and Alston, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #143 High St., Wister & Aston, merchants
(1791) #143 High St., Wister, William, merchant
(1785) #293, Wister, Daniel, merchant
(1791) #141 High St., Wister, Daniel, gentleman
(1785) #294, Geesse, William
(1791) #139 High St., Farmer, Lewis, innkeeper [and Register of German Passengers]
(1785) #296, Synger, Casper and Sons, storekeepers
(1785) Syng, Casper and Son, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #137 High St., Singer, Casper, grocer
(1785) #297, Whelan, Israel
(1791) #135 High St., no listing
(1785) #298, Jones & Foulke, merchants
Also see #287.
(1791) #133 High St., Wister, Thomas, merchant, also at 119 Chestnut St.
(1785) #299, Zantzinger, Adam, merchant
(1785) Zantzinger, Adam, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #131 High St., Zantzinger, Adam, merchant
(1785) #300, Shoemaker, James, merchant
(1785) Shoemaker and James, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #129 High St., Shoemaker, Joseph, jun., hatter
(1785) #301, Collins, Ruth
(1791) #127 High St., Helm, Peter, cedar cooper
(1785) #302, Ashbridge, Aaron
(1785) Ashlridge, Mrs., gentlewoman, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #125 High St., Ashbridge, Ann and Sarah, shopkeepers
The following six listings are of uncertain location and may include the northern corners of
Market and 3rd Streets somewhere in them:
(1785) #303, Commerce, Henry, shopkeeper
(1791) #123 High St., Smith, Elizabeth, shopkeeper
(1785) #304, Porter, Robert
(1791) #121 High St., Dannecker, George, breeches maker
(1785) #305, Pates, Conrad
(1791) #119 High St., Bates, Conrad, tobacconist
(1785) #306, Kepley, William
(1791) #117 High St., Brooks, John, glover
(1785) #307, Kean, John
(1791) #115 High St., Smock, Robert, shopkeeper, also at 134 N. 3rd St.
(1785) #308, Knight, John
(1791) #113 High St., Rudolph, Tobias, innkeeper
BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Batchelor, Thomas, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Beattyes, Henry, tobacconist, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Bower, John, barber, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Bradby, Thomas, coppersmith, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Brayfield, John, locksmith, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Brooks, John, glover and breeches maker, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Bryson, James, Esq., postmaster, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Byerly, Christopher, grocer, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Foulke, Amos, merchant, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Gliecher, Francis, hairdresser, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Hendricks, James, cutler, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Jackson, Mary, shopkeeper, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Kammerer, Henry, captain, papermaker, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Leeke and Melbeck, merchants, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1785) Reily, John, tobacconist, Market between 3rd and 4th
CORNER OF MARKET AND 4TH
(1785) #72, Cooper, George
(1785) Cooper, George, breeches maker, corner of Market and 4th
(1791) #130 High St., Cooper, George, breeches maker
On the southeastern corner.
(1785) #73, Brown, John
(1791) #132 High St., Power, Alexander, broker and scrivener
On the southwestern corner.
(1785) #283, Lee, Francis
(1785) Lee, Francis, innkeeper and every day stage to and from New York, corner of Market and 4th
(1791) #161 High St., Jackson, Samuel, shopkeeper. By 1790 the stage stop had moved to
the Indian Queen, a few addresses to the south at 15 S. 4th St.
(1785) #284, Gratz, Michael
(1785) Gratz, Michael and Bernard, merchant, corner of Market and 4th
(1791) #159 High St., Miller, Joseph J., grocer, also at 157 High St.
(1785) #285, Sickle, Lawrence
(1785) Sickle, Lawrence, grocer, corner of Market and 4th
On the northeastern corner, possibly along with #159. See the 1791 listing for #155 High Street, possibly this
house, or possibly the next one to the east.
(1791) #157 High St., Miller, Joseph J., grocer, also at 159 High St.
(1785) Heyl, George, grocer, corner of Market and 4th
(1785) Sutter, Daniel, grocer, corner of Market and 4th
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#155 Market, northeastern corner.
#157 Market, northwestern corner.
#128 Market, southeastern corner.
