Category - Public Projects

Junto Club

In the fall of 1727 Benjamin Franklin and a group of friends founded the Junto Club also known as...

Lending Library

How did the Library Company start? The Library Company was officially founded on July 1st, 1731...

Union Fire Company

On December 7, 1736 Benjamin Franklin co-founded the Union Fire Company, also known as the...

Pennsylvania Hospital

The nation’s first hospital was the idea of Dr. Thomas Bond who approached his long time friend...