Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1895 — The House Penn Built. [ARTICLE]

The House Penn Built.

One of the oldest buildings of the number of anti-Revolutionary structures that still remain standing in Philadelphia occupies a conspicuous position on the northeast corner of Second and Walnut streets. The old building is nearly, if not quite, 200 years old, a/id it is claimed by some authorities that it was built by William Penn. John Penn, it is claimed was born in the house . For many decades it has been occupied by a gunsmithy and fishing tackle establishment, as long ago as 1815 such business having been started there. The business is now conducted by John T. Siner, who has been in the store since 1843, and he is himself one of the most picturesque figures of the neighborhood, hale and hearty at seventy-four. He has in his possession a deed dated 1834, in which the owner of the corner building guaranteed the use of the party wall for the erection of the building adjoining on Walnut street, which is also still standing.