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Knights Court - Early 1800's - Philadelphia City - What was it?

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Re: Knights Court - Early 1800's - Philadelphia City - What was it?

Posted: 17 May 2014 6:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
Reference to Kensington "When you look for Cherry Street it says from "Queen to the Frankford (Kensington)."[sic]" does not appear on page 274 of the 1802 Philadelphia Directory and as such does not include Kensington into this query. It does on the other hand read: "Cherry Street: from 74 North Third, to Tenth, and continued from 11th to the Schulkill [Schuylkill], between Mulberry & Sassafras".

Knights Court had nothing to do with the judicial system in Philadelphia but rather was a double row of buildings, erected by Daniel R. Knight (b. circa 1797, d. 1871) and it was known as Knights' Court, from 170 Cherry Street.

http://www.archive.org/stream/philadelphiadire1802phil#page/...

Mr Knight lived on Cherry Street, east of 9th Street in Philadelphia and was a carpenter and builder during which time he constructed Knights' Court. He was a member of the Carpenters' Company and later became a surveyor for the Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire.

http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/contributionship/intro....

Trying to physically locate Knights' Court in present day city of Philadelphia: in the vicinity of a parking lot (between Cherry & Arch streets) across the street from a parking lot belonging to Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Foot & Ankle Institute (810 Race street).
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Jeremy Arment 23 Feb 2014 7:24PM GMT 
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fhannigan 18 May 2014 12:10AM GMT 
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