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Farm map of Plumstead Township, Bucks Co., Penn'a /

Farm map of Plumstead Township, Bucks Co., Penn'a /

Wall map showing farm outlines, owners' names, acreages, rural buildings, road network, and farm lanes. Hand col. to distinguish individual farms and roads. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Originall... More

Honorable Thaddeus Stevens of Penn. - Public domain portrait photograph

Honorable Thaddeus Stevens of Penn. - Public domain portrait photograp...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panoramic map of Hallstead, Penn. 1887.

Panoramic map of Hallstead, Penn. 1887.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 785 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Jenkintown Junction, Penn. - Mammoth Plate Photograph

Jenkintown Junction, Penn. - Mammoth Plate Photograph

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Brandywine Springs, Linden Grove, Penn., mammoth plate negative

Brandywine Springs, Linden Grove, Penn., mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Entrance to restaurant from Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] Station, New York, N.Y.

Entrance to restaurant from Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] Station, New Yor...

Public domain photograph of train station building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Penn. R.R. [i.e., Railroad] men talk strike

Penn. R.R. [i.e., Railroad] men talk strike

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Harrington (Penn) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Harrington (Penn) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows football player Stewart Harrington who played for the University of Pennsylvania team from 1910 to 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Penn. Varsity 8 (1913) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Penn. Varsity 8 (1913) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Penn Oil Co., Massachusetts. Ave. & No. Cap.

Penn Oil Co., Massachusetts. Ave. & No. Cap.

Public domain photograph of historic place, city, car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Penn R.R. and B&O R.R. yards - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Penn R.R. and B&O R.R. yards - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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[...] Apts. 8/5 Penn. Ave., N.W. [Washington, D.C.]

[...] Apts. 8/5 Penn. Ave., N.W. [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rich's department store, business in Knoxville, Tennessee. Penelope Penn

Rich's department store, business in Knoxville, Tennessee. Penelope Pe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

J. C. Blair Company Complex, Building E, Penn & Seventh Streets, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

J. C. Blair Company Complex, Building E, Penn & Seventh Streets, Hunti...

Significance: In the mid-1870s, J.C. Blair experimented with padded paper tablets and began the commercial manufacture of his invention in 1878. Factory Building E was part of the complex of buildings he erect... More

Penn State glee club - spring concert...

Penn State glee club - spring concert...

Poster shows a flower with stamens in the form of human heads and clefs. signed in pencil on verso. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. K761. 198- Gift; 1987.

Welcome sign in Italy, Texas. Gabriel J. Penn, postmaster in Waxahachie, 15 miles away, named the town in 1880 because, he said, its climate was much like that found in "sunny Italy"

Welcome sign in Italy, Texas. Gabriel J. Penn, postmaster in Waxahachi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, between Strafford Avenue & Penn Central Railroad tracks (Tredyffrin Township), Strafford, Chester County, PA

Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, betwee...

Significance: This structure was built in 1876 as the Centennial Catalogue Building for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. It was then purchased at auction by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use as a... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, House, State Route 83 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, House, State Route 83 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-174, FN-175 Survey number: HABS PA-260-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Subsequent Wo... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, House, State Route 83 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, House, State Route 83 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-174, FN-175 Survey number: HABS PA-260-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Subsequent Wo... More

Old City Hall, Penn Square, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

Old City Hall, Penn Square, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

Significance: 1. This is the sole Georgian style governmental structure from the eighteenth century now remaining in Lancaster City or County. 2. As built in 1795-1798, the Public Office (Old City Hall) illustr... More

Penn School Historic District, Cedar Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of Frogmore, St. Helena Island, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

Penn School Historic District, Cedar Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...

Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-F Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This nineteenth-century brick residence maintains the traditional Pennsylvania German, three-room layout, complete with two identical front entry doors placed side by side. Unprocessed Field not... More

Penn School Historic District, Cope Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of Frogmore, St. Helena Island, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

Penn School Historic District, Cope Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...

Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824

Robert Ashton House, Road 418, West of Route 2, Port Penn, New Castle County, DE

Robert Ashton House, Road 418, West of Route 2, Port Penn, New Castle ...

Significance: The Ashton House is the oldest documented dwelling extant in Delaware. Commissioned by Robert Ashton (a cousin of William Penn), the house retains elements of original trim and the configuration ... More

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pitts...

Significance: The structure was erected on the west side of the ramparts of Fort Pitt as greater protection against Indian attacks. It is the only known remaining 18th century building in the Pittsburgh vicinit... More

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pitts...

Significance: The structure was erected on the west side of the ramparts of Fort Pitt as greater protection against Indian attacks. It is the only known remaining 18th century building in the Pittsburgh vicinit... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

8th Penn Cavalry, crossing at Ely's Ford, before battle of Chancellorsville

8th Penn Cavalry, crossing at Ely's Ford, before battle of Chancellors...

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 16, 1863, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.97) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Penn School Historic District, Johnson Fellowship Hall, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of Frogmore, St. Helena Island, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

Penn School Historic District, Johnson Fellowship Hall, SC Route 37, 1...

Survey number: HABS SC-588-G Building/structure dates: 1985 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824

Patee House Hotel, South Twelfth & Penn Streets, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

Patee House Hotel, South Twelfth & Penn Streets, Saint Joseph, Buchana...

Significance: Served as the eastern terminus and headquarters for Russell, Majors & Waddell, the owners of the Pony Express. It also played a significant local role in St. Joseph as a luxurious hotel in a front... More

South Penn Oil Company, Mallory Lot 6 Lease, Watsonville Field, Klondike, McKean County, PA

South Penn Oil Company, Mallory Lot 6 Lease, Watsonville Field, Klondi...

Significance: Pennsylvania is the birthplace of the petroleum industry, signified by the drilling of Edwin Drake's well near Titusville in 1859. Many widely used techniques of drilling and pumping oil were fir... More

Stamm Farm, Barn, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Stamm Farm, Barn, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant...

See also HABS PA-266 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-266-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

Washington, District of Columbia. Sgt. and officer of 31st Penn. Infantry. (later, 82d Penn. Infantry.) at Queen's farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum

Washington, District of Columbia. Sgt. and officer of 31st Penn. Infan...

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The New Public Buildings, Penn Square, Broad & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The New Public Buildings, Penn Square, Broad & Market Streets, Philade...

Survey number: HABS PA-1530 Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1901 Subsequent Work

The New Public Buildings, Penn Square, Broad & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The New Public Buildings, Penn Square, Broad & Market Streets, Philade...

Survey number: HABS PA-1530 Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1901 Subsequent Work

The New Public Buildings, Penn Square, Broad & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The New Public Buildings, Penn Square, Broad & Market Streets, Philade...

Survey number: HABS PA-1530 Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1901 Subsequent Work

The New Public Buildings, Penn Square, Broad & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

The New Public Buildings, Penn Square, Broad & Market Streets, Philade...

Survey number: HABS PA-1530 Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1901 Subsequent Work

Penn & Liberty Avenues (Commercial Buildings), King Building, 639 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Penn & Liberty Avenues (Commercial Buildings), King Building, 639 Libe...

Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps & photographs. Significance: The King Building's primary significance dated to the latter half of the 19th century when it housed a procession of commission ... More

John H. Shoenberger House, 425 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

John H. Shoenberger House, 425 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-75 Survey number: HABS PA-43 Building/structure dates: ca. 1847 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1847- before. 1935 Subsequent Work

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More

J. C. Blair Company Complex, Building A, Corner of Sixth & Penn Streets, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

J. C. Blair Company Complex, Building A, Corner of Sixth & Penn Street...

Significance: When first erected, the seven-story Building A, based on H.H. Richardson's design of the Marshall Field warehouse in Chicago, was said to be the tallest structure between Pittsburgh and Philadelph... More

Gary Land Company Building, Gateway Park, Fourth Avenue & Penn Street (moved from Broadway), Gary, Lake County, IN

Gary Land Company Building, Gateway Park, Fourth Avenue & Penn Street ...

