PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — One of Philadelphia’s oldest professional guilds is celebrating its 300th anniversary. In that time, the Carpenters’ Company has played a pivotal role in building not only the cityscape but also American democracy.
Oct. 26 of this year marked a tricentennial in Philadelphia for the Carpenters’ Company as the city’s professional association of architects, contractors and engineers. The company is also steward of Carpenters’ Hall, their historic meeting house in Old City, built just before the American Revolution.
“The Carpenters’ Company was founded in 1724 as a trade guild for master builders who built most of what still exists today from the 18th century Philadelphia,” said Michael Norris, executive director of Carpenters Hall…