#130 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH, SOUTH SIDE
(1785) #74, Shippin, Edward
(1791) #134 High St., Wister, Caspar, doctor of physic
(1785) #75, Steinmetz, John
(1785) Stonemetz, John, merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #136 High St., Steinmetz, John, merchant
(1785) #77, Jenkins, Widow
(1785) Jenkins, Mary, boardinghouse, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #138 High St., Jenkins, Mary, boardinghouse
(1785) #78, Nicholas, Samuel, tavernkeeper
(1785) Nicholas, Samuel, sign Connostogoe Waggon, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #140 High St., Nichols, Mary, innkeeper
(1785) #79, Greenleaf, Widow
(1785) Greenleaf, Mrs., Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #142 High St., Greenleafe, Catharine, widow
(1785) #80, Dixon, John, tobacconist
(1791) #144 High St., Josephson, Emanuel, merchant, Was parnas (president) of Congregation Mikveh Israel in 1789.
(1785) #81, Wistar, Widow
(1785) Wister, Sarah, gentlewoman, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #146 High St., Fox, Edward, notary public
(1785) #82, Davidson, John, sadler
(1785) Davidson, John, sadler, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #148 High St., Davison, John, saddler
(1785) #83, Greenfield, Jesse
(1791) #150 High St., Riehle, John, tobacconist, also at 104 High St.
(1785) #84, Roberts, Robert
(1785) Roberts, Robert, iron merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #152 High St., Walker, Lewis, hatter
(1785) #85, Facundus, William
(1785) #85, Jacundus, William
(1791) #154 High St., Camper, John, barber
(1785) #86, Clymer, Daniel, attorney at law
(1785) Clymer, Daniel, Esq., counsellor at law, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #156 High St., Oswald, Eleazer, printer [and] publisher of the Independent Gazetteer
(1785) #87, Bickham, George, merchant
(1785) Bickham, George, merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #158 High St., Bickham, George, merchant
(1785) #88, Clampher, Adam
(1785) Clampsier, Adam, hatter, Market between 4th and 5th
This was evidently the 1785 location of the hatter Adam Clampfer, Jr., who in 1788 moved into
what is today #134 Elfreth's Alley. His father built a couple of the houses there.
(1791) #160 High St., Stedicorn, George, shopkeeper
(1785) #89, Rheinholt, George, bookseller
(1785) Reinhold, George, stationer, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #162 High St., Brown, Nathaniel, innkeeper
(1785) #90, Stein, John
(1785) Stine, John, sign Bear, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #164 High St., Stein, John, innkeeper
(1791) #164 High St., Forsberg, Nicholas, painter
William Ketchum's Cabinetmakers of America, p.246, cites the label of an early 19th
century Philadelphia mirror maker, Thomas Natt, as being at "No. 164 Market Street, three doors
above Fourth on the south side, Philadelphia." This may not have been the location known
as #164 Market Street in 1791, however, as renumberings did sometimes occur. That would
seem to be so in this case because in 1791 #164 High, or Market, is proveably about two doors away from 5th Street.
(1785) #91, Jones, Ezra
(1785) Jones, Israel, grocer, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #166 High St., Evans, Charles & David, grocers
BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH, NORTH SIDE
(1785) #263, vacant or residents would not give name (possibly at the corner)
(1791) #197 High St., Whelen, Israel, grocer, also at 1 N. 5th St.
(1785) #264, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #195 High St., Guyer, John, grocer, also at 193 High St.
(1785) #265, Barge & Nelson
(1785) Barge and Nelson, grocers, near the corner of Market and 5th
(1791) #193 High St., Guyer, John, grocer, also at 195 High St.
(1785) #266, Barge, Jacob, merchant
(1791) #191 High St., Barge, Jacob, gentleman
(1785) #267, Bashier, Peter
(1791) #189 High St., Heisz, Frederick, grocer, also at 204 Sassafras St.
(1785) #268, Bemen, Widow
(1791) #187 High St., Carmalt, Jonathan, currier
(1785) #269, Porter, James
(1791) #185 High St., Fry, Jacob, baker
(1785) #271, Foulke, Caleb
(1785) Foulke, Caleb, merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #183 High St., Seckel, Philip, grocer
(1785) #272, Forrest, Thomas
(1791) #181 High St., Scull, Benjamin, hatter
(1785) #273, Kuhn & Risberg, merchants
(1785) Kuhn and Risberg, merchants, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #179 High St., Kuhn, Peter, merchant
(1791) #179 High St., Kuhn & Risberg, merchants
(1785) #275, Stanley, William jun.
(1785) Standley, William, potter, Market between 4th and 5th
This entry could refer to the William Stanley of #276.
(1791) #177 High St., Stimmel, Philip, tobacconist
(1785) #276, Stanley, William sen.
Also see #275.
