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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Overbrook Railroad Station, City Avenue at Sixty-third Street, Philade...
Survey number: HABS PA-6143 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Overbrook Railroad Station, City Avenue at Sixty-third Street, Philade...
Survey number: HABS PA-6143 Public domain photograph of train station platform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potts House, 3905 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: Important residential work of Joseph M. Wilson, an innovative 19th century architect of commercial and railroad structure. Survey number: HABS PA-1638
Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company, 415 Chestnut Str...
Survey number: HABS PA-1181 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Williams-Mathurin House, 427 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Significance: Notable Philadelphia Federal townhouse with some original interior trim. Survey number: HABS PA-1383
Philadelphia Fire Department, Engine Company No. 8, 826-828 New Market...
Survey number: HABS PA-1459 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, 700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Phi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1462 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
312 South Front Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1950 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Stiles House, 310 Cypress Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Survey number: HABS PA-1371 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
33 1/2 Catharine Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Name changed from Catherine Street to Catharine Street, the correct spelling. The original drawings contain the incorrect spelling, Catherine Street. Significance: The house was one of the remaining frame house... More
John Coltrane House, 1511 North Thirty-third Street, Philadelphia, Phi...
Significance: It has cultural significance as the long-time residence of John W. Coltrane, the groundbreaking and innovative African-American jazz musician (1926-1967). Additionally, the building is a superlati... More
John Hall House, 327 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-1331 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Weccacoe Engine Company No. 9, 117-121 Queen Street, Philadelphia, Phi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1610 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pancoast-Lewis-Wharton House, 336 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philade...
Significance: It is a Philadelphia row house with fine interior details. It has been the home of several distinguished citizens during its more than 170 years of active use. Survey number: HABS PA-1083 Buildi... More
Pancoast-Lewis-Wharton House, 336 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philade...
Significance: It is a Philadelphia row house with fine interior details. It has been the home of several distinguished citizens during its more than 170 years of active use. Survey number: HABS PA-1083 Buildi... More
Eckert-Tarrant House, 38 Catharine Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Name changed from Catherine Street to Catharine Street, the correct spelling Survey number: HABS PA-1554
206 St. James Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5195 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Norris-Cadwalader House, 240 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philad...
Survey number: HABS PA-1352 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
246 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
Twelfth Street Meeting House, 20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: Typical of early Quaker meeting houses, the Twelfth Street Meeting House reused parts of the 1755 Greater Meeting House. It was in continuous use until its dismantling in 1972 and reconstruction a... More
Twelfth Street Meeting House, 20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: Typical of early Quaker meeting houses, the Twelfth Street Meeting House reused parts of the 1755 Greater Meeting House. It was in continuous use until its dismantling in 1972 and reconstruction a... More
Twelfth Street Meeting House, 20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: Typical of early Quaker meeting houses, the Twelfth Street Meeting House reused parts of the 1755 Greater Meeting House. It was in continuous use until its dismantling in 1972 and reconstruction a... More
Twelfth Street Meeting House, 20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: Typical of early Quaker meeting houses, the Twelfth Street Meeting House reused parts of the 1755 Greater Meeting House. It was in continuous use until its dismantling in 1972 and reconstruction a... More
Twelfth Street Meeting House, 20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: Typical of early Quaker meeting houses, the Twelfth Street Meeting House reused parts of the 1755 Greater Meeting House. It was in continuous use until its dismantling in 1972 and reconstruction a... More
626 South Front Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1620 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shibe Park (Stadium), 2701 North Twenty-first Street, Philadelphia, Ph...
Significance: This structure was the first reinforced concrete stadium in the nation, and is a good example of the concept of a major stadium. Survey number: HABS PA-1738 Building/structure dates: 1908-1909 ... More
Shibe Park (Stadium), 2701 North Twenty-first Street, Philadelphia, Ph...
Significance: This structure was the first reinforced concrete stadium in the nation, and is a good example of the concept of a major stadium. Survey number: HABS PA-1738 Building/structure dates: 1908-1909 ... More
Sparks Shot Tower, 129-131 Carpenter Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1621 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bank of Pennsylvania, 421 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Significance: This building was erected by the Bank of Pennsylvania and was purchased by the Philadelphia Bank in 1859, following the Panic of 1857. Survey number: HABS PA-1392
Bank of Pennsylvania, 421 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Significance: This building was erected by the Bank of Pennsylvania and was purchased by the Philadelphia Bank in 1859, following the Panic of 1857. Survey number: HABS PA-1392
Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Significance: The house was built in the middle of the 18th century, intended as the first section of a later-to-be-completed house. Although the companion house was completed in the 19th century, only minor ad... More
Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Significance: The house was built in the middle of the 18th century, intended as the first section of a later-to-be-completed house. Although the companion house was completed in the 19th century, only minor ad... More
Wharton-Stewart House, 27 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Significance: The house was built in the middle of the 18th century, intended as the first section of a later-to-be-completed house. Although the companion house was completed in the 19th century, only minor ad... More
First Bank of the United States, 120 South Third Street, Philadelphia,...
Significance: Built 1795-97, Samuel Blodgett, designer and Joseph P. Le Grand, marble mason. It served as the Bank of the U.S. from 1797-1812 and as the Bank of Stephen Girard's, 1812-1864. Later occupied by th... More
Parry House, 1921 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: A good example of an affluent townhouse in the center city section of Philadelphia. The first owner, Charles T. Parry. was the president of Burnham, Parry, Williams and Co., owners of the famous B... More
Parry House, 1921 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: A good example of an affluent townhouse in the center city section of Philadelphia. The first owner, Charles T. Parry. was the president of Burnham, Parry, Williams and Co., owners of the famous B... More