Society Hill

{{Short description|Neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}} {{About|the Philadelphia neighborhood}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Society Hill Historic District | nrhp_type = hd | designated_other1 = Philadelphia Register of Historic Places | designated_other1_date = March 10, 1999<ref name="PRHP districts"/> | image = {{multiple image | align = center | direction = vertical | width = 240 | image1 = HeadHouseSquare.JPG | caption1 = [[New Market and Head House#Head House Square|Head House Square]] on the 400 block of S. 2nd Street | image2 = Street map of central Philadelphia with the Society Hill neighborhood outlined in red.png | caption2 = Map of [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City Philadelphia]] with Society Hill outlined in red }} | image_size =  | caption =  | location = [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]], bounded by 8th, [[Front Street (Philadelphia)|Front]], [[Walnut Street (Philadelphia)|Walnut]], and Lombard Streets<ref name=PRHPmap>{{Citation | title = Society Hill (and Pennsylvania Hospital of Washington Square West) Historic District | publisher = Philadelphia Historical Commission, City of Philadelphia | website=phila.gov | page = 1 | url = http://www.phila.gov/historical/PDF/Society%20Hill%20Map.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101020828/http://www.phila.gov/historical/PDF/Society%20Hill%20Map.pdf | archive-date=November 1, 2016 | access-date = December 14, 2016 | quote=Note: PDF file link found on phila.gov/historical/register/Pages/districts.aspx}}</ref>{{refn|name=note1|group=note|The Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (PRHP) set its proposed boundaries for the Society Hill historic district to include five adjacent groups of buildings. See the PRHP map reference<ref name=PRHPmap/> and page 6 of the nomination document.<ref name=PRHPnom/> The ''National'' Register of Historic Places boundaries include the area between Front St. and the Delaware River.<ref name=nrhp>{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=5fe4a938-36ac-41aa-974c-9ff0d3a91176 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form |date=June 23, 1971 |page=5 |website=nps.gov |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221024724/http://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=5fe4a938-36ac-41aa-974c-9ff0d3a91176 |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} | coordinates = {{coord|39.945|N|75.149|W|display=title, inline}} | locmapin = Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA | map_caption = Location of Society Hill in [[Philadelphia]] | built = 18th-century and later | architecture = [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]], [[Federal architecture|Federal]], [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] | added = June 23, 1971 | area = {{convert|163|acre}}<ref name="City-Data"/> | refnum = 71000065<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }}

'''Society Hill''' is a historic neighborhood in [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States, with a population of 6,215 {{As of|2010|4|1|alt=as of the [[2010 United States census]]}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.centercityphila.org/docs/CCR_Demographics2011.pdf | title=Leading the Way: Population Growth Downtown | website=centercityphila.org | page=4 | access-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> Settled in the early 1680s, Society Hill is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Philadelphia.<ref name = "CCD, Neighborhood: Society Hill">The Center City District dates the Free Society of Traders to 1683. See {{cite web | url=https://www.centercityphila.org/life/nhood_societyhill.php | title=Neighborhood: Society Hill | website=centercityphila.org | access-date=December 22, 2016}} Other sources show that the Society was established in 1681. See {{cite web | url=http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/free-society-of-traders/ | title=Free Society of Traders |author=Lance R. Eisenhower |website=philadelphiaencyclopedia.org |access-date=December 30, 2016}} William Penn did not arrive until October 1682. See [[History of Philadelphia]].</ref> After [[urban decay]] developed between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, an [[urban renewal]] program began in the 1950s, restoring the area and its many historic buildings.<ref name = "BillyPenn">{{Citation | last1 = Orso | first1 = Anna | title = Society Hill: Philly's richest ZIP code, where The Sixth Sense was filmed and Chase Utley lives | date = 18 March 2015 | publisher = BillyPenn.com | url = http://billypenn.com/2015/03/18/society-hill-phillys-richest-zip-code-where-the-sixth-sense-was-filmed-and-chase-utley-lives/ | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref> Society Hill has since become one of the most expensive neighborhoods with the highest average income and second-highest real estate values in Philadelphia.<ref>{{As of|2013}}, the [[median household income]] in Society Hill was $93,222, and the average income was $145,260, which are the highest values for any neighborhood in Philadelphia. {{cite web |url=http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/legacy/uploadedfiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/reports/philadelphia_research_initiative/philadelphiacitystatisticspdf.pdf | title=Philadelphia 2013: The State of the City | website=pewtrusts.org | access-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> Society Hill's historic colonial architecture, along with planning and restoration efforts, led the [[American Planning Association]] to designate it, {{as of|2008|alt=in 2008}}, as one of the great American neighborhoods and a good example of sustainable urban living.<ref name="APA">{{Citation | title = Great Places in America -- Society Hill: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | publisher = American Planning Association | date = 2008 | url = https://www.planning.org/greatplaces/neighborhoods/2008/societyhill.htm | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref>

