Philadelphia, PA, United States
Rittenhouse Town. William Rittenhouse, first Mennonite minister in America, erected here in 1690 the colonies' first paper mill. Successive generations of Rittenhouses built additional mills, establishing this region as the center of American papermaking. By the 1850s this village had over 40 buildi
ngs, and seven early buildings survive from this once prosperous industrial community. Scientist David Rittenhouse was born here in 1732.
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