Show first brick house I 1 in i n quaker city preserved on lansdowne Lans domia drive in the west park near thirty fourth street and girard garard avenue stands the first brick house built in philadelphia says bays an article tn in tho the philadelphia record william penn built it for his daugn daugh ter letitia when they lived at market street lie between tween front and second the founder was ananoff nt nano simple habits and he be ordered the house built plain and small of red brick two stories high and with a small email rear addition it was the first house in the city to have a cellar and a garret for many years tt it stood on letitia court while other structures grew up around tt it almost hiding it from view for a while after Leti death it kas was used for or a tavern finally in 1883 as an outcome of the historic interest it inspired during the celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of the founding 0 of pennsylvania it was carefully taken down dow a nud and re erected on its present site in the park |