(1791) #175 High St., Standley, William, gentleman
(1785) #277, Knorr, John
(1785) Knorr, John, cedar cooper, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #173 High St., Knorr, John, cooper
(1791) #173 High St., Hazard & Addoms, brokers
(1785) #278, Connelly, Isaac
(1785) Connelly, Isaac, sign Black Horse, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #171 High St., Clay, Alexander, innkeeper
(1785) #279, Goucher, Thomas
(1785) Goucher, Thomas, cutler, Market between 4th and 5th
(1791) #169 High St., Stout, George, labourer
(1785) #280, Hare, Patrick
(1791) #167 High St., Leslie, Robert, clock & watch maker
(1785) #281, Allen, Chamless
(1791) #165 High St., Smith, John, hatter
(1785) #282, Stanley, Susannah
(1791) #163 High St., Reed & White, druggists
BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Baker and Crawford, grocers, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Briggoner, Daniel, reed maker, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Campford, John, cedar cooper, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Currin, Mrs., gentlewoman, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Delwick, Peter, baker, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Dunlap, James, physician, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Fisberg, Nicholas, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Gienford, Jesse, ironmonger, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Heiss, Frederick, shopkeeper, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Ingersol, Jared, Esq., counsellor at law, Market near, 4th,
(1785) Josephson, Manuel, merchant, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Mason, Arthur, taylor, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Shippen, Joseph, gentleman, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Steiner, Frederick, taylor, Market between 4th and 5th
(1785) Vannost, John, Esq., counsellor at law, Market between 4th and 5th
CORNER OF MARKET AND 5TH
(1785) #92, Sheaff, William
(1785) Sheaf, William, merchant, corner of Market and 5th
At the southeastern corner.
(1791) #168 High St., Sheaff, William, wine merchant
(1785) #93, House, Widow
(1785) House, Mrs., boardinghouse, corner of Market and 5th
(1785) Heineken, J.C.H., Dutch consul, at Mrs. House's, corner of Market and 5th
At the southwestern corner.
(1791) #170 High St., House, Mary, boardinghouse
(1791) #170 High St., Buchanan, Robert, Esq.,
(1785) #262, Hudson, Samuel
(1785) Hudson, Samuel, gentleman, corner of Market and 5th
By the numbering, this was probably the same man MacPherson also listed at #1 5th Street as
"Samuel Hadgson," which would have put him at
the northwestern corner.
(1785) Miller and Campbell, merchants, corner of Market and 5th
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#197 Market, northeastern corner.
#199 Market, northwestern corner.
#168 Market, southeastern corner.
#170 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH, SOUTH SIDE
(1785) #94, Jones, William
(1791) #172 High St., Jones, William, grazier
(1785) #95, vacant or residents would not give name
(1785) #97, Campher, Michael
(1791) #176 High St., McCormick, Patrick, fishmonger
(1785) #98, Kensey, Abel
(1791) #178 High St., Kintzing, Abraham, waggon master
This alignment may be a matchup, based on the similarity of the names.
(1791) #180 High St., Morris, Robert, Esq., also at 192 High St.
(1785) #101, Morris, Robert, merchant
(1785) Morris, Robert, Esq., merchant, member of assembly, Market between 5th and 6th
This well-known house, built between 1767 and 1769 by Mary Lawrence Masters, was Philadelphia's
"White House"; during the 1790s when Philadelphia
was the capital of the United States, George Washington and John Adams resided in this
magnificent mansion (Washington called it the best single house in Philadelphia). Benedict
Arnold lived here in 1778-79 while military governor of Philadelphia, before he betrayed
his country. The home, numbered 190 by Clement Biddle for his 1791 directory, was
demolished in the 1830s for commercial buildings, but its side walls stood as part of those
buildings until the early 1950s, when ignorant but well-meaning history people had the land
cleared for Independence Mall. This site was recently excavated as part of the Constitution
Center project, and the walls of the circular ice house were found. The history of this
building was recently and thoroughly recounted by Edward Lawler, Jr., in the Pennsylvania
Magazine of History and Biography (January 2002).
(1791) #190 High St., PRESIDENT of the United States
BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH, NORTH SIDE
(1785) #246, Redman, Joseph, doctor of physic
(1785) Redman, Joseph, physician, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #229 High St., Shippen, Joseph, gentleman, moved to 7 S. Front St.
(1791) #229 High St., Shippen, William, sen., gentleman
(1791) #229 High St., Stewart, Walter, Esq.