Significance: The Gary Land Company Building which was constructed in 1906 was the first permanent structure in the City of Gary. The original purpose of the building was to house the offices of the Gary Land ... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, Pig House, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Pig House, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (P...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-C Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

Penn School Historic District, Butler Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of Frogmore, St. Helena Island, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

Penn School Historic District, Butler Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile So...

Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This building houses the Dr. Y.W. Bailey Museum. Dr. Bailey was a doctor at the school. Survey number: HABS SC-588-D... More

Penn School Historic District, Hampton House, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of Frogmore, St. Helena Island, Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC

Penn School Historic District, Hampton House, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...

Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-L Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More

Penn & Liberty Avenues (Commercial Buildings), 600 & 700 blocks Liberty Avenue, 600 block Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Penn & Liberty Avenues (Commercial Buildings), 600 & 700 blocks Libert...

Written data includes photocopies of maps & photographs. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-202 Survey number: HABS PA-5152 Building/structure dates: after. 1875- before. 1925 Initi... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Group of officers and soldier of 31st Penn. Infantry. (later, 82d Penn. Infantry. at Queen's farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum)

Washington, District of Columbia. Group of officers and soldier of 31s...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

George Stoudt House, Eight Cornered House Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

George Stoudt House, Eight Cornered House Road (Penn Township), Mount ...

Significance: This structure is an excellent example of the octagon craze which swept American building in the middle of the nineteenth century. It is particularly notable for being the midst of a Pennsylvania ... More

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 &  Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (moved to Brownsville vicinity, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, State Route 183 & Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (...

Significance: This is a good example of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German family farm. Although once very prosperous, the farm failed to adjust to agricultural modernization in the late nineteenth and ea... More

401 Penn Street (House), Reading, Berks County, PA

401 Penn Street (House), Reading, Berks County, PA

Significance: This structure was constructed at two different times. The rear section was built first, probably late 19th century and has 6 bays facing on N. 4th Street. The corner building which has four bays ... More

USS Olympia, Penn's Landing, 211 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

USS Olympia, Penn's Landing, 211 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphi...

Significance: USS Olympia is a partially armored or protected cruiser which was constructed as part of a congressional program to build a new steel U.S. Navy prior to the turn of the century. Her innovative des... More

USS Olympia, Penn's Landing, 211 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

USS Olympia, Penn's Landing, 211 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphi...

Significance: USS Olympia is a partially armored or protected cruiser which was constructed as part of a congressional program to build a new steel U.S. Navy prior to the turn of the century. Her innovative des... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Camp of 31st Penn. Infantry. (later, 82d Penn. Infantry.) at Queen's farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum

Washington, District of Columbia. Camp of 31st Penn. Infantry. (later,...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Dundore Farm, Granary, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, Granary, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-156 Survey number: HABS PA-261-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial C... More

Wynnewood Railroad Station, Wynnewood & Penn Roads, Wynnewood, Montgomery County, PA

Wynnewood Railroad Station, Wynnewood & Penn Roads, Wynnewood, Montgom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Loyal Order of Moose Building, 628-634 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Loyal Order of Moose Building, 628-634 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegh...

Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Penn High School, Penn Avenue at Main Street, Greenville, Mercer County, PA

Penn High School, Penn Avenue at Main Street, Greenville, Mercer Count...

Significance: The Jacobean Revival details displayed on this school building are unusual in Western Pennsylvania. It served as the only high school for the Greenville area until 1958. Survey number: HABS PA-54... More

Penn High School, Penn Avenue at Main Street, Greenville, Mercer County, PA

Penn High School, Penn Avenue at Main Street, Greenville, Mercer Count...

Significance: The Jacobean Revival details displayed on this school building are unusual in Western Pennsylvania. It served as the only high school for the Greenville area until 1958. Survey number: HABS PA-54... More

Penn High School, Penn Avenue at Main Street, Greenville, Mercer County, PA

Penn High School, Penn Avenue at Main Street, Greenville, Mercer Count...