The neighborhood hosts one of the largest concentrations of original 18th- and early 19th-century buildings in the United States.<ref name=PRHPnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.phila.gov/historical/PDF/Society%20Hill%20nom.pdf |title=Philadelphia Register of Historic Places - Society Hill Nomination |website=phila.gov |publisher=Philadelphia Historical Commission, City of Philadelphia |date=March 10, 1999 |pages=1–2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101103120/http://www.phila.gov/historical/PDF/Society%20Hill%20nom.pdf |archive-date=November 1, 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=December 14, 2016 |quote=Note: PDF file link found on phila.gov/historical/register/Pages/districts.aspx}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopedia of Philadelphia: Society Hill">{{Citation | last1 = Dowdall| first1 = George W. | title = Society Hill | publisher = The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia | date = 2015 | url = http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/society-hill/ | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref> Society Hill is noted for its [[History of street lighting in the United States|Franklin street lamps]],<ref>{{Citation | title = FRANKLIN STREET LAMPS, Philadelphia | publisher = Forgotten New York | date = May 16, 2015 | url = http://forgotten-ny.com/2015/05/franklin-street-lamps-philadelphia/ | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="APA"/> brick sidewalks, [[cobblestone]] and [[Sett (paving)|Belgian block]] streets bordered by two- to four-story brick [[Townhouse|rowhouses]] in [[Federal architecture|Federal]] and [[Georgian architecture]], and public buildings in [[Greek Revival architecture]] such as the [[Merchants' Exchange Building (Philadelphia)|Merchants' Exchange Building]]{{refn | name=note2 | group=note | Though the Merchants' Exchange Building is located on the north side of Walnut St. and could also be considered part of the Old City neighborhood, buildings on both sides of Walnut are included in the National Register of Historic Places boundaries for the Society Hill historic district.<ref name=nrhp/>}} and the [[Old Pine Street Church]].<ref name=PRHPnom/>

==Etymology== Society Hill is named after the 17th-century Free Society of Traders, which had its offices at Front Street on the hill above [[Dock Creek]].<ref name="PhilaEncycl">{{cite web|url=http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/free-society-of-traders/ |title=Free Society of Traders |website=philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/ |access-date=December 25, 2016}}</ref> The Free Society of Traders was a company of elite merchants, landowners, and personal associates of [[William Penn]] who were granted special concessions in order to direct the economy of the young colony.<ref name=PhilaEncycl/> [[File:City of Philadelphia, Original Division into 10 Wards.jpg|thumb|left|Society Hill known as the Dock Ward (1705)]] Society Hill was initially known as the Dock Ward, an appropriate designation until the post-[[World War II]] period when the shipping industry declined and relocated.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Philadelphia: Society Hill"/><ref name="Encyclopedia of Philadelphia: Gentrification">{{Citation | last1 = Gottlieb | first1 = Dylan | title = Gentrification | publisher = The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia | date = 2014 | url = http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/gentrification/ | access-date = January 2, 2017}}</ref> The Dock Ward, first defined in 1705, was one of the ten original wards that the city used to subdivide land east of 7th Street.<ref name = "Original Wards">{{Citation | title = City Political Subdivisions 1705-1854 | publisher = City of Philadelphia | url = http://www.phila.gov/phils/docs/inventor/graphics/wards/wards2.htm | access-date = January 2, 2017}}</ref> As part of the [[Act of Consolidation, 1854|1854 Act of Consolidation]], the Dock Ward was renamed the 5th Ward.<ref name = "1854 Wards">{{Citation | title = City Political Subdivisions 1854-1965 | publisher = City of Philadelphia | url = http://www.phila.gov/phils/docs/inventor/graphics/wards/wards3.htm | access-date = January 2, 2017}}</ref> The wards were realigned in 1965 and the boundaries of the 5th Ward no longer correspond to Society Hill's boundaries.<ref name = "1854 Wards"/>

