Fort Mifflin, Officers' Quarters, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry R...
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Fort Mifflin, Officers' Quarters, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry R...
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Fort Mifflin, Officers' Quarters, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry R...
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Glebe House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-68 Survey number: HABS PA-139 Building/structure dates: 1698 Initial Construction
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Bounded by South Twentieth Street, Hartra...
Significance: A functioning United States Navy medical facility between 1935 and 1993, Naval Hospital Philadelphia consists of approximately 45 buildings and structures that document its construction between 19... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Bounded by South Twentieth Street, Hartra...
Significance: A functioning United States Navy medical facility between 1935 and 1993, Naval Hospital Philadelphia consists of approximately 45 buildings and structures that document its construction between 19... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Bounded by South Twentieth Street, Hartra...
Significance: A functioning United States Navy medical facility between 1935 and 1993, Naval Hospital Philadelphia consists of approximately 45 buildings and structures that document its construction between 19... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Bounded by South Twentieth Street, Hartra...
Significance: A functioning United States Navy medical facility between 1935 and 1993, Naval Hospital Philadelphia consists of approximately 45 buildings and structures that document its construction between 19... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Bounded by South Twentieth Street, Hartra...
Significance: A functioning United States Navy medical facility between 1935 and 1993, Naval Hospital Philadelphia consists of approximately 45 buildings and structures that document its construction between 19... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Bounded by South Twentieth Street, Hartra...
Significance: A functioning United States Navy medical facility between 1935 and 1993, Naval Hospital Philadelphia consists of approximately 45 buildings and structures that document its construction between 19... More
1900 Block North Twenty-Third Street & Judson Street (Houses), West si...
Significance: These are semi-detached residences that, while containing footprints representative of most urban dwellings being constructed in North Philadelphia during the last quarter of the 19th century, di... More
North Philadelphia Station, 2900 North Broad Street, on northwest corn...
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North Philadelphia Station, 2900 North Broad Street, on northwest corn...
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North Philadelphia Station, 2900 North Broad Street, on northwest corn...
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North Philadelphia Station, 2900 North Broad Street, on northwest corn...
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North Philadelphia Station, 2900 North Broad Street, on northwest corn...
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James S. Mason & Company Store, 138-140 North Front Street, Philadelph...
Significance: Good example of mid-19th century wholesale store. James S. Mason and Company, a prominent manufacturer of blacking and inks, occupied the building until 1919. Survey number: HABS PA-1442
James S. Mason & Company Store, 138-140 North Front Street, Philadelph...
Significance: Good example of mid-19th century wholesale store. James S. Mason and Company, a prominent manufacturer of blacking and inks, occupied the building until 1919. Survey number: HABS PA-1442
Hamilton-Hoffman House, Coggs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: A fine example of an early nineteenth century country seat, owned by locally prominent Gavin Hamilton. Survey number: HABS PA-1053 Building/structure dates: 1791-1800 Initial Construction Build... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 213-214, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Phi...
Significance: Building 213, constructed in 1903 as a box and packing shop, and Building 214, constructed in 1918 as a small arms ammunition storehouse, are connected buildings associated with the expansion of f... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 213-214, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Phi...
Significance: Building 213, constructed in 1903 as a box and packing shop, and Building 214, constructed in 1918 as a small arms ammunition storehouse, are connected buildings associated with the expansion of f... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 213-214, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Phi...
Significance: Building 213, constructed in 1903 as a box and packing shop, and Building 214, constructed in 1918 as a small arms ammunition storehouse, are connected buildings associated with the expansion of f... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Oak Lane Branch, 6614 North 12th Street,...
Significance: Oak Lane 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
First Unitarian Church, 2121 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Survey number: HABS PA-1508 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ebenezer Maxwell House, 200 West Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, Phi...
Significance: This house is a fine example of the Tudor Victorian style. It was built in 1859 for Ebenezer Maxwell, a successful dry goods merchant in Philadelphia. Authorship of the design if uncertain althoug... More
University of Pennsylvania, Lea Institute of Hygiene, 225 South Thirