John Roney House, 117 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: An early 19th century row house. Survey number: HABS PA-1017
Fire Association Building, 401-403 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philad...
Survey number: HABS PA-1434 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church, 250-254 South Eighth Street,...
Significance: This fine Greek Revival church is the work of John Haviland, who executed many other Greek Revival designs. His body was buried under the church, but was later re-interred at the Philadelphia Divi... More
Mariners' Bethel Church, 923 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philade...
Survey number: HABS PA-1596 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jordan-Stoddart House, 404 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1341 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
19-35 Catharine Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Name changed from Catherine Street to Catharine Street, the correct spelling Survey number: HABS PA-5182
Northern Liberty Hose Company Number Four, 714 New Market Street, Phil...
Significance: An interesting example of an urban volunteer firehouse of the 1840s. The organization was one of the representative hose companies of its period. Later, it functioned as a general fire company, k... More
329 Walnut Street (mantlepiece), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1947 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
American Fire Insurance Company Building, 308-310 Walnut Street, Phila...
Significance: Incorporated in 1810, the American Fire Insurance Company was the first company in the state of Pennsylvania is conduct a general fire insurance business. Survey number: HABS PA-1386
105 Delancey Street (Warehouse), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1377 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A "museum" of freaks and curiousities on S...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 43, Southeast corner of Mordecai Road ...
Significance: Building 43 is associated with the continued use of Frankford Arsenal as an important U.S. Army post during the decades following World War II. Survey number: HAER PA-74-AN Building/structure da... More
William Annan House, 776 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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...
Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, 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
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
Reynolds-Morris House, 225 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Philadel...
Survey number: HABS PA-1107 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000020
2100 Block North Uber Street (Houses), East & west sides between Diamo...
Survey number: HABS PA-6717 Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction
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
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
Stride-Madison House, 429 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Significance: A Philadelphia row house of the late 18th century where James Madison, Jr., Fourth president of the United States, and his wife resided from November 1795 until June 1796 while he was a member of ... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street a...
Significance: The bridge's main span, a pin-connected Parker through truss, is an exceptionally long example of its type. Its length surpasses the practical limit of 300', beyond which a subdivided Pennsylvania... 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
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
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
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Mt. Moriah Soldiers Lot, 62nd Street and Kingse...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
William H. Winder Houses, 232-234 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Ph...
Survey number: HABS PA-1384 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
C.F. Rumpp & Sons, Incorporated, Factory, 114-130 North Fifth Street a...
Significance: C.F. Rumpp was a well-known manufacturer of fancy leather good, pocketbooks and satchels. It closed in 1959 after nearly a century of manufacturing. The factory (not the original building) is a ty... 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
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
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
New Century Club, 124 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Significance: An early architectural work by a woman architect. Founded in 1877, the New Century Club of Philadelphia is one of the nation's oldest women's clubs devoted to the protection and promotion of women... 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
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 - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
North Philadelphia Station, Mechanical Building, 2900 North Broad Stre...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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
Tacony, St. Vincent's Catholic School, Bounded by Princeton, Delaware,...
Significance: St. Vincent's Catholic School is the physical and institutional remnant of an important part of Tacony's pre-industrial history. St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum was founded in Tacony in 1855 and the ... More
Tacony, St. Vincent's Catholic School, Bounded by Princeton, Delaware,...
Significance: St. Vincent's Catholic School is the physical and institutional remnant of an important part of Tacony's pre-industrial history. St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum was founded in Tacony in 1855 and the ... 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
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
Market Street Elevated Railway, Market Street between Sixty-ninth & Fo...
Significance: The railway was the first rapid transit line erected in Philadelphia at the turn of the century. Prior to its construction, electrified surface lines traversed city and suburban streets providing ... More
113 North Water Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1425 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Merchants' Hotel, 40-50 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Leland Building, 37-39 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
512-526 South Water Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County...
Survey number: HABS PA-1619 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Isaac Waln House, 259 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Survey number: HABS PA-1376 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. James Roman Catholic Church, 3728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-1641 Public domain photograph of church in Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
2223 Green Street (House), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1909 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marks-Dunbar House, 849 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Survey number: HABS PA-1597 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, 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
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
Hinckley Knitting Mills, Building D, 21-35 East Wister Street, Philade...
Significance: Building D, constructed after 1945, does not contribute to the historical character of the Hinckley Knitting Mills. Survey number: HAER PA-212-D
Hinckley Knitting Mills, Building D, 21-35 East Wister Street, Philade...
Significance: Building D, constructed after 1945, does not contribute to the historical character of the Hinckley Knitting Mills. Survey number: HAER PA-212-D
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 240, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Cl...
Significance: The earliest portions of Building 240 were constructed in the 1860s as a powder magazine. The building is thus associated with one of the most basic functions of Frankford Arsenal, the production... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 240, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Cl...
Significance: The earliest portions of Building 240 were constructed in the 1860s as a powder magazine. The building is thus associated with one of the most basic functions of Frankford Arsenal, the production... More
Gloria Dei (Church), Rectory, 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Ph...
Survey number: HABS PA-120-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Second Bank of the United States, 420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, P...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Second Bank of the United States, 420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, P...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Second Bank of the United States, 420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, P...
Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Second Bank of the United States, 420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, P...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Second Bank of the United States, 420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, P...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf & Dumb, 320 South Broad Street, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-1526 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1600 Block Diamond Street (Houses), North side, Philadelphia, Philadel...
Survey number: HABS PA-6685 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Dry Dock No. 4, B...
Significance: This rectangular drydock has a vertical concrete wall and a flat concrete floor formed on steel pilings. It is an example of a large WWII era drydock built using the tremie method developed by F.R... More
Tacony, Hamilton Disston School, North side of 4400 block of Knorr Str...
Significance: Named for a son of Henry Disston, the Hamilton Disston School honors a man who was actively involved in Tacony affairs throughout his life. The school plant reflects the radical modernization of ... More
Tacony, Hamilton Disston School, North side of 4400 block of Knorr Str...
Significance: Named for a son of Henry Disston, the Hamilton Disston School honors a man who was actively involved in Tacony affairs throughout his life. The school plant reflects the radical modernization of ... More
Girard Row (Houses), 326-334 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-240 Survey number: HABS PA-1330
Philadelphia National Cemetery, Haines Street & Limekiln Pike, Philade...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boule...
Significance: The greenhouse at Bartram's Garden was constructed by John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist and explorer, in 1760-1761. Despite its later incorporation into a larger st... More
John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boule...
Significance: The greenhouse at Bartram's Garden was constructed by John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist and explorer, in 1760-1761. Despite its later incorporation into a larger st... More
John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boule...
Significance: The greenhouse at Bartram's Garden was constructed by John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist and explorer, in 1760-1761. Despite its later incorporation into a larger st... More
Academy of Notre Dame, 208 South Nineteenth Street, Rittenhouse Square...
Survey number: HABS PA-1492 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
North Front Street Area Study, 2-66 North Front Street (Commercial Bui...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Brick Arch Culvert over Master Street, Spanning dirt slope of Master S...
Significance: This single-span skew arch culvert features brick ribs, semi-counsel squared stone masonry spandrel walls, and ashlar voussoirs. It was built to provide access to important water mains and is skew... More
Henry Schively House, 329 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Survey number: HABS PA-1364 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Church of St. Vincent de Paul (Roman Catholic), 101-107 East Price Str...
Survey number: HABS PA-1680 Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 40, South of Tacony Street between Bri...
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