(1785) #247, Waggman, Christopher
(1791) #227 High St., Gunckle, Michael, grocer
(1785) #248, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #225 High St., Anthony, Joseph, merchant
(1785) #249, Miller, Jacob
(1785) Miller, Jacob, grocer, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #223 High St., Sheaff, Henry, grocer
(1785) #250, Foulke, Amos
(1791) #221 High St., Binney, Susannah, widow
(1785) #251, Large, Ebenezar
(1785) #251, Moore, Doctor
(1791) #219 High St., Moore, Thomas, gentleman
(1785) #252, Bell, William, merchant
(1791) #217 High St., Bell, William, merchant, also at 2 Sim's Alley
(1785) #253, Palmer, Thomas
(1785) Palmer, Thomas, sign of the Lamb, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #215 High St., Seckel, Henry, grocer
(1785) #254, Pemberton, John
(1785) Pemberton, Mrs., gentlewoman, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #213 High St., Pemberton, John, gentleman
#255, Foulke, Adam
(1791) #211 High St., Summers, Andrew, broker
(1785) #256, Chamberlaine, Charles
(1785) Chamberlain, Charles, cordwainer, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #209 High St., Beates, Peter, tobacconist
(1785) #257, Stone, Jacob
(1791) #207 High St., Geyer, John, grocer
(1785) #258, Bowers, Adam
(1791) #205 High St., Straley, George, innkeeper
(1785) #259, Staticorn, Simon
(1785) Steddicorne, S., paper maker, Market between 5th and 6th
(1791) #203 High St., Cline, John, shopkeeper
(1785) #260, Dunlap, Doctor
(1791) #201 High St., Reinholt, George C., stationer
(1785) #261, Jones, Israel (possibly at corner of Market & 5th Streets).
(1791) #199 High St., Geyer, William, grocer
BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Bush, Adam, reed maker, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Clymer, Baltzer, carter, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Copp, John, grocer, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Esler, Jacob, blacksmith, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Foulke, Christopher, brassfounder, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Hansell, Barnet, taylor, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Kennedy, David, Esq., secretary to the land-office, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Leekler, George, reed-maker, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Moore, Thomas, gentleman, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Shoemaker, Abraham, shopkeeper, Market between 5th and 6th
(1785) Wewman, Christopher, grocer, Market between 5th and 6th
CORNER OF MARKET AND 6TH
(1785) #103 Market Street, #161 6th Street, Dickinson, John, President.
This was on the southeastern corner, next to the house of the President of the United
States, though with a space between the buildings.
(1791) #192 High St., Morris, Robert, Esq., also at 180 High St.
(1785) #104, Jones, William
(1785) Jones, Thomas, sign Blue Ball, corner of Market and 6th
Though Jones is not so rare a name as to justify placing these two listings together by
themselves, William Jones' number places him at the southwestern corner, making it likely
that the two addresses referred to the same place.
(1791) #194 High St., Gray, William, huckster shop
(1785) #243 Market Street, #1 6th Street, Grandham, John
(1785) Grandom, John, shopkeeper, corner of Market and 6th
(1785) #243, Ryng, Conrad
(1791) #233 High St., Grandom, John, shopkeeper
(1791) #235 High St., Fletcher, John W., merchant
By the numbering, on the northwestern corner.
Fletcher at #235 may have been part of the northwestern corner property, as the
next number to the west is matched up with no gap in numbering.
(1785) #244 Market Street, #159 6th Street, Donaldson, Joseph sen.
(1785) Donaldson, Joseph, merchant, corner of Market and 6th
On the northeastern corner.
(1785) #245, Sellers, Nathaniel
(1785) Sellers, Nathaniel and David, wool cardmakers, corner of Market and 6th
It may be that the Sellers occupied part of the same building as Joseph Donaldson.
(1791) #231 High St., Sellars, Nathan, wool & cotton card maker
(1785) Greenwood, Alexander, cordwainer, corner of Market and 6th
(1785) Pine, Robert, painter, corner of Market and 6th
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#233 Market, northeastern corner.
#235 Market, northwestern corner.
No # ("Schuylkill Bank"), southeastern corner.
