It would have been a hot, crowded place to work. In the Victorian era, thousands came to cities to find work. In Glasgow, many people worked on or around the River Clyde. The result of so many ...
Take a step back in time at the Emlen Physick Estate, the only Victorian-era house museum in New Jersey. Completed in 1879, the house belonged to a wealthy Philadelphia family, the Physicks.
VFD said “the Victorian-era, balloon frame-style construction” of the house made it “extremely difficult” for fire crews to access a heavy portion of the three-alarm fire located in the attic.