The Hannah Callowhill Stage

08/07/2020

I'd say we're helping put her name back on the map, but it's actually been on every map of Philadelphia since 1762 - so hopefully we're doing our part to remind people WHY there's a street named Callowhill running river to river in Philadelphia.

And if you want to see what Callowhill Town looked like before losing its identity, check out our blog entry, "Front & Callowhill Streets, In Pictures," updated in May with new imagery: http://hannahcallowhill.blogspot.com/2017/10/front-and-callowhill-streets-in-pictures.html

Hannah Callowhill Penn was the second wife of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.

When William had a series of strokes in 1712, Hannah took over control of governing the colony of Pennsylvania while still living in England. After William died in 1718, Hannah won a legal battle that secured control of the colony for her and her children, not the children of William’s first wife.

Hannah governed the colony of Pennsylvania until she died in 1726. For this, in 2014 she was recognized as the first and, so far, the only female governor of Pennsylvania. National Park Foundation National Park Service Pennsylvania Vision 2020's Women 100

03/08/2018

Callowhill Street—and our future theater on Callowhill Street!—is named after Hannah Callowhill. Haven't heard of her? You're not alone. Let Billy Penn introduce her to you on this

William Penn's wife ran Pennsylvania after her husband fell ill — and kicked ass doing it.

02/14/2017

Historical aside: the Penn Library recently acquired a business letter handwritten by our namesake, Hannah Callowhill Penn

https://pennrare.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/this-seventh-day-of-february/

335 years ago today, William Penn sold 500 acres of land in Pennsylvania to John Kirton. The date was recorded as 1681, but as the new year in England at that time began on March 25, this is actual…

12/29/2016

Our local El stop has been given a pretty facelift

It's public art, and it's been in the works for years.

12/20/2016

I started syndicating my Hannah-specific blog posts to a separate blog, which you can now find at http://hannahcallowhill.com. In my latest post, I look at all the gruesome late-19th-Century deaths around 103 Callowhill Street. Spoiler: there are a lot! Plus, guest appearances from a mass murderer and a serial killer. You want haunted? We got all the ingredients of haunted.

If a property has been around for long enough, someone is going to die on it. Given enough human habitation, the chances that someone has b...

12/14/2016

We were VERY AMUSED to solve this mystery with some utterly obscure information about 103 Callowhill Street. New blog post: Benjamin Mifflin, shady-ass 18th-Century property developer.

http://blog.melissadunphy.com/2016/12/benjamin-mifflin-shady-ass-property.html

09/23/2016

New post about progress on the site:

The Hannah Callowhill Stage is currently a roofless construction site that cannot be described as a building, let along a theater, withou...

09/14/2016

Some photos of today's construction via Kendall Whitehouse 15543694@N06/albums/72157672666329030" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/15543694@N06/albums/72157672666329030

Steel framing is installed at Philadelphia's Hannah Callowhill Stage.

08/28/2016

History of the Hannah: Cyberstalking Daniel Williams, Part 3 of 3.
This final installment is about slavery, and Quakers.

http://blog.melissadunphy.com/2016/08/history-of-hannah-cyberstalking-daniel_99.html

08/27/2016

Part two of the life of Daniel Williams, founding father and owner of 103 Callowhill Street http://blog.melissadunphy.com/2016/08/history-of-hannah-cyberstalking-daniel_27.html

08/26/2016

Some detailed historical investigation is going on. Here's part 1 of my research into Daniel Williams, who owned the property at 103 Callowhill Street from 1770 to 1783.
http://blog.melissadunphy.com/2016/08/history-of-hannah-cyberstalking-daniel.html

06/30/2016