==Geography== The land area of Society Hill is approximately {{convert|0.254|sqmi|acre}}.<ref name="City-Data">{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Society-Hill-Philadelphia-PA.html |title=Society Hill neighborhood |website=city-data.org |access-date=December 25, 2016}}</ref> Bordering the [[Delaware River]] just south of [[Old City, Philadelphia|Old City]] and [[Independence Hall]], Society Hill is loosely defined as bounded by [[Walnut Street (Philadelphia)|Walnut]], Lombard, [[Front Street (Philadelphia)|Front]] and 8th Streets.<ref name=PRHPmap/> The Society Hill Civic Association further subdivides Society Hill along Spruce Street and 4th Street into quadrants by [[Cardinal direction|intercardinal directions]]: northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW), and northwest (NW).<ref>{{Citation | title = Society Hill Map | publisher = Society Hill Civic Association | url = http://www.societyhillcivic.org/aboutSH/map.asp | access-date = January 6, 2017}}. See also {{Citation | title = SHCA Block Coordinators | publisher = Society Hill Civic Association | url = http://www.societyhillcivic.org/aboutSHCA/bc.asp | access-date = January 6, 2017}}.</ref> Across different sources, variation in the exact border includes extending the eastern boundary to the Delaware River,<ref name = "SHCA Map">The Society Hill Civic Association includes the area east of Front Street as part of Society Hill and recognizes residents of the 300 and 400 blocks of Gaskill Street and the 500 block of Front Street (all south of Lombard) as part of Society Hill. {{Citation | title = Society Hill Map | publisher = Society Hill Civic Association | url = http://www.societyhillcivic.org/aboutSH/map.asp | access-date = January 6, 2017}}; See also {{Citation | title = SHCA Block Coordinators | publisher = Society Hill Civic Association | url = http://www.societyhillcivic.org/aboutSHCA/bc.asp | access-date = January 6, 2017}}. The inclusion of these few blocks below Lombard Street is consistent with the southern boundaries that designate which buildings are within the Society Hill Historic District, as opposed to the neighborhood of Society Hill.</ref><ref name=PRHPmap/> the southern border to [[South Street Headhouse District|South Street]], the northern border to Chestnut Street, or limiting the western border to 7th Street,<ref>[[Google Maps]] indicates that the southern border of Society Hill extends one block past Lombard street to South Street and that the western boundary terminates at 7th Street instead of 8th. {{Citation | title = Society Hill, Philadelphia | publisher = Google Maps | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Society+Hill,+Philadelphia,+PA | access-date = January 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>The Center City District has adopted the Google boundaries, but extended the northern border by one block to Chestnut Street. {{Citation | title = Neighborhood: Society Hill | publisher = Center City District | url = http://centercityphila.org/life/nhood_societyhill.php | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131003223210/http://centercityphila.org/life/nhood_societyhill.php | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-10-03 | access-date = September 6, 2024}}</ref> making the boundaries coterminous with U.S. Census tracts 10.01 and 10.02.<ref>{{Citation | title = 2020 Census - Census Tract Reference Map: Philadelphia County, PA | publisher = U.S Census | url = https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/censustract_maps/c42101_philadelphia/DC20CT_C42101.pdf | access-date = September 6, 2024}}</ref>

==History== {{see also|History of Philadelphia}} [[File:McFetridge Map 1886 Cropped.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Society Hill (1886)]] With prime access to the Delaware River and Philadelphia's civic buildings, including Independence Hall, the neighborhood quickly became one of the most populous areas in colonial Philadelphia. Several market halls, taverns and churches were built alongside brick houses of Philadelphia's affluent citizens.

After the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], the polluted Dock Creek—which had been used as a public sewer—became Dock Street when the city filled in the creek and created a new food distribution market. Though the streets of Philadelphia were carefully laid out in a grid, the new Dock Street's arc connecting Chestnut and Spruce Streets between 2nd and 3rd, owes its uncharacteristic shape to the path of the former creek as it ran to the river.<ref>{{cite news |last=Perrine |first=William |date=January 27, 1919 |title=Dock Street |url=http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/street_dock.htm |newspaper=Evening Bulletin |location=Philadelphia|access-date=2016-01-21}}</ref>

In the 19th century, the city expanded westward and the area lost its appeal. Houses deteriorated, and by the 1940s, Society Hill had become a slum neighborhood, one of the worst in the city.<ref name=philarch>{{cite philarch}}, p.119</ref>

In the 1950s, the city, state and federal governments began one of the first [[urban renewal]] programs aimed at the preservation of historic buildings. While most commercial 19th-century buildings were demolished, historically-significant houses were restored by occupants or taken over by the [[Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority]] and sold to individuals who agreed to restore the exteriors. Replicas of 18th-century street lights and brick sidewalks were added to enhance the colonial atmosphere. Empty lots and demolished buildings were replaced with parks, walkways, and modern townhouses.

