Significance: Apparently erected around 1810 as a Philadelphia businessman's rural retreat, Arnest is one of the later and more modest villas purchased by the City of Philadelphia during the mid-19th century fo More
2014 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: Built in 1909, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is a two-story structure primarily of red brick, rusticated limestone and trim. The main entrance is More
Significance: Now housing St. Josephat's Ukrainian Catholic School, the Mary Disston School was the third public school building constructed in Tacony. It was named for the wife of Henry Disston, who was the f More
Significance: Building 22A survives as the rubblestone shell of a ca. 1890 mmill building constructed to house spinning looms. It is significant not only as an integral part of the mill architecture on the site More
Significance: 19th century factory building with cast-iron front. Howell and Brothers were one of the century's largest manufacturers of paper hanging. The building was demolished in 1961. Survey number: HABS PA-1428
Survey number: HABS PA-1058-A Public domain photograph of bank building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store buildi More
Significance: The first cast-iron building in Philadelphia, and one of the earliest cast-iron buildings in the nation. A new method of jointing and bolting cast-iron plates was used. The building was demolished More
Significance: Building 303 is associated with the many storehouses scattered throughout the grounds of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition. Survey number: HAER PA More
Survey number: HABS PA-6658-B Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no c More