. Treat's illustrated New York, Philadelphia and surroundings . Interior of Independence Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Chestnut Street below Sixth. AND PHILADELPHIA. 87 system of numbering houses a simple houses on streets running east andwest are numbered by hundreds, begin-ning at Front Street, near the DelawareRiver. The houses on the south sidebear even numbers, those on the northside uneven numbers. Thus on the northside of Chestnut St., beginning at Sixthand going west, the numbers are 601, 603,605, etc. On the south side the numbers are600, 602, 604, etc. At Seventh St
. Treat's illustrated New York, Philadelphia and surroundings . Interior of Independence Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Chestnut Street below Sixth. AND PHILADELPHIA. 87 system of numbering houses a simple houses on streets running east andwest are numbered by hundreds, begin-ning at Front Street, near the DelawareRiver. The houses on the south sidebear even numbers, those on the northside uneven numbers. Thus on the northside of Chestnut St., beginning at Sixthand going west, the numbers are 601, 603,605, etc. On the south side the numbers are600, 602, 604, etc. At Seventh St. the num-bers in 700 begin, and so each successivestreet begins a hundred of its own number. Market street is taken as a dividingline between north and south for number-ing houses on streets running north andsouth. The even numbers are on thewest side of these streets, the unevennumbers on the east side. No. 1 North and No. 1 44 South begin at Market 100 North begins at Arch street, thefirst principal street north of Market;No. 100 South begins at Chestnut, thefirst principal street
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