Significance: The Jacobean Revival details displayed on this school building are unusual in Western Pennsylvania. It served as the only high school for the Greenville area until 1958. Survey number: HABS PA-54... More

Penn High School, Penn Avenue at Main Street, Greenville, Mercer County, PA

Penn High School, Penn Avenue at Main Street, Greenville, Mercer Count...

Significance: The Jacobean Revival details displayed on this school building are unusual in Western Pennsylvania. It served as the only high school for the Greenville area until 1958. Survey number: HABS PA-54... More

Philadelphie - la ville capitale de Pensylvanie province Nord-Americaine William Penn, à qui Charles II Roi d'Angleterre donna cette province entiére la planta en 1682 ...

Philadelphie - la ville capitale de Pensylvanie province Nord-Americai...

Print shows men in boats and ships along the waterfront in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Caption continues: entre deux fleuves navigables et l'apella Philadelphie, parceque les habitans y vivoient dans une harmo... More

Penn'a R.R. car shop's, Altoona Pennsylvania., 1895

Penn'a R.R. car shop's, Altoona Pennsylvania., 1895

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fowler, T.M.

William [William] Penn Treaty Monument, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

William [William] Penn Treaty Monument, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Penn 2d Varsity - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Penn 2d Varsity - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of military activity, parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Penn cottage, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Penn cottage, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Recruits, 18th Penn. N.G., Pittsburgh

Recruits, 18th Penn. N.G., Pittsburgh

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Penn. Station, New York City, New York City

Penn. Station, New York City, New York City

Photo copyrighted by American Studio. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; NY NYC Views 1920; NY NYC Penn...; Geogr.; RR Sta.; Shelf.

The landing of William Penn / J.L.G. Ferris.

The landing of William Penn / J.L.G. Ferris.

Print shows William Penn, in 1682, standing on shore greeted by large group of men and women, including Native Americans. K17399 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of oil painting from series: The Pageant of ... More

Burley tobacco, usually small and poor crop because of severe drought. Tobacco barn in background on very large farm of Penn Brothers. Near Lexington, Kentucky

Burley tobacco, usually small and poor crop because of severe drought....

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shenandoah Valley. Penn Foundary Manufacturing Company at Waynesboro, Virginia. Three cavernous buildings filled with moldering machinery. Inhabited only by flocks of pigeons who nest among the pulley belts

Shenandoah Valley. Penn Foundary Manufacturing Company at Waynesboro, ...

Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harrisburg U.S.O., Penn Station, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. View to rear exit

Harrisburg U.S.O., Penn Station, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. View to rea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harrisburg U.S.O., Penn Station, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Detail of reception desk, and lettering

Harrisburg U.S.O., Penn Station, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Detail of r...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Penn Borough Freight Depot, Penn, Westmoreland County, PA

Penn Borough Freight Depot, Penn, Westmoreland County, PA

Significance: One of a number of freight depots constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 19th century, the depot served as the point of shipment for a variety of industries attracted to Penn because of i... More

Building in Penn Quarter, just north of Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Building in Penn Quarter, just north of Pennsylvania Avenue near the U...

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

Main Street in Italy, Texas. Gabriel J. Penn, postmaster in Waxahachie, 15 miles away, named the town in 1880 because, he said, its climate was much like that found in "sunny Italy"

Main Street in Italy, Texas. Gabriel J. Penn, postmaster in Waxahachie...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Wiliam Penn, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Wiliam Penn, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing left. "Engraved by J. Posselwhite from the print by J. Hall after the Picture by West. Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Londo... More

William Penn's old meeting house at Chester Pennsylvania

William Penn's old meeting house at Chester Pennsylvania

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Wm. Penn. Lithograph, b. & w.

Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, between Strafford Avenue & Penn Central Railroad tracks (Tredyffrin Township), Strafford, Chester County, PA

Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, betwee...

