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President's House (Ninth Street)

1797 establishments in PennsylvaniaBrick buildings and structuresBuildings and structures demolished in 1829Demolished buildings and structures in PhiladelphiaFederal architecture in Pennsylvania
Houses completed in 1797Houses in PhiladelphiaOld City, PhiladelphiaPresidential residences in the United States
House intended for the President Birch's Views Plate 13 (cropped)
House intended for the President Birch's Views Plate 13 (cropped)

The President's House was a mansion built from 1792 to 1797 by the Government of Pennsylvania and located on Ninth Street, between Market and Chestnut Streets, in Philadelphia, then the temporary national capital. Intended to persuade the federal government to permanently stay in the city, this house intended for the president of the United States never housed any president. In 1800, the property was purchased at public auction by the University of Pennsylvania for use as a new, expanded campus. The university demolished the building in 1829 and replaced it with two new buildings.

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President's House (Ninth Street)
Market Street, Philadelphia Center City

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N 39.950833333333 ° E -75.155555555556 °
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Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Federal Building (Robert N. C. Nix, Sr., Federal Building and United States Post Office)

Market Street 900
19107 Philadelphia, Center City
Pennsylvania, United States
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House intended for the President Birch's Views Plate 13 (cropped)
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8th Street station (Philadelphia)
8th Street station (Philadelphia)

8th Street station is a subway station complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located at the intersection of 8th Street and Market Street in Center City. It is served by SEPTA's Market–Frankford and Broad–Ridge Spur lines, as well as the PATCO Speedline (signed by SEPTA as the "Lindenwold Line"). The entire complex is owned by SEPTA, while the PATCO areas are leased by the Delaware River Port Authority, which operates that line. 8th Street is the only station in Philadelphia where these three subway lines interchange. The complex consists of three stations, 8th Street on the Market–Frankford Line, 8th & Market on the Broad–Ridge Spur (also sporadically signed as "8th Street"), and 8th & Market on the PATCO Speedline. The complex consists of three underground levels, a mezzanine crossing the Market–Frankford tracks on the upper level, Market–Frankford trains running east–west and Broad–Ridge trains running north on the middle level, and PATCO running north–south on the lower level. Each platform has its own entrances/exits and fare control, but are connected via a mezzanine. For decades the corner of 8th and Market was a retail hub for the city, with major department stores Strawbridge's, Gimbels and Lit Brothers all located at the intersection and all containing direct access to the subway station. This underground connection now serves the Fashion District Philadelphia shopping mall, which provides indirect access to SEPTA Regional Rail lines at Jefferson Station, as well as the Broad Street Line via the Downtown Link concourse.