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20th Century Chestnut Hill Map available now more> Naylor Photo Collection now online. more> Spring and Summer events scheduled view our calendar>
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To view this slideshow, please Welcome Chestnut Hill, located in the northwestern corner of Philadelphia, is one of the region's most beautiful and architecturally distinguished communities. Flanked by the spectacular Wissahickon Gorge and Cresheim Valley, Chestnut Hill is home to one of the best collections of 19th and early 20th-century residential buildings in the country.
The Chestnut Hill Historical Society leads the effort to protect this profound architectural heritage. Through lively programs, exhibits and tours, through the establishment of an innovative easement program and through direct intervention in the preservation of buildings, CHHS helps to keep the past alive for future generations. The Chestnut Hill Historical Society is located in an 1870s Victorian house at the "top of the Hill" along Germantown Avenue in historic Chestnut Hill. |
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A book discussion featuring prominent local authors on the history of the German Township, as the three communities were originally known. Friday,
July 10 For more information, or to order a tickets, click here.
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Nearly
every notable architect practicing in Philadelphia over the past
150+ years is represented in Chestnut Hill -- from the early Italianate
Victorian designs of Samuel Sloan, to the exuberant Queen Anne buildings
of the G.W. & W.D. Hewitt firm; from the ground-breaking, European
influenced work of Wilson Eyre to the exquisitely designed country
houses of Mellor Meigs and Howe; and from the ornate classical design
of Horace Trumbauer to the early modern works of Louis I. Kahn and
Robert Venturi.