Significance: This structure was built in 1876 as the Centennial Catalogue Building for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. It was then purchased at auction by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use as a... More

West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pit...

Significance: Built to provide railroad access to Washington's Landing, the bridge has become a signature bridge in Pittsburgh. The elegant double intersection Pratt truss frames a dramatic view of Pittsburgh a... More

West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pit...

Significance: Built to provide railroad access to Washington's Landing, the bridge has become a signature bridge in Pittsburgh. The elegant double intersection Pratt truss frames a dramatic view of Pittsburgh a... More

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & Nor...

Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7... More

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & Nor...

Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7... More

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & Nor...

Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7... More

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & Nor...

Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7... More

Philadelphia City Hall, One Penn Place, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia City Hall, One Penn Place, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Old City Hall, Penn Square, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

Old City Hall, Penn Square, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

Significance: 1. This is the sole Georgian style governmental structure from the eighteenth century now remaining in Lancaster City or County. 2. As built in 1795-1798, the Public Office (Old City Hall) illustr... More

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn T...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-159 Survey number: HABS PA-261-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial C... More

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn T...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-159 Survey number: HABS PA-261-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial C... More

South Penn Oil Company, Lockwood Warrant 2921 Lease, Wardwell Field, Warren, Warren County, PA

South Penn Oil Company, Lockwood Warrant 2921 Lease, Wardwell Field, W...

Significance: Pennsylvania is the birthplace of the petroleum industry, signified by the drilling of Edwin Drake's well near Titusville in 1859. Many widely used techniques of drilling and pumping oil were fir... More

Robert Ashton House, Road 418, West of Route 2, Port Penn, New Castle County, DE

Robert Ashton House, Road 418, West of Route 2, Port Penn, New Castle ...

Significance: The Ashton House is the oldest documented dwelling extant in Delaware. Commissioned by Robert Ashton (a cousin of William Penn), the house retains elements of original trim and the configuration ... More

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pitts...

Significance: The structure was erected on the west side of the ramparts of Fort Pitt as greater protection against Indian attacks. It is the only known remaining 18th century building in the Pittsburgh vicinit... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...

Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

William Smith House, Corner Mud Road & Penn's Park Road, Wrightstown, Bucks County, PA

William Smith House, Corner Mud Road & Penn's Park Road, Wrightstown, ...

Significance: This is among the oldest house extant in the county (some say the oldest). It is of log (walnut) construction and represents a house type that was prevalent in this area during the days of early s... More

South Penn Oil Company, Mallory Lot 6 Lease, Watsonville Field, Klondike, McKean County, PA

South Penn Oil Company, Mallory Lot 6 Lease, Watsonville Field, Klondi...

Significance: Pennsylvania is the birthplace of the petroleum industry, signified by the drilling of Edwin Drake's well near Titusville in 1859. Many widely used techniques of drilling and pumping oil were fir... More

South Penn Oil Company, Mallory Lot 6 Lease, Watsonville Field, Klondike, McKean County, PA

South Penn Oil Company, Mallory Lot 6 Lease, Watsonville Field, Klondi...

Significance: Pennsylvania is the birthplace of the petroleum industry, signified by the drilling of Edwin Drake's well near Titusville in 1859. Many widely used techniques of drilling and pumping oil were fir... More

Stamm Farm, House, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Stamm Farm, House, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasan...

See also HABS PA-266 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-266-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1750- ca. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Subsequen... More

Dundore Farm, Smokehouse, State Route 183 vicinty (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, Smokehouse, State Route 183 vicinty (Penn Township), Mou...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-157 Survey number: HABS PA-261-G Building/structure dates: after. 1800- befor... More

Pollock-Capps Residence, 1120 Penn Street, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX

Pollock-Capps Residence, 1120 Penn Street, Fort Worth, Tarrant County,...

Significance: This house, an elaborately gabled and galleried Victorian structure with Renaissance detail, is typical of the large homes built in Fort Worth for early cattlemen and businessmen at the turn of th... More

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