[[File:A359, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Delancey Street in Society Hill, 2009.JPG|thumb|left|Delancey Street (2009)]] From 1957–1959, the Greater Philadelphia Movement, the Redevelopment Authority and the Old Philadelphia Development Corporation bought {{convert|31|acre|m2}} around Dock Street. They demolished and relocated the Dock Street market, setting aside {{convert|5|acre|m2}} of land that would become the [[Society Hill Towers]].<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Le Faivre-Rochester | first1 = Carole |editor1= Herman Baron | title = I.M. Pei and Society Hill: A 40th Anniversary Celebration | chapter = Society Hill Towers: A Bold and Graceful Venture | publisher = DIANE Publishing Co. | date = 2003 | page = 35 | isbn = 9780756735548 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=J_N_MIusMg8C | access-date = December 31, 2016}}</ref> In 1957, [[Edmund Bacon (architect)|Edmund Bacon]], the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, awarded developer-architect firm [[Webb and Knapp]] the competition for the redevelopment of Society Hill. Architect [[I. M. Pei]] and his team designed a plan for three 31-story Society Hill Towers and low-rise buildings.<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Perkins | first1 = Dorothy |editor1= Herman Baron | title = Biography of I.M. Pei | chapter = Society Hill Towers: A Bold and Graceful Venture | publisher = DIANE Publishing Co. | date = 2003 | page = 8 | isbn = 9780756735548 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=J_N_MIusMg8C | access-date = December 31, 2016}}</ref> The Towers and townhouses project was completed in 1964, while the entire plan was completed in 1977.<ref>Le Faivre-Rochester, p. 36.</ref> Architect [[Louis Sauer]] designed dozens of rowhouse projects for the area around Society Hill, including Waverly Court and Penn's Landing Square.

Historic buildings in Society Hill include the [[Society Hill Synagogue]], built in 1829 as a [[Baptists|Baptist]] church by Philadelphia architect [[Thomas Ustick Walter]], one of the architects of the [[United States Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] The synagogue was entered into the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1971. Another notable building is [[St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Society Hill, Philadelphia|St. Peter's Church]], constructed between 1758 and 1761 by [[Robert Smith (architect)|Robert Smith]]. [[Congregation Kesher Israel (Philadelphia)|Congregation Kesher Israel]] occupies and has renovated the building constructed by the Universalist Church in 1796 at 412 Lombard Street.

The ''Society Hill Historic District'' was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. In 1999, it was listed on the [[Philadelphia Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=PRHPnom/><ref name="PRHP districts">{{cite web|title=Philadelphia Register of Historic Places: List of historic districts|url=http://www.phila.gov/historical/register/Pages/districts.aspx |website=phila.gov |publisher=Philadelphia Historical Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101020828/http://www.phila.gov/historical/register/Pages/districts.aspx |archive-date=November 1, 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=December 14, 2016}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{see also|Demographics of Philadelphia}} {{Historical populations |type= USA |1860|24792 |1950|7000 |1970|4841 |1980|5213 |1990|5715 |2000|5808 |2010|6215 |2020|7644 |source= Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia for 1860 and 1950 populations.<ref name="Encyclopedia: Society Hill">{{cite web|url=http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/society-hill/ |title=Society Hill|publisher=philadelphiaencyclopedia.org |author=George W. Dowdall |access-date=December 30, 2016 }}</ref> Center City District for populations from 1970-2010.<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.centercityphila.org/docs/expandingboundaries.pdf |title=Center City Developments |publisher=centercityphila.org |page=4 |access-date=December 20, 2016 }}</ref>

2020 population for Census tracts 10.01 (2,993) and 10.02 (4,651).<ref> {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P1?t=Population%20Total&g=1400000US42101001001,42101001002&y=2020 |title=U.S. Census Bureau. "TOTAL POPULATION." Decennial Census, DEC Demographic and Housing Characteristics, Table P1, 2020,. |access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref>

}} As of the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 6,215 people residing in Society Hill, which accounts for 0.4% of Philadelphia's total population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.centercityphila.org/docs/CCR_Demographics2011.pdf |title=Leading the Way: Population Growth Downtown |website=centercityphila.org |page=4 |access-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> With 22,281 people per square mile, Society Hill's population density is about twice that of Philadelphia's 11,497 people per square mile.<ref name="City-Data"/>