#194 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH, SOUTH SIDE
(1785) #105, Whelan, Israel
(1791) #196 High St., Cottringer, Garrett, merchant
(1785) #106, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #198 High St., Otis, Samuel Allen, Secretary [of the Congress of the U.S.], on list at end)
(1785) #107, Craig, Thomas
(1785) Craig, Thomas, innkeeper, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #200 High St., Hay, Michael, innkeeper
(1785) #108, Fishpack, Dominick
(1785) Fisbaugh, Dominick, barber, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Fisbaugh, Simon, intelligence office, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #202 High St., Burtch, Hugh, hairdresser
(1785) #109, Shoemaker, Michael
(1791) #204 High St., Shoemaker, Henry, huckster shop
(1785) #110, Kennedy, David, Secretary of the Land Office
(1791) #206 High St., no listing
(1785) #111, Young, Charles
(1791) #208 High St., Deitz, Francis, cordwainer
(1791) #208 High St., White, Francis, dealer in public securities
(1785) #112, Leckler, George
This listing has been chosen to be the unmatched one, as the two numbering systems
did not work the same way with this block and there's an odd number out in them. More
information will, hopefully, reveal why there's one more address in MacPherson than Biddle.
(1785) #113, Herpest, Henry
(1785) Herbts and Lex, grocers, Market between 6th and 7th
In 1791 Herbts and Lex were at #283 Market, on the other side of the street and between 7th and 8th.
(1791) #210 High St., Clymer, Baltus, waggon master
(1791) #210 High St., Thompson, Jacob, grocer
(1785) #114, Turner, William
(1791) #212 High St., Turner, William, gentleman
(1785) #115, Ingles, George
(1791) #214 High St., Byrne, Mrs., boardinghouse
(1791) #214 High St., Footman, Peter, clerk, moved to 8 Pear St.
(1785) #116, McCowen, Edward
(1791) #216 High St., Greenman, Alexander, cordwainer
(1785) #118, Mathews, Mary
Matthews, Mary, sign White Horse, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #218 High St., Erwin, Robert, innkeeper, also at 220 High St.
(1791) #220 High St., Erwin, Robert, innkeeper, also at 218 High St.
(1785) #120, Finley, James (by implication)
(1791) #222 High St., Cornman, Jacob, sugar baker
(1791) #224 High St., Elton, Mary, widow
(1785) #121, Emerick, Baltis
(1791) #226 High St., Emrich, John, baker
BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH, NORTH SIDE
(1785) #228, Lukener, John
(1785) Lukens, John, Esq., surveyor general, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #263 High St., Brodhead, Daniel, Esq., surveyor general
(1785) #229, Sheilds, George
(1791) #261 High St., Burnes, John, shopkeeper
Ketchum's American Cabinetmakers says that the cabinetmaker Joseph
Beale was here from 1797 to 1807.
(1785) #230, Trinloe, Philip
(1791) #259 High St., Byerly, Christopher, cooper
(1785) #231, Rape, Nicholas
(1785) Rapp, Nicholas, wheelwright, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #257 High St., Reb, Nicholas, wheelwright
(1791) #255 High St., Lawrence, Christian, blacksmith
(1785) #232, Parker, John, shopkeeper
(1785) Parker, John, shopkeeper, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #253 High St., Parker, John, shopkeeper
(1785) #233, Tord, Christopher
(1791) #251 High St., Clymer, George, Esq.
(1791) #251 High St., Patterson, John, printer
(1785) #234, no listing
(1791) #249 High St., Coneggs, John L., hairdresser
(1785) #237, Nancanoue, John, surveyor
(1785) Nancarrowe, John, merchant, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #245 High St., Biddle, James, Esq., Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County., According to the section at the end he was President Judge and Charles Biddle of 243 High St. was prothonotary.
(1785) #238, Smith, Thomas, loan officer
(1785) Smith, Thomas, Esq., continental loan officer, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #243 High St., Biddle, Charles, Esq., secretary of Council
(1785) #239, Rozes, John
(1785) Rouse, John, gentleman, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #241 High St., Capp, John, shopkeeper
(1785) #240, Budden, Captain
(1791) #239 High St., Standley, Susannah, boardinghouse
(1785) #242, Cress, Peter
(1785) Cress, Peter, sadler, Market between 6th and 7th
(1791) #237 High St., Cress, Peter, saddler
BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Dorman, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Kempler, Michael, cedar cooper, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Kensey, Abraham, gentleman, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Krymer, Henry, wood sawyer, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Shuebart, Jacob, wood cutter, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Sickle, David, grazier, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Sickle, George, Esq., Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Stuffells, George, grocer, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Summerick, Baltzer, baker, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Walker, Mrs., gentlewoman, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Walters, Thomas, labourer, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Welch, Robert, carter, Market between 6th and 7th
(1785) Wheelen, Israel, merchant, Market between 6th and 7th
CORNER OF MARKET AND 7TH
(1785) #122 Market Street, #156 7th Street, Rash, Nicholas
(1785) Rash, Nicholas, grocer, corner of Market and 7th
By the numbering, on the southeastern corner.
