antown Avenue, 96;
of Green Tree Inn, 97, 107;
of Billmeyer, 98;
of Whitby Hall, 160

Perot, Elliston, 79

Perot, John, 79

Perot-Morris house, eight-panel door of, 104, 105;
doorway of, 118, 119;
windows of, 137;
dormers of, 141;
shutters and blinds of, 144, 146, 147

Peters, Judge Richard, 84

Philadelphia, unique position of, in American architecture, 1;
old buildings of, of brick and stone, and substantial in character, 1;
much of best Colonial domestic architecture to be found
in neighborhood of, 2;
history enacted in buildings of, 2;
Georgian and pure Colonial styles in, 3;
review of early history of, 3;
laid out by Thomas Holme, 4;
character of early settlers of, 4;
early commerce of, 5;
at the time of the Revolution, 5;
importance of, in eighteenth century, 6;
a refuge for immigrants of persecuted sects, 7;
Quaker influence in, 7;
Scotch-Irish ascendancy in, 7;
center of the new republic in embryo, 8;
the meeting of the Continental Congresses in, 8, 9;
the sitting of the convention for framing the Constitution in, 9;
the national capital, 9;
famous men associated with, 9;
list of first things established or done at, 9-11;
noted for its generous hospitality, 11;
brilliancy of its social life, 11-14;
theaters in, 14;
estates of the countryside, 15;
has distinctive architecture in brick, stone, and woodwork, and diversified
architecture of city and country types, 15;
clung to the manners and customs of the mother country, 16;
brick favored in, 16, 17;
the dominant feature of the domestic architecture of the city proper, 38;
houses of, possess charm of architectural merit combined
with historic interest, 101

Philosophical Society, the, 48

Piers, of Stenton, 26;
of Cliveden, 88

Pilasters, of Woodford, 20;
of Hope Lodge, 24;
fluted, of city blocks, 40;
fluted, of Blackwell house, 42;
fluted, of Morris house, 49;
of The Woodlands, 65;
of Mount Pleasant, 74;
of The Highlands, 91;
supporting pediment, 108;
of house No. 6019 Germantown Avenue, 107;
fluted, of Whitby Hall, 158, 159;
of Mount Vernon, 174;
of Upsala, 180, 181, 182;
paneled, of house No. 312 Cypress Street, 182, 183;
fluted, of Independence Hall, 204, 205

Pillars, 81

Pine, Edgar, 206

Pine, Robert Edge, 206

Pine Street, house No. 239, footscraper of, 132

Pine Street, house No. 247, doorway of, 109

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