Thanking Dr. Kahn
As part of the Historic Germantown Holiday Party, Dr. Jessica Kahn was recognized for her service as Historic Fair Hill’s volunteer of the year. Part of Historic Fair Hill’s mission is carrying on the legacies …
Events
Summer Festival
On a not too hot day in July, we welcomed friends and neighbors to our Annual Summer Festival. It’s always wonderful to see so many folks coming out and finding …
Food Distribution
By Ike Pickett, Quaker Voluntary Service Fellow On a hot July morning, the corner of Cambria and Germantown Avenue is flooded with cars around St. John Memorial Baptist Church. Neighbors …
Fall at Historic Fairhill
The gardens are mostly finished and school children are visiting for nature and history field trips. Join us for Tree Tenders tree planting on Saturday, Nov 18. With our neighbors, …
Lecture on Lucretia Mott scheduled for May 15 at 6:30 at HFH Burial Ground
Join Christopher Densmore, Carol Faulkner, Nancy A Hewitt, Beverly Palmer, editors of the new book, “Lucretia Mott Speaks: The Essential Speeches and Sermons” for a lecture and discussion. We will …
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Boathouse Party 2016, in Review
The annual Boathouse Party for HFH is one of our favorite events. It gives us a chance to gather with friends in celebration of the things that we have accomplished …
City transfers corner gardens to Historic Fair Hill
This spring, the city of Philadelphia transferred the lots at the corner of Ninth and Indiana Street to Historic Fair Hill. The community gardens that our team and neighbors have …
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Sharing green ideas at Hannah House garden
Saturday, April 30 at the Hannah House garden was a neighborhood workday and workshop on “Growing Safely in Urban Soil.” The city Parks and Recreation Department, Department of Public Health, …
From Fairhill to the Moons of Jupiter
This last Saturday, we welcomed a crowd of forty at dusk to look at the stars and planets on Astronomy Night. The event was one of over a dozen throughout the …
Vashti Dubois: embrace the extraordinary in the ordinary
This month, in honor of Women’s History month, we invited Vashti Dubois to speak at Historic Fair Hill. On an early spring Saturday, a small group of women and men …
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A Day of Service for MLK Day
While others worked indoors on our new library project at the Julia de Burgos Elementary School, 25 volunteers spent their Martin Luther King Day working outside with us at Historic …
On MLK Day, Volunteers Start Work of Reopening School Library
We were grateful to welcome over 40 volunteers to our day of service this Monday, January 18. One group of 20 worked with us on a brand new project at Julia …
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Lighting the Holiday Star
Every year at Historic Fair Hill, we gather to celebrate the holidays. Together we bake gingerbread cookies, light a star on our grounds, toast marshmallows, and sing carols. This year we …
Eight new trees grow in Fairhill
Over the last few years, we’ve been working together with volunteers and the Philadelphia Horticultural Society (PHS) to bring new life to our streets through trees. Our work tree planting …
The Battle of Germantown comes alive
On October 4, 1777, George Washington lead American soldiers against the British in the Battle of Germantown. The British had recently taken Philadelphia. Washington had learned that the British General, …
