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| Keywords: House intended for the President Birch's Views Plate 13.jpg en The House intended for the President of the United States in Ninth Street Philadelphia W Birch Son The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania North America as it appeared in the Year 1800 Published by W Birch Springland Cut near Neshamany Bridge on the Bristol Road; Pennsylvania Decr 31st 1800 Plate 13 <br>Built in the 1790s by the State of Pennsylvania to be the Executive Mansion of the United States neither President George Washington nor President John Adams would occupy it Following the national capital's move from Philadelphia to the District of Columbia in 1800 the building housed the University of Pennsylvania It was demolished in the 1820s Birch's Views of Philadelphia 1800 Plate 13 W Birch Son 1799 PD-old-100 Birch's Views of Philadelphia 13 Philadelphia in the 18th century George Washington Buildings in the University of Pennsylvania 1800s 9th Street Philadelphia PD-old-100-1923 | ||||
