N. E. view of the old court house in Market Street Philada., printed by Lehman...

View showing the courthouse built 1707 by carpenter Samuel Powell, and adjoining market sheds built 1710, on North Second Street above Market Street. Broadsides adorn the facade of the building containing a balcony and bell tower. In front of the court house, market patrons and vendors, predominately women, tend to stands and mill in the street. Also shows neighboring buildings and the rear of a horse-drawn wagon traveling in the street past the shed. The court house was utilized as the town hall, seat of the Legislature, market house and the Pennsylvania statehouse until Independence Hall was opened in ...