First German Reformed Church, 322-330 Race Street, Philadelphia, Phila...
Survey number: HABS PA-1910 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
South Water Street Area Study, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1810 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Mellon House, 716 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-273 Survey number: HABS PA-1346
Thomas Fitzgerald House, 437 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1329 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mount Pleasant, Kitchen, Mount Pleasant Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1130-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000685
Clarence B. Moore House, 1321 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1521 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
117 Lombard Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1353 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1314-1320 Locust Street (Buildings), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County...
Survey number: HABS PA-1917 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Perseverance Hose Company No. 5, 316 Race Street, Philadelphia, Philad...
Survey number: HABS PA-1455 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Wayne Hotel, 5060 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: An 18th century example of Germantown architecture (though in altered condition). Survey number: HABS PA-1691
Wissahickon Inn, 500 West Willow Grove Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1720 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
510 South Front Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1381 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Provident Life & Trust Company Bank, 1888-1890 Addition, 401-407 Chest...
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
Federal Reserve Bank, 921-939 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1506 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
Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...
Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More
Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 4, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Ro...
Survey number: HABS PA-6165-D Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Carpenters' Company Hall, 320 Chestnut Street & Carpenters' Court, Phi...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2109 Survey number: HABS PA-1398 Building/structure dates: after. 1769- before. 1774 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS... More
Powder Magazine, Magazine Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64 Survey number: HABS PA-124 Building/structure dates: 1808 Initial Construction
Reynolds-Morris House, 225 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Philadel...
Survey number: HABS PA-1107 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000020
John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 10, 4041-4...
Significance: Constructed in 1894, Building 10 reflects the architectural character of the Dobson Mill in its rubblestone construction. Originally serving as a dyehouse, the building was an integral part in the... More
Germantown Friends Meeting House, 47 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia...
Significance: Germantown is a fine example of a mid-nineteenth century urban meeting house. It was built between 1868 and 1869 by master builder Hibberd Yarnall, and designed by Addison Hutton, one of Philadelp... More
Bulletin Building, 1315-1325 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: From 1908 to 1955, the building was the home of the Evening Bulletin newspaper, which went out of business in 1981. The building is architecturally significant as an early 20th century commercial ... More
Beck-Care Warehouse, 18-20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Philad...
Significance: It was built in the latter part of the 18th century on the Delaware River wharves. At the earliest record it was owned by merchant Paul Beck and was under the tenancy of E. Beck and Phillip Care (... More
Beck-Care Warehouse, 18-20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Philad...
Significance: It was built in the latter part of the 18th century on the Delaware River wharves. At the earliest record it was owned by merchant Paul Beck and was under the tenancy of E. Beck and Phillip Care (... More
William Arbour House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: Possibly the earliest surviving row house on Society Hill, it is typical of small Philadelphia row houses of the period, with its simple wood paneling, one-room-per-floor-plan, and shed room dorme... More
Liberty Bell Center, Market Street between 5th & 6th Streets, Philadel...
Survey number: HABS PA-6712 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Germantown Town Hall, 5928 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Survey number: HABS PA-6708 Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church, Gateway, 5720 Ridge Avenue,...
Survey number: HABS PA-1710-A Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Terminal Station, 1115-1141 Market St...
Photograph 9 removed 6/08. Correct survey is HABS PA-1527. bdzi Survey number: HABS PA-1528 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001170
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Terminal Station, 1115-1141 Market St...
Photograph 9 removed 6/08. Correct survey is HABS PA-1527. bdzi Survey number: HABS PA-1528 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001170
Tacony, Disston Recreation Center, Southwest corner of Disston & Glenl...
Significance: Constructed in 1931, the Disston Recreation Center is at least the second structure of that function on the public grounds bounded by Disston, Gillespie, and Glenloch streets, and Longshore Avenue... More
Preston Retreat, Twentieth & Hamilton Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1736 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Preston Retreat, Twentieth & Hamilton Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1736 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Preston Retreat, Twentieth & Hamilton Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1736 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Loudoun, 4650 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1705 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woodland Terrace Area Study (Houses), Woodland Terrace, east & west si...
Survey number: HABS PA-1647 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Free Library of Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill Branch, 8711 Germantown Av...
Significance: Chestnut Hill 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 Carneg... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Robert M. Lee House & Law Office, 109-111 North Sixth Street, Philadel...
Significance: An example of the brick Philadelphia row house, differing in that it was two lots wide. The second floor room with its two niches, acroteria-crowned door and window trim and two rectangular ceilin... More
Robert M. Lee House & Law Office, 109-111 North Sixth Street, Philadel...
Significance: An example of the brick Philadelphia row house, differing in that it was two lots wide. The second floor room with its two niches, acroteria-crowned door and window trim and two rectangular ceilin... More
Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia, 429 Walnut Street, Philade...
Significance: A late 19th century office building with peculiar features, which were a typical design of the renowned architects, Furness, Evans and Company. The building was demolished in 1960. Survey number:... More
John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), The Tower, 4041-4055 Ri...
Significance: The tower on the Dobson Mill site is significant as the only remnant of what had been one of the largest buildings on the site, the Brussels Carpet Mill. The structure rises above many of the Dobs... More
U. S. Naval Asylum, Surgeon's Residence, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadel...
For basic historical information for this structure, see report, Addendum to U. S. Naval Asylum, Biddle Hall, HABS PA-1622-A. Significance: The Surgeon's Residence is a fine Greek Revival structure of handsome ... More
Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities, 431...
