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John Ketcham was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1846. He served as a Company Warden from 1859-1861 as well as on the Managing Committee from 1862-64 and again in 1867. The 1850 City Directory lists Ketcham as a…
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Jacob Kenderdine was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1818. Kenderdine first appears in the directory in 1814 residing at Tammany above 3rd street. By 1820, he had moved to a location on Kunckle below Green.…
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Philip Kellinger was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1792. He died the following year. Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Builders, a project of theAthenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
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Edward Kelley was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1848. Kelley served as a Warden of the Carpenters' Company from 1860-1862 and on the Library Committee from 1870-1872. He also served on the Managing Committee…
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Matthias Valentine Keen was a master builder who became a member of the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1769 and a member of The Carpenters' Company when those two organizations joined in 1786. Nothing is known of Keen's architectural work, but he…
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ohn Keen, eldest son of Matthias and Mary (Swift) Keen, was born in Philadelphia and apprenticed to Robert Smith. He became a member of The Carpenters' Company in 1772 and rapidly joined the inner circle of master builders; he served The Company as a…
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Phillip Justus was born in 1769 and was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1801 after being proposed by Jacob Lybrand. From 1794 to 1800 Justus was listed as a carpenter residing at 115 N. 5th street. His most famous contribution to Philadelphia’s…