(1791) #228 High St., Sheuman, Matthew, cordwainer
(1785) #123, Dunlap, John
On the southwestern corner stood a house built in 1775 by bricklayer Jacob Graff,
where Thomas Jefferson had rooms in 1776, and where, it is widely accepted, he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
It is not quite certain which Jacob Graff built it, since Jacob Graff, Sr. (1727-1780) and his
son Jacob Graff, Jr. (1751-1793) were both alive and active at the time. The University of
Delaware has some Graff family materials, here.
Based on the placement of Nicholas Rash at
the southeastern corner (#122), it seems fairly certain that John Dunlap of #123
lived here, despite Francis White not having listed him here.
The original building, much modified for commerce, was demolished in 1883 for a bank (which went broke
in the Depression; so much for the fleeting importance of business priorities). In the 1960s and 1970s,
when the prevailing historic preservation theory was reconstruction of what had been lost,
the federal government rebuilt the Graff house, or at least its western half where
Jefferson lived. The second-floor room that Jefferson had has
been furnished as it might have looked during his stay, but the only part of the original house
which is part of the reconstruction is the two marble window lintels facing Market Street.
Click here for the small National
Park Service webpage about it, which gives such things as when it can be visited, and not much
more. The webpage of the Independence Hall Association about this house is here.
(1791) #230 High St., Wilson, Hon. James, Esq., L.L.D., associate judge of the supreme court of the United States
That Wilson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived here for a time is not generally known; no mention is made of this
fact at the Declaration House. The placement of this Biddle-system house number on this corner is
confirmed by the 1830 directory numbers for this intersection, below.
(1785) #224, McCullogh, Widow
(1785) McCullough, Mrs., corner of Market and 7th
(1791) #271 High St., McCullough, Rachel, widow
Evidently on the northwestern corner;
(1785) #156 7th Street, Briney, George
(1785) #225 High Street, Bryming, George
(1785) Branning, George, blacksmith, corner of Market and 7th
(1791) #269 High St., Brining, George, blacksmith
By the 1785 number, clearly on the northeastern corner, with Rachel McCullough of #271 on the
northwestern corner, which means that (barring a move across the street, not always
possible for a specialist like a blacksmith) #265 and #267 must
also have been on the northeastern corner in 1791.
(1785) #226, Roushes, Francis
(1785) Roush, Francis, hair dresser, corner of Market and 7th
(1791) #267 High St., Mines, James, cordwainer
On the northeastern corner; see logic for #269, above.
(1785) #227, Claphamson [sic]
(1785) Claphamson, Samuel, cabinetmaker, Market between 3rd and 4th
(1791) #265 High St., Claphamson, Samuel, joiner, also at 1 N. 7th St.
On the northeastern corner. White's listing is evidently a mistake, unless Claphamson
had just moved. Bjerkoe (in Cabinetmakers of America, p.64) says he advertised
on January 8, 1785, that he was "late from London," and that he was in Philadelphia at least
through 1794.
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#269 Market, northeastern corner.
#271 Market, northwestern corner.
#228 Market, southeastern corner.
#230 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH, SOUTH SIDE
(1785) #125, Mock, Nicholas
(1785) Much, Nicholas, wheelwright, Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #234 High St., Emrich, Baltus, baker
(1785) #126, Steltz, Charles
(1785) Slultz, Charles, blacksmith, Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #236 High St., Stoltz, Charles, blacksmith
(1785) #127, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #238 High St., Routz, Elizabeth, widow
(1785) #128, Hinckle, John
(1785) Hinckle, John, potter, Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #240 High St., Hinckel, John, potter
(1785) #130, no listing
(1791) #244 High St., Murgatroyd, Thomas
(1785) #131, Randle, Richard
(1791) #246 High St., Rundle, Daniel, gentleman
(1785) #132, Carter, Jacob
(1791) #248 High St., Mifflin, Thomas, Esq., governor of the state
(1785) #133, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #250 High St., Yorke, Ann, widow
(1785) #134, vacant or residents would not give name
(1785) #136, Shoemaker, Rebecca
(1785) Shoemaker, Rebecca, Mrs., Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #254 High St., De Braham, John W. I., gentleman
(1785) #137, Shoemaker, Benjamin
(1785) Shoemaker, Benjamin, Market between 7th and 8th
(1791) #256 High St., Shoemaker, Benjamin, gentleman
BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH, NORTH SIDE
For some of the unmatched listings here their location on this block is speculative; they could have been on the corner of Market and 8th, or between 8th and 9th.