==Education== ===Primary and secondary schools=== Residents of all neighborhoods in Philadelphia are assigned to specific public schools by the [[School District of Philadelphia]]. Society Hill residents are zoned to the General [[George A. McCall School]], located at 325 S. 7th Street,<ref name="Jacksonbus">Jackson, Leigh. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208074735/http://articles.philly.com/1994-05-28/news/25829142_1_program-cuts-school-budget-school-board SCHOOL BOARD TACK: SLASH, UNSLASH]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208074735/http://articles.philly.com/1994-05-28/news/25829142_1_program-cuts-school-budget-school-board Archive]). ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]''. May 28, 1994. 06 Local. Retrieved on November 8, 2011. - [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI|DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A16D2BE13C59&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Article info]</ref> for kindergarten through eighth grade,<ref>"[https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/2340.pdf Gen. George A. McCall Elementary School Geographic Boundaries]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120328083501/https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/2340.pdf Archive]). [[School District of Philadelphia]]. Retrieved on November 28, 2015.</ref> and all persons zoned to McCall are assigned to [[Benjamin Franklin High School (Philadelphia)|Benjamin Franklin High School]].<ref name=2017admissions>"[http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/3u/OZ/3uOZaCxa60P-JNsu42DbPg/HS-Directory-2017.pdf High School Directory Fall 2017 Admissions]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20161107165127/http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/3u/OZ/3uOZaCxa60P-JNsu42DbPg/HS-Directory-2017.pdf Archive]). [[School District of Philadelphia]]. p. 30/70. Retrieved on November 16, 2016.</ref> Previously [[Furness High School]] was the zoned high school for Society Hill.<ref>"[https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/2160.pdf Horace Furness High School Geographic Boundaries]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120328083726/https://webapps.philasd.org/sp_files/boundary_maps/2160.pdf Archive]). [[School District of Philadelphia]]. Retrieved on November 28, 2015.</ref>

[[File:General George A. McCall School 325 s 7th, Philly.JPG|thumb|left|[[George A. McCall School]], the public [[K-8 school]]]] The McCall School serves Society Hill and the [[Chinatown, Philadelphia|Chinatown]] areas.<ref name=KadabaEffort>Kadaba, Lini S. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20151018141242/http://articles.philly.com/1998-10-06/news/25763651_1_bilingual-education-english-only-classes-bilingual-education-classes An Effort To Speak To More Students The School District Is Extending The Reach Of Its Bilingual Programs.]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208081507/http://articles.philly.com/1998-10-06/news/25763651_1_bilingual-education-english-only-classes-bilingual-education-classes Archive]). ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''. October 6, 1998. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB3309206A3C927&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Article info]. B01 City & Region. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.</ref> A construction contract for the McCall school building was awarded on October 26, 1909 and the official opening occurred in February 1911.<ref>"[http://meetingmccall.com/home/2009/2/1/a-little-bit-of-history.html A Little Bit of History]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208132706/http://meetingmccall.com/home/2009/2/1/a-little-bit-of-history.html Archive]). McCall Home and School Association. Retrieved on November 28, 2015.</ref> Russell Scott Smith of ''[[Edutopia]]'' wrote that in 2004, compared with other schools in Philadelphia, "McCall already had a fairly good reputation for academic rigor and safety" and that by 2009 it had improved even more.<ref name=SmithEdutopia>Smith, Russell Scott. "[http://www.edutopia.org/parents-activism-urban-public-schools Affluent Parents Return to Inner-City Schools for Educational Opportunities]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208114812/http://www.edutopia.org/parents-activism-urban-public-schools Archive]). ''[[Edutopia]]''. August 26, 2009. Retrieved on November 28, 2015.</ref> In 2012 Kristen A. Graham of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' stated that McCall was one of "the district's stronger neighborhood schools".<ref name=Grahamraisefunds>Graham, Kristen A. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150920015258/http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-12/news/32633423_1_summer-school-budget-cuts-mother-bethel Organizers raise funds to offer free summer school]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208052126/http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-12/news/32633423_1_summer-school-budget-cuts-mother-bethel Archive]). ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. July 12, 2012. Retrieved on November 28, 2015.</ref>

[[St. Peter's School, Philadelphia|St. Peter's School]], located on Lombard Street between 3rd and 4th, is an independent, coeducational, non-sectarian day school, serving students in preschool (age 3) through eighth grade. The school was founded in 1834.<ref>[http://www.st-peters-school.org/about/glance/ St. Peter's School, At A Glance]</ref>

The designated parochial grade school of [[St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)|Old St. Mary's Church]] and [[Old St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia)|Old St. Joseph's Church]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archdiocese-phl.org/parishes/8065.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020612031827/http://www.archdiocese-phl.org/parishes/8065.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-06-12|title=OLD St. JOSEPH'S|publisher=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia]]|date=2002-06-12|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archdiocese-phl.org/parishes/8235.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011102071524/http://www.archdiocese-phl.org/parishes/8235.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-11-02|title=Old St. Mary's|publisher=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia]]|date=2001-11-02|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia]], is St. Mary Interparochial Grade School.

