Mount Pleasant Hotel and Franklin House descriptions, 1841
Permanent ID:
4700Call number:
K: III-58bDate:
1841Image Description:
Description of Mount Pleasant Hotel and The Franklin HouseInscription:
Mount Pleasant Hotel was situate in 1836 at the east end of the Columbia Rail Road Bridge about 300 feet distant and directly opposite to Log Lane where it is cut down through the bank between Rockland and Mount Pleasant Mansions, between the Railroad and the Schuylkill River, it was kept in 1841 by Mr. Del Baufre and was then a great resort for those who belonged to boat and barge clubs and merchants who would ride out Broad & Willow streets in the two story horse cars in the afternoons. It never was much frequented by ladies. Sketched in August 1841. III-58 bThe Franklin House, north east corner of Chestnut street and Franklin Place between 3rd and 4th streets was opened by Messrs. J.M. Sanderson & Son in 1842. In 1848 Mr. David S. Winebrenner, the owner, bought houses adjoining, altered and enlarged it & opened it as seen in the sketch, later it was demolished, and on its site was built the inspection and business on January 2nd 1867. Sketched by D.J. Kennedy (Front)