Show HISTORIC SPOT IS UNMARKED location of nations first white house HOUM in philadelphia known but thit that Is IE all excepting for a few months washington lived la in philadelphia during ills his entire administrations as president of 0 the united states and john adams did likewise during his term there was wan no white house but a brick house and as quite generally known it stood on the south side of market street between F filth lath and sixth streets the house itself long sin slats v disappeared and it seems strange that philadelphia has never taken the trouble to make in a suitable way the spot where the nations executive mansion stood when pied by the father of ills country when washington came to philadelphia to attend the continental congress before taking command of the army ho he lived in the swell est boarding house ouse in the city it was kept by mrs airs triste at the southwest corner of fifth and market streets put but while litle more fashionable the house has been beela tar far less famous than the hors hore modest one two blocks farther west at the south southwest Nest corl corner er of seventh and market streets it was in the latter that jefferson boarded and on the second floor corner comer room in which he be wrote the declaration ot of independence according to john adams who could have qualified as chief gossip at any quilting party parly philadelphia was war then away ahead of boston and new york as a fashionable center the great patriot told his im impressions ress lons I 1 li those voluminous letters to his hl wife lie he waa as quite awed by the ical splendor philadelphia ledger |