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We sometimes get too focused on Hohenadel House and forget that Indian Queen Lane is probably the single most architecturally diverse street in East Falls, if not Philadelphia, with Gothic, Greek Revival, Federal, and Italianate houses interspersed among classic rowhomes.
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Yep, just when we were digging for more details about the Indian Queen Lane house, we find a whole ‘nother Hohenadel House. A few blocks north, the Timmons House was John William Hohenadel’s last residence in East Falls, a spacious colonial revival mansion now serving as an events & reception hall on the grounds of William Penn Charter School. (more…)

Keeping your Hohenadels (and their breweries) straight when you dig into historical records can be a bit confusing. The family had a thing for naming their sons John, though not all were in the brewing business. (more…)

This story has a happy ending, even though it starts off in frustration:  Where are all our East Falls photos from the last 40 years?

You’d think history blogging would be easy because everything’s already been written but unfortunately almost none of it has been saved. At least, not the interesting stuff. (more…)

July 3rd through August 11:  The “dog days” of summer. These sticky, stagnant couple of weeks when the weather seems aggressively hot. Greenery takes on a yellow tinge of drought, the family dog refuses his afternoon walk and humans everywhere hunker down in dark, air conditioned homes…trying to move as little as possible until the sun goes down.
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Indian Queen Lane and Krail — right up the road from Hohenadel House.

You’d hardly know the difference 53 years makes. What’s up with that, East Falls?

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