What is John Grass?

The John Grass Wood Turning Company is a fully-functional wood shop, founded in 1863 in Philadelphia, when the city was known as The Workshop of the World. The John Grass Task Force, formed in 2006, is seeking assistance from individuals, corporations, institutions, and governments to help save this unique, historic time-capsule which contains working machinery and ephemera from 150+ years of operation as a production wood turning shop. Items produced at the John Grass shop includes replacement ballustrades for Philadelphia's Independance Hall and Christ Church, and night sticks for the Philadelphia Police Department. Learn more about the project by clicking on the links at the top of this page, and join us by supporting the efforts of the John Grass Task Force.

Experience the vision!

MGA Partners, the architecture firm in charge of maintaining the historic integrity of the John Grass building while designing new space for the Wood Turning Center, in association with John Bowie Associates, has just completed its initial renderings of the propsed project. Check out The Vision!

Contact:
, (215) 923.8000
Wood Turning Center
501 Vine St
Philadelphia, PA 19106