===Libraries=== The [[Free Library of Philadelphia]] operates the Independence Branch at 18 South 7th Street.<ref>"[http://libwww.freelibrary.org/branches/branch.cfm?loc=IND Independence Branch]." ''Free Library of Philadelphia''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.</ref> The [[Athenaeum of Philadelphia|Athenaem]] is a private library and museum with collections including architecture and interior design history, particularly for the period from 1800 to 1945.<ref>[http://www.philaathenaeum.org/mission.html The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Mission and History]</ref>

==Historic congregations== [[File:Mother Bethel Philly cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Mother Bethel AME Church]] at Lombard and 6th Streets]] Society Hill's many historically significant congregations reflect the fruition of William Penn's [[Quakers|Quaker]] maxim of religious toleration.<ref name=PRHPnom/> *[[Old St. Joseph's Church]] (1733) *[[St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Society Hill, Philadelphia|St. Peter's Church]] (1761) *[[St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)|Old St. Mary's Church]] (1763) *[[Old Pine Street Church]] (1768) *Holy Trinity Church (1784) *[[Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church]] (1794) *[[Society Hill Synagogue]] (since 1967; First Baptist from 1829–1909; Roumanian-American Hebrew Congregation from 1910-1966)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Low|last2=Taplin|last3=Scheld|first1=Setha|first2=Dana|first3=Suzanne|date=May 21, 2009|title=Rethinking Urban Parks: Public Space and Cultural Diversity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cUhYBCSAYIEC&q=Philadelphia+roumanian+american+congregation+spruce&pg=PA168 |location=Austin, Texas |publisher=University of Texas Press |page=168 |isbn=978-0292778214 |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref>

==Transportation== {{further|Transportation in Philadelphia}} Society Hill is accessible via several forms of [[public transport]]ation.

===Rapid Transit=== {{Infobox historic site | name = Transportation network | image_size =  | caption =  | location=  | coordinates =  | locmapin = USA Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Society Hill4#USA Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Society Hill2#USA Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Society Hill1#USA Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Society Hill3 }} The [[Market–Frankford Line|Market–Frankford]] subway line stops at [[2nd Street station (SEPTA)|2nd Street]] and [[5th Street/Independence Hall station|5th Street]], which are two blocks north of Society Hill's Walnut Street boundary.

The [[PATCO Speedline]], a rapid transit system connecting Philadelphia and [[South Jersey|southern New Jersey]] stops at 8th and Market Street station, two blocks north of Society Hill, and at the 9th and Locust Street station, which is one block west of Society Hill's 8th Street boundary.

===Bus=== The [[SEPTA]] 9 and 21 buses run westbound along Walnut Street.<ref>{{Citation | title = SEPTA 9 (4th-Walnut to Andorra) | publisher = Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | date = September 4, 2016 | url = http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/009.pdf | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name = "SEPTA 12">{{Citation | title = SEPTA 12 (Columbus-Dock to 50th-Woodland) | publisher = Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | date = September 4, 2016 | url = http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/012.pdf | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref> The 12 and 42 run westbound along parts of Spruce and Walnut Streets.<ref>{{Citation | title = SEPTA 42 (Penn's Landing to Wycombe or 61st-Pine) | publisher = Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | date = September 4, 2016 | url = http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/042.pdf | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref> The 12 also runs eastbound along Pine Street.<ref name = "SEPTA 12"/> The 47 runs northbound along 7th Street and southbound along 8th Street.<ref>{{Citation | title = SEPTA 47 (Whitman Plaza to 5th-Godfrey) | publisher = Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | date = September 4, 2016 | url = http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/047.pdf | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref> The 57 runs northbound along 3rd Street and southbound along 4th Street.<ref>{{Citation | title = SEPTA 57 (Whitman Plaza to Rising Sun-Olney or Fern Rock Transportation Center) | publisher = Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | date = September 4, 2016 | url = http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/057.pdf | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref>

===Bikeshare=== Since 2009, as part of a crosstown buffered [[bike lane]] pilot project, bike lanes were installed that run eastbound along Pine Street and westbound along Spruce Street.<ref>{{Citation | title = Case Study: Buffered Bike Lanes on Pine and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA | date = 18 February 2011 | publisher = National Association of City Transportation Officials | url = http://nacto.org/case-study/buffered-bike-lanes-on-pine-and-spruce-streets-philadelphia-pa/ | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref> Society Hill is served by [[Indego]] bike-share stations at 9th and Locust Streets, 4th and Walnut Streets, Dock and Front Streets, 2nd and Lombard Streets, and 6th and Locust Streets.<ref>{{Citation | title = Station Map | publisher = Indego | url = https://www.rideindego.com/stations/ | access-date = July 8, 2021}}</ref>

