1909 map by E.V. Smith of the sample blocks east of 39th Street. By this time Anthony J. Drexel is long deceased and his heirs have sold off the properties here, notably to Samuel S. Fels, a soap manufacturer and philanthropist, whose mansion at 39th and Walnut streets today is home to the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government.
1909
Copyright
Public Domain
Attribution/Credit
Elvino V. Smith, “Atlas of the 27th and 46th Wards,” plate 5.