[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Market Street from Eighth]
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[Broad Street, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
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[Broad Street and City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
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[North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Broad Street, Philadelphia[delphia] - Public domain image. Dry plate n...
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331-333 Lombard Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1916 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dunlap-Eyre House, 1003 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Coun...
Survey number: HABS PA-1504 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
404-406-408 Locust Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County,...
Survey number: HABS PA-1915 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Singer Warehouse, 319 1/2 Market Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Significance: Oldest known extant warehouse in the city. Survey number: HABS PA-1478
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Grave stone sculptor and dealer on Pine St...
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266-276 South Third Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County...
Survey number: HABS PA-1936 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 265, Northeast corner Farley Road & Me...
Significance: Building 265 is associated with the multitude of small structures scattered throughout the grounds of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition. Survey nu... More
Lorenzo's Pizza sign on South Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Joseph Burden House, 132 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Survey number: HABS PA-1949 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Provident Life & Trust Company Bank, 407-409 Chestnut Street, Philadel...
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Bake House & Oven, 423 South Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Survey number: HABS PA-1317 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Krider Gun Shop, 133-135 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Significance: This building was a fine example of a typical mid-eighteenth-century Philadelphia corner residence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-120 Survey number: HABS PA-1055... More
Krider Gun Shop, 133-135 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Significance: This building was a fine example of a typical mid-eighteenth-century Philadelphia corner residence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-120 Survey number: HABS PA-1055... More
Krider Gun Shop, 133-135 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Significance: This building was a fine example of a typical mid-eighteenth-century Philadelphia corner residence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-120 Survey number: HABS PA-1055... More
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, 711-721 Catharine Street, Philadelphi...
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Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, 711-721 Catharine Street, Philadelphi...
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Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, 711-721 Catharine Street, Philadelphi...
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Philadelphia Art Club, 220 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1529 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gloria Dei (Church), 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: Some of the materials used in this building were brought from the earlier Swedish Church at Tinicum, built in the 17th century, and Gloria Dei was erected by the same carpenters and bricklayers wh... More
Gloria Dei (Church), 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: Some of the materials used in this building were brought from the earlier Swedish Church at Tinicum, built in the 17th century, and Gloria Dei was erected by the same carpenters and bricklayers wh... More
Gloria Dei (Church), 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: Some of the materials used in this building were brought from the earlier Swedish Church at Tinicum, built in the 17th century, and Gloria Dei was erected by the same carpenters and bricklayers wh... More
5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been pic...
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Hall-Wister House, 330 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Significance: Original residence of William Wister, a businessman, Revolutionary War currency endorser and member of a prominent Philadelphia family. Following his death in 1800, the house continued to be owned... More
Hall-Wister House, 330 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Significance: Original residence of William Wister, a businessman, Revolutionary War currency endorser and member of a prominent Philadelphia family. Following his death in 1800, the house continued to be owned... More
248 South Eighth Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: This rowhouse is a non-contributing structure just within the boundary of the Society Hill Historic Distict. Research disclosed no historic significance. Any architectural significance has been co... More
Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 4, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Ro...
Survey number: HABS PA-6165-D Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 4, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Ro...
Survey number: HABS PA-6165-D Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
503-527 Arch Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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503-527 Arch Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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1500 Block North Seventeenth Street (Houses), West side, Philadelphia,...
Significance: The dwellings in the 1500 block of N. Seventeenth Street stand among the most lavish in North Philadelphia. Developed by streetcar barons Peter A. B. Widener and William L. Elkins and designed by... More
3200 Block Diamond Street (Houses & Storefront), North side, Philadelp...
Significance: The 3200 block of Diamond Street is representative of the high quality residential construction along that premier thoroughfare near the end of its development stage. Fashionable ashlar-coursed b... More
3200 Block Diamond Street (Houses & Storefront), North side, Philadelp...
Significance: The 3200 block of Diamond Street is representative of the high quality residential construction along that premier thoroughfare near the end of its development stage. Fashionable ashlar-coursed b... More
Robert McMullin House, 411 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 106, South of Tacony Street between Br...
Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More
Thomas Mercer Houses, 2-12 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1601 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Free Library of Philadelphia, Richmond Branch, 2987 Almond Street, Phi...
Significance: Richmond was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 by the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carnegie's ... More
Library Company of Philadelphia, Ridgway Branch, 900 South Broad Stree...
Significance: The structure is one of America's last Greek Revival building built in the late 19th century. Survey number: HABS PA-1616
Daniel F. Waters Germantown Dye Works, Building I, 37-55 East Wister S...
Significance: This 1862 structure, the original Mills' dyeing room, was remodeled in a later corporate expansion in 1877. Survey number: HAER PA-213-I Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction Buil... More
Daniel F. Waters Germantown Dye Works, Building I, 37-55 East Wister S...
Significance: This 1862 structure, the original Mills' dyeing room, was remodeled in a later corporate expansion in 1877. Survey number: HAER PA-213-I Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction Buil... More
Baptist Temple, North Broad Street between Montgomery Avenue & Norris ...
Survey number: HABS PA-6662 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Implements of torture, and their dangerous effects. Illustrated / By J...
An impassioned attack on cruelty in Pennsylvania's Eastern Penitentiary. Akin presents a life-size, detailed rendering of an iron gag, "Locked upon Mathias Maccumsey, a Convict from Lancaster County, sentenced... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Kingsessing Branch, 1201 South 51st Stre...
Significance: Completed in 1919, the Kingsessing Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was among the last of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Kingsessing Branch, 1201 South 51st Stre...
Significance: Completed in 1919, the Kingsessing Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was among the last of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 251, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Wa...
Significance: Constructed as a storehouse, Building 251 is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal that resulted from the United States' entry into World War I. Survey number: HAER PA-74... More
St. Charles Hotel, 60-66 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: An early surviving hotel in Philadelphia, with a cast-iron front. Survey number: HABS PA-1472
Latour Warehouse, 508 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: Built 1817-1818, this is an interesting survival of early waterfront commercial building. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-121 Survey number: HABS PA-1056
Divine Lorraine Hotel, 699 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Significance: The Divine Lorraine Hotel stands among the most visible buildings constructed during the decades that North Broad Street above Spring Garden Avenue challenged -to varying degrees of success -the o... More
Divine Lorraine Hotel, 699 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Significance: The Divine Lorraine Hotel stands among the most visible buildings constructed during the decades that North Broad Street above Spring Garden Avenue challenged -to varying degrees of success -the o... More
Nathaniel Irish House, 704 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Significance: Location (old No. 274) on Delaware Front Street, Southwark, an important residential and commercial area in the eighteenth century. This and adjoining houses also built by Nathaniel Irish. These a... More
Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth street Philadelphia
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford.
Free Library of Philadelphia, Passyunk Branch, 1935 Shunk Street, Phil...
Significance: When the cornerstone of the Passyunk Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was laid in 1913, it was one of seven branches concurrently under construction through an endowment from industriali... More
The accident in Lombard Street Philada. 1787 / design'd and engraved b...
Print shows Chimney sweeps laughing at girl, who has dropped a pie on the street. The artist's residence and studio appear at left. Includes four line verse: The pye from Bake-house she had brought / But let it... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth ...
Significance: This elevated urban freight railroad is unusual for its great length and alignment directly over a city street. Survey number: HAER PA-549 Building/structure dates: 1926-1928 Initial Construction
Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth ...
Significance: This elevated urban freight railroad is unusual for its great length and alignment directly over a city street. Survey number: HAER PA-549 Building/structure dates: 1926-1928 Initial Construction
Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More
Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More
Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More
St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, 128 North Twentieth Street,...
Survey number: HABS PA-1538 Public domain photograph of a protestant church, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, 128 North Twentieth Street,...
Survey number: HABS PA-1538 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Church of the Holy Trinity (Protestant Episcopal), 200 South Nineteent...
Significance: The church represents a fine example of Romanesque Revival style and was designed by a leading Philadelphia church architect, John Notman. Survey number: HABS PA-1085
Henry George Birthplace, 413 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Philade...