(1791) #297 High St., Kerr, James, coach maker, also at 170 Mulberry St.
(1791) #293 High St., Foulke, Caleb, merchant
(1791) #291 High St., Nancarrow, John, steel manufacturer
(1791) #285 High St., North, Richard, stone cutter
(1791) #283 High St., Herbst & Lex, grocers
(1791) #283 High St., Lex, Peter, grocer
(1785) #219, Garret, Jeffry
(1791) #277 High St., Meyer, Barnet, tallowchandler
(1785) #221, Hooper, Paul
(1791) #275 High St., Shaw, Samuel, merchant, also at 72 N. Water St.
(1785) #222, Murgotroyt, Thomas
(1791) #273 High St., Inglis, Henry & Joseph, joiners
BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Chambers, William, labourer, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Haraven, Hugh, labourer, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Hover, Paul, chair maker, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Huddiman, Samuel, potter, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) King, John, innkeeper; sign of the Plough, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Kinnodle, Daniel, distiller, Market near, 7th,
(1785) Krim, Henry, weaver, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Lacoste, Joseph & Co., hat manufacturers, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Loudon, Edward, chocolate maker, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Moetz, Jacob, innkeeper, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Mollear, Henry, potter, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Newman, William, rope maker, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) North, Joseph, stonecutter, Market near, 7th,
(1785) North, Richard, stonecutter, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Pryor, Charles, merchant, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Rundle, Daniel, merchant, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Shaw, Samuel, tobacconist, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Smith, John, shopkeeper, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Tarter, Jacob, labourer, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Tolbert, James, labourer, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) West, John, timber merchant, Market between 7th and 8th
(1785) Wilmer, Conrad, ropemaker, Market between 7th and 8th
CORNER OF MARKET AND 8TH
(1785) Ozeas, Peter, grocer, corner of Market and 8th
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#303 Market, northeastern corner.
#305 Market, northwestern corner.
#266 Market, southeastern corner.
#268 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH, SOUTH SIDE
The location of the following two listings are not clear; they are placed here as an approximation:
(1785) #139, Boyers, Christopher
(1791) #260 High St., no listing
(1785) #140, Brayfield, John
(1791) #262 High St., no listing
The following 1785 listings were placed between 9th and 10th because of White's listing for Henry Kreamer, but with the evidence of the 1791 listings it appears that White made a mistake, and that these addresses are properly placed on this block between 8th and 9th.
(1785) #142, Hetman, William
(1791) #266 High St., no listing
(1785) #143, Creamer, Henry
(1785) Kreamer, Henry, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1791) #268 High St., Kraemer, Henry, shopkeeper
(1785) #144, vacant or residents would not give name (by implication; proximity of number to #143)
(1791) #270 High St., Ogden, Joseph, clerk of the market
(1785) #145, Lowman, William (by implication; proximity of number to #143)
(1791) #272 High St., Lowman, William, rope maker
(1785) #146, no listing
(1791) #274 High St., Jefferson, Thomas, Esq., secretary of state for the United States
(1791) #276 High St., Van Berckel, Francis, Esq., resident from the United Netherlands
(1791) #280 High St., Hamilton, William, house carpenter
BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH, NORTH SIDE
The following listings are in approximately the correct location, based on the numbering and what few matches there are in this relatively sparsely populated area of the city, but the exact block they were on is not yet certain:
(1785) #183, Rybont, Philip
(1785) #184, Turner, Edward
(1785) Twiner, Edward, plasterer, Market between 8th and 9th
(1791) #333 High St., Moliere, Henry, ship chandler, also at 158 Mulberry St.
(1791) #331 High St., Lesher, John, mead house
(1785) #193, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #329 High St., Kennedy, David, Esq., secretary of the land office,
(1791) #323 High St., Hunter, George, coach maker
(1791) #323 High St., Le Roy & Bayard, merchants, on addendum at end
(1791) #321 High St., Ruston, Thomas, doctor of physic, moved to 93 S. 8th St.