Significance: This exotic-looking building is the only one in the Bank Row to have been constructed during post-Civil War years. Pennsylvania Company, which owned the building from 1873-1890, is the oldest inst... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Nurses' Quarters, East side of Chief's Co...
Significance: Building 3, constructed in 1935 as quarters for Naval Hospital Philadelphia's nursing staff, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the same Art De... More
Edward Drinker Cope Houses, 2100-2102 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Phila...
Significance: Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897) was an extremely important 19th century natural scientist whose work helped to create specialization and professionalism of American science. He held teaching posts... More
North Third Street Area Study, 17-63 North Third Street (Commercial Bu...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-252 Survey number: HABS PA-1450
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
Rockland, Mount Pleasant Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: Rockland, erected ca. 1810, is an excellent example of a Federal style house built by skilled, local carpenters and masons, and exhibiting many similarities to earlier country houses built along t... More
5901 Woodland Avenue (Cottage), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-138 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Free Library of Philadelphia, Germantown Branch, 5818 Germantown Avenu...
Significance: Germantown 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'... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Manayunk Branch, Fleming and Dupont Stre...
Significance: Completed in 1908, the Manayunk Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the tenth of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist Andrew ... More
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
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Gate House, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Phi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1811-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77001185
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Gate House, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Phi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1811-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77001185
Philadelphia County Prison, Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: One of the first major designs of the great American architect, Thomas U. Walter, FAIA, and an early use of the Pennsylvania system of solitary confinement for prisoners developed in the Philadelp... More
Philadelphia County Prison, Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: One of the first major designs of the great American architect, Thomas U. Walter, FAIA, and an early use of the Pennsylvania system of solitary confinement for prisoners developed in the Philadelp... More
Thomas Stewart House, 410 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-112 Survey number: HABS PA-189 Building/structure dates: after 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 18q2
2223 Green Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1909 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ormiston House, Reservoir Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: Erected by Edward Burd in 1798, Ormiston is a well-preserved part of the villa group that developed along Edgeley Point Lane in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Early documentation f... More
Germantown Academy, 110 Schoolhouse Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS PA-7-4 Building/structure dates: 1760 Initial Construction
Germantown Academy, 110 Schoolhouse Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS PA-7-4 Building/structure dates: 1760 Initial Construction
Germantown Academy, 110 Schoolhouse Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS PA-7-4 Building/structure dates: 1760 Initial Construction
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Convalescent Ward, South side of Jackman ...
Significance: Building 54 is one among a connected complex of 12 Convalescent Ward buildings (47-58) that were constructed in 1945 to house convalescent wards and specialized therapeutic facilities for injured ... 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
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
First German Reformed Church Area Study, 129-151 North Fourth Street (...
Significance: Brick dwelling houses in a German community area. Nos. 129-135 were owned by the German Lutheran Church from 1771 to 1848. Survey number: HABS PA-1418
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf & Dumb, 320 South Broad Street, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-1526 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Monastery, Kitchen's Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-249 Survey number: HABS PA-183
Monastery, Kitchen's Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-249 Survey number: HABS PA-183
Vernon, Germantown Avenue, Vernon Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-3 Survey number: HABS PA-7-2 Building/structure dates: 17h1 Initial Construction
Vernon, Germantown Avenue, Vernon Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-3 Survey number: HABS PA-7-2 Building/structure dates: 17h1 Initial Construction
Church of the Advocate, Northwest corner of Eighteenth & Diamond Stree...
Significance: It is the consummate example of French Gothic Revival architecture in America dating from late in the 19th century. While the sanctuary's unique form drawn from a variety of French sources is sign... More
Church of the Advocate, Northwest corner of Eighteenth & Diamond Stree...
Significance: It is the consummate example of French Gothic Revival architecture in America dating from late in the 19th century. While the sanctuary's unique form drawn from a variety of French sources is sign... More
Church of the Advocate, Northwest corner of Eighteenth & Diamond Stree...
Significance: It is the consummate example of French Gothic Revival architecture in America dating from late in the 19th century. While the sanctuary's unique form drawn from a variety of French sources is sign... More
Church of the Advocate, Northwest corner of Eighteenth & Diamond Stree...
Significance: It is the consummate example of French Gothic Revival architecture in America dating from late in the 19th century. While the sanctuary's unique form drawn from a variety of French sources is sign... More
Mount Pleasant, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County...
Survey number: HABS PA-1130 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000685
Mount Pleasant, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County...
Survey number: HABS PA-1130 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000685
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Third & Pine Streets, Philade...
Significance: St. Peter's Church was built between 1758-1761 as a Chapel of Christ church and maintained until 1832 when a separation from the parent body was effected. Survey number: HABS PA-1118 Building/st... More
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Third & Pine Streets, Philade...
Significance: St. Peter's Church was built between 1758-1761 as a Chapel of Christ church and maintained until 1832 when a separation from the parent body was effected. Survey number: HABS PA-1118 Building/st... More
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Third & Pine Streets, Philade...
Significance: St. Peter's Church was built between 1758-1761 as a Chapel of Christ church and maintained until 1832 when a separation from the parent body was effected. Survey number: HABS PA-1118 Building/st... More
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Third & Pine Streets, Philade...
Significance: St. Peter's Church was built between 1758-1761 as a Chapel of Christ church and maintained until 1832 when a separation from the parent body was effected. Survey number: HABS PA-1118 Building/st... More