Significance: When carpenter Edward Harlin (the owner) died in 1820, the site was occupied by a 1 1/2 story frame house. It seems to have been succeeded by the present brick house in the following year. Title t... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 68, Southeast corner of Walbach Street...
Significance: Building 68, constructed as a fuze loading house, is associated with the expansion of Frankford Arsenal during World War II. Used as a laboratory after 1946, the building is also associated with ... More
Jesse Godley Warehouse, 19-27 Queen Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Survey number: HABS PA-1564 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Drinker's Court, 236-238 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Survey number: HABS PA-1326 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Maxfield-Elliott House, 35 Queen Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-1600 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Clement Stocker House, 402 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: A good example of a large Philadelphia row house of the Federal Period. There are many fine details typical of the period including an unusual front cornice and entrance frontispeace capitals, bot... More
Joseph Sims House, 228 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Significance: This house is the last survivor of Franklin Row, a group of ten houses built in 1809-1810 to the designs of Architect Robert Mills for John Meany and John Savage. The house was purchased from them... More
Joseph Sims House, 228 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Significance: This house is the last survivor of Franklin Row, a group of ten houses built in 1809-1810 to the designs of Architect Robert Mills for John Meany and John Savage. The house was purchased from them... More
Merchants' Hotel, 40-50 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Merchants' Hotel, 40-50 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Merchants' Hotel, 40-50 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
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Phillip Winemore House, 220 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
St. John's Lutheran Church, 511-523 Race Street, Philadelphia, Philade...
Survey number: HABS PA-1935 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Reading Depot, North Sixth Street at ...
See also HAER PA-120 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Survey number: HAER PA-121 Building/structure dates: 1873- 1874 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1897 Subs... More
Duche-Walker House, 26 Catharine Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Address changed from Catherine Street to Catharine Street, the correct spelling Significance: Residential dwelling. Survey number: HABS PA-1553
Gladstone Hotel, 328-338 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: Philadelphia's first large hotel-apartment building of luxury class, which lasted until the 1920s. In 1958 it became Greystone Apartments. It was demolished in March of 1971. Survey number: HABS PA-1511
Captain James Abercrombie House, 268-270 South Second Street, Philadel...
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Captain James Abercrombie House, 268-270 South Second Street, Philadel...
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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 312, Northeast corner of Walbach Stree...
Significance: Building 312 is associated with the extensive infrastructure of roads, utilities and services that supported the principal functions of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of... More
Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank, 427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philade...
Significance: The Farmers' & Merchants' Bank, at that time the largest in the city, erected the first of the bank row structures in 1854. The building has recently been the home of the Philadelphia Maritime Mus... More
1900 Block North Thirty-Second Street (Houses), East side, Philadelphi...
Significance: The 1900 block, N. Thirty-second Street stands among the most impressive in North Philadelphia. The buff-colored roman brick and spacious integral porches makes these twins stand out among the ot... More
St. James Roman Catholic Church, 3728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-1641 Public domain photograph of the interior of a church, altar, choir, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woodland Avenue Car Barn, Woodland Avenue & Fourty-ninth Street, Phila...
Significance: Erected in 1897, the Woodland Avenue Car Barn was built and continues to serve as a depot where streetcars are stored, washed, serviced and dispatched for service to southwest, west and center cit... More
Hospital of Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Front Street ...
Survey number: HABS PA-1764 Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Market Street National Bank Building, 1-21 Juniper Street, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1517 Public domain photograph of bank building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building... More
Christ Church, 22-26 North Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-294 Survey number: HABS PA-1071 Building/structure dates: 1744 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1834 Subsequent Work Building/stru... More
Christ Church, 22-26 North Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-294 Survey number: HABS PA-1071 Building/structure dates: 1744 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1834 Subsequent Work Building/stru... More
Christ Church, 22-26 North Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-294 Survey number: HABS PA-1071 Building/structure dates: 1744 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1834 Subsequent Work Building/stru... More