===Greenways=== Society Hill contains pathways that connect the residential neighborhood with historic areas to the north.<ref name = Heller>{{Cite book |title = Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia |first = Gregory L. |last = Heller |year = 2013 |publisher = University of Pennsylvania Press |location = Philadelphia |page = 120 |isbn = 9780812207842 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OGgUBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA120}}</ref> These paths are known as greenways and were designed specifically for pedestrian travel to minimize interaction with automobile traffic.<ref name = Heller/> The landscaped greenways were conceived by Edmund Bacon, who hired John Collins of Adleman, Collins & DuTot to design small-scale [[Pocket park|greenway parks]] and pedestrian connections woven mid-[[City block|block]] between buildings.<ref> {{Cite web | title = Society Hill | publisher = The Cultural Landscape Foundation | url = https://tclf.org/landscapes/society-hill | access-date = 22 October 2017}} </ref> St. Joseph's Way, St. Peter's Way, and Lawrence Court Walk are greenways<ref>{{Cite web | title = Eyes on the Street -- Love Note #45: Walk Ed Bacon's greenways with me | publisher = PlanPhilly | last = Hahn | first = Ashley | date = 14 August 2012 | url = http://planphilly.com/eyesonthestreet/2012/08/14/love-note-45-walk-ed-bacons-greenways-with-me | access-date = 22 October 2017}}</ref> that connect community places including St. Peter's, Old Pine, Three Bears Park, and Bingham Court.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Sunday Morning Bacon: Society Hill's Greenways | publisher = Jane's Walk | date = 2014 | url = http://janeswalk.org/united-states/philadelphia/bacons-greenways | access-date = 22 October 2017}}</ref> The greenways feature public art and are designed to create a neighborhood that is walkable, rather than a disjointed collection of historic buildings.<ref name=APA/><ref name="Encyclopedia of Philadelphia: Society Hill"/>

==Notable people== Society Hill has long been a popular neighborhood for numerous notable people. Past and present notable residents include: *[[Lynne Abraham]] (b. 1941)<ref name="BillyPenn"/> *[[Richard Allen (bishop)|Richard Allen]] (1760-1831) *[[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]] ([[Nobel Prize]] winner) (1925-2011) *[[Richardson Dilworth]] (1898-1974)<ref>Alan Jaffe (April 12, 2012). [https://whyy.org/articles/update-commonwealth-court-upholds-dilworth-house-appeal/ "Update: Commonwealth Court upholds Dilworth House appeal"]. ''whyy.org''. PlanPhilly/WHYY. Retrieved October 8, 2019.</ref> *[[Terry Gross]] (b. 1951) *[[Alexander Hamilton]] (1757-1804)<ref>{{Cite web | title = Alexander Hamilton in Philadelphia | date = 30 November 2016 | publisher = The Constitutional Walking Tour | url = https://www.theconstitutional.com/blog/2016/11/30/alexander-hamilton-philadelphia | access-date = December 18, 2019}}</ref> *[[Tadeusz Kościuszko|Thaddeus Kosciuszko]] (1746-1817)<ref>{{Cite web | title = Thaddeus Kosciuszko | publisher = National Park Service | url = https://www.nps.gov/thko/index.htm | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref> *[[James Madison]] (1751-1836) and [[Dolley Madison]] (1768-1849)<ref>{{Cite news | last1 = Romero | first1 = Melissa | title = James and Dolley Madison House in Society Hill Lists for $3.2M | work = Curbed Philadelphia | date = May 9, 2016 | url = http://philly.curbed.com/2016/5/9/11638828/james-dolley-madison-house-for-sale | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160512150822/http://philly.curbed.com/2016/5/9/11638828/james-dolley-madison-house-for-sale | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 12, 2016 | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref> *[[John Penn (governor)|John Penn]] (1729-1795)<ref name="BillyPenn"/> *[[Philip Syng Physick]] (1768-1837)<ref>[https://www.philalandmarks.org/physick-house "Physick House"]. ''philalandmarks.org''. [[Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks]]. Retrieved October 8, 2019.</ref> *[[Samuel Powel]] (1738-1793)<ref>[https://www.philalandmarks.org/powel-house "Powel House"]. ''philalandmarks.org''. Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks. Retrieved October 8, 2019.</ref> *[[Wendell Pritchett]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/wendell-pritchett-obituary-penn-philadelphia-school-district-music-teacher-20190406.html|title=Wendell Pritchett, 87, Philadelphia music teacher|first1=Christian|last1=Hetrick|first2=Ellie|last2=Silverman|date=April 6, 2019|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=October 8, 2019|quote=Son Wendell became Penn’s first African American provost in 2017.}}</ref> *[[Thomas Sully]] (1783-1872)<ref name="BillyPenn"/> *[[Chase Utley]] (b. 1978), longtime major league baseball player<ref name="BillyPenn"/><ref>{{Cite news | last1 = Leitereg | first1 = Neal J. | title = Phillies' Chase Utley lists Philadelphia penthouse for rent | work = The Los Angeles Times | date = October 2, 2014 | url = http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-chase-utley-penthouse-20141002-story.html | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref>

