Chestnut Hill by Thomas H. Keels and Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis is the first fully pictorial chronicle of this historic and architecturally significant neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia. 

Chestnut Hill features over 225 images of this beautiful community from the archives of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society, from other Philadelphia museums and societies, and from private collections, some of which have never been published. 

Chestnut Hill traces the neighborhood's visual history from its 18th century roots to the present day, with chapters on the railroad suburb, the working town, great houses and estates, the Houstons and Woodwards, local institutions, and leisure. Well-known Chestnut Hill landmarks like Druim Moir, Krisheim, Kilian's Hardware, and the Philadelphia Cricket Club share the pages with such vanished sites as Stonehurst, Whittem's Pharmacy, Christian Hall Library, and the Orange Ell. 

First released in September 2002 as part of Arcadia's "Images of America" series, Chestnut Hill is now in its fifth printing. It was Arcadia's fifth best-selling title for all of 2002 among the 200+ titles released by the publisher that year. It was also the best-selling title at the Chestnut Hill Borders Book Store for all of 2002. 

(Chestnut Hill by Thomas H. Keels and Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis. September 2002. Trade paperback, 128 pages, 225+ b&w photographs, $19.99). Order the book.

© Copyright, 2003. Thomas H. Keels