PlanPhilly: Planning Philadelphia's Future

The “Man Full of Trouble,” as its name suggests, probably catered to a fairly rowdy crowd in the 18th and early 19th century.  The building had numerous tenants; in the 1830s it went by the names of “A Man Full of Mischief” and “Naylor’s Hotel.”  In the 1960s, the deteriorated structure, then being used as a chicken market, was purchased by preservationist Virginia Knauer and restored to its 1759 appearance (viii).   It is not currently open to the public.   Although an attractive two-and-a-half story building in the Georgian style, it has been extensively sanitized since its “glory days”.  Once packed in with other brick and wood-framed houses, it now sits isolated and alone, surrounded by a green space and the 1960s Society Hill Towers.