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Some of the most notable points of interest within Society Hill are listed below and marked on the adjacent map. #[[The St. James]] 700 Walnut St. #[[Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier]] – [[Washington Square (Philadelphia)|Washington Square]] #[[Athenaeum of Philadelphia]] 219 S. 6th St. #[[Philadelphia Contributionship|Contributionship]] 212 S. 4th St. #[[Old St. Joseph's Church]] 321 Willings Alley #[[Powel House]] 244 S. 3rd St. #[[Society Hill Towers]] 200 Locust St. #[[Philadelphia Korean War Memorial|Korean War Memorial]] 109 Spruce St. #[[Thomas Sully Residence|Sully Residence]] 530 Spruce St. #[[Society Hill Synagogue]] 418 Spruce St. #[[St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)|St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church]] 252 S. Fourth St. #[[Hill–Physick–Keith House|Physick House]] 321 S. 4th St. #[[Cassey House]] 243 Delancey St. #[[Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church]] 419 S. 6th St. #[[Historic Congregation B'nai Abraham|Cong. B'nai Abraham]] 523 Lombard St. #[[Vilna Congregation]] 509 Pine St. #[[Old Pine Street Church]] 412 Pine St. #[[St. Peter's School, Philadelphia|St. Peter's School]] 319 Lombard St. #[[St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Society Hill, Philadelphia|St. Peter's Episcopal Church]] 3rd and Pine St. #[[Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial|Kosciuszko House]] 301 Pine St. #[[New Market and Head House|Head House]] 400 block of S. 2nd St.

Points of interest just north of Society Hill are the [[Liberty Bell]], [[Independence Hall]], [[Carpenters' Hall]], the [[First Bank of the United States]], the [[Second Bank of the United States]], the [[Merchants' Exchange Building (Philadelphia)|Merchants' Exchange Building]], and the [[Museum of the American Revolution]].

{{See also | National Register of Historic Places listings in Center City, Philadelphia}}

==Film appearances== *In ''[[National Treasure (film)|National Treasure]]'' (2004), [[Nicolas Cage]]'s character runs through the streets of Society Hill, the graveyard of [[Old Pine Street Church]] and [[New Market and Head House|Headhouse Market]].<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Jennings| first1 = James | title = The Ultimate National Treasure Filming Map of America | publisher = Curbed Philadelphia | date = December 9, 2014 | url = http://philly.curbed.com/maps/curbeds-nic-cage-day | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314001251/http://philly.curbed.com/maps/curbeds-nic-cage-day | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 14, 2016 | access-date = December 30, 2016}}</ref> *''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' (1999)<ref name="BillyPenn"/>

==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=160> File:St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, PA.JPG|[[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Philadelphia)|St. Peter's Church]] File:Philadelphia merchant exchange.jpg|[[Merchants' Exchange Building (Philadelphia)|Merchants' Exchange Building]] File:226 228 Washington Square, Philly.JPG|Townhouses by [[Washington Square (Philadelphia)|Washington Square]] File:Philly PA Old Pine St Presby PHS474.jpg|[[Old Pine Street Church]] File:The Athenaeum.jpg|[[Athenaeum of Philadelphia|Athenaeum]] </gallery>

==See also== {{Portal|Philadelphia}} *Bathsheba's spring and bower *Benjamin Loxley house *[[Cassey House]] *[[Independence National Historical Park]] *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Center City, Philadelphia]] *[[Philadelphia Korean War Memorial]]

==Notes== {{Reflist|group=note}}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== {{commons category|Society Hill, Philadelphia}} *[https://preservingsocietyhill.org/ Preserving Society Hill] *[http://www.societyhillcivic.org/ Society Hill Civic Association] *[http://www.societyhillplayhouse.org/ Society Hill Playhouse] *[http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/m/mccall/ General George A. McCall School] *[http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Search.aspx?type=area&address=Society%20Hill Historic Photographs of Philadelphia], at [http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/StaticContent.aspx?page=About PhillyHistory.org]

{{Geographic location | Center = Society Hill | North = [[Independence Mall (Philadelphia)|Independence Mall]], [[Old City, Philadelphia|Old City]] | Northeast = | Northwest = [[Chinatown, Philadelphia|Chinatown]], [[Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia|Jewelers' Row]] | East = [[Spruce Street Harbor Park]], [[Penn's Landing]], [[Delaware River]] | Southeast = | South = [[South Street (Philadelphia)|South Street]], [[Queen Village, Philadelphia|Queen Village]] | Southwest = [[Bella Vista, Philadelphia|Bella Vista]] | West = [[Washington Square West, Philadelphia|Washington Square West]] }} {{Society Hill}} {{Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}} {{Authority control}}

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