(1791) #321 High St., Smith, William, Esq., of So. Carolina
(1791) #319 High St., Hunter, William, coach maker
(1785) #200, Talbot, James
(1791) #315 High St., Nichols, Robert, shopkeeper
(1785) #201, Damon, Elizabeth
(1791) #313 High St., Davis, George, attorney
(1785) #202, Sickle, David
(1791) #311 High St., Seckel, David, butcher
(1785) #203, Sickle, George
(1791) #309 High St., Seckel, George, gentleman
(1785) #204, Walker, Widow
(1791) #307 High St., Everhard, David, butcher
(1791) #307 High St., Office of the Department of State
(1785) #206, vacant or residents would not give name
(1791) #303 High St., Miller, Jacob, shopkeeper
(1785) #207, no listing
(1791) #301 High St., Shoemaker, Samuel, gentleman
BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Lettman, Jacob, labourer, Market between 8th and 9th
(1785) Nonaker, Jacob, hatter, Market between 8th and 9th
(1785) Nonaker, Philip, weaver, Market between 8th and 9th
(1785) Reinich, Lewis, baker, Market between 8th and 9th
CORNER OF MARKET AND 9TH
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#339 Market, northeastern corner.
#341 Market, northwestern corner.
#300 Market, southeastern corner.
#302 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH, SOUTH SIDE
BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH, NORTH SIDE
The following two listings are placed on this side of the street as a guess based on the numbering:
(1785) #163, Whittle, John
(1785) #164, Markoe, Abraham
(1791) High St. between 9th and 10th St., Markoe, Abraham, gentleman
BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Evans, James, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Jenkins, Thomas, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Kammerer, Henry, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Little, Jeremiah, shopkeeper, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Moore, John, butcher, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Sackley, Jeremiah, shopkeeper, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Schriffer, Henry, butcher, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Shepherd, Jacob, butcher, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Shoemaker, Mary, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Snackle, William, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Snodrond, Peter, hatter, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Snoul, William, baker, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Stall, Joseph, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Thompson, Samuel, labourer, Market between 9th and 10th
(1785) Willey, Silias, house carpenter, Market between 9th and 10th
The following two listings are only "near 10th St." but had to be placed somewhere:
(1791) High St. near 10th St., Miller, John, stone cutter
(1791) High St. near 10th St., Traquair, James, stone cutter
CORNER OF MARKET AND 10TH
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#373 Market, northeastern corner.
#375 Market, northwestern corner.
#340 Market, southeastern corner.
#342 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH, SOUTH SIDE
BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH, NORTH SIDE
BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Kannodle, Henry, distiller, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Neiman, James, baker, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Parnell, Henry, labourer, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Shallice, Leonard, baker, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Shoemaker, Jacob, gentleman, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Taylor, Jacob, labourer, Market between 10th and 11th
(1785) Taylor, James, labourer, Market between 10th and 11th
CORNER OF MARKET AND 11TH
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#403 Market, northeastern corner.
#405 Market, northwestern corner.
#372 Market, southeastern corner.
No # ("Girard's Lot"), southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH, SOUTH SIDE
BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH, NORTH SIDE
BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) Beck, Adam, labourer, Market between 11th and 12th
(1785) Byrne, James, innkeeper, Market between 11th and 12th
(1785) Stull, William, labourer, Market between 11th and 12th
(1785) Vallence, Adam, labourer, Market between 11th and 12th
CORNER OF MARKET AND 12TH
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#435 Market, northeastern corner.
#437 Market, northwestern corner.
#360 Market, southeastern corner.
#362 Market, southwestern corner.
BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH, SOUTH SIDE
BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH, NORTH SIDE
BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH, UNKNOWN SIDE
(1785) King, William, innkeeper, Market between 12th and 13th
(1785) Slaughter, Joseph, gardener, Market between 12th and 13th
(1785) Welf, Lewis, hair dresser, Market between 12th and 13th
White's directory listings for Market Street end at the block between 12th and 13th Streets. As noted elsewhere, MacPherson's listings are stated to end at 10th Street.
(1791) High St., middle ferry on Schuylkill, Hubley, Frederick, innkeeper
CORNER OF MARKET AND 13TH
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#453 Market, northeastern corner.
#455 Market, northwestern corner.
#388 Market, southeastern corner.
#400 Market, southwestern corner.
CORNER OF MARKET AND JUNIPER
The 1830 directory, in which the same numbering system theoretically was in place, contained a key to the numbering of corner properties and gives the following numbers for this corner:
#499 Market, northeastern corner.
#420 Market, southeastern corner.
NOTES:
According to Rum Punch and Revolution by Peter Thompson, the widow Grey kept the Bull's Head Tavern on High Street (Market) in a two-story building measuring 16 feet by 20 feet. (p.58) Jacob Hiltzheimer was a patron (p.81) and one Peter Partridge "conducted a screenmaking and wireworks operation from lodgings at the Bull's Head." (p.82) At one point its proprietor was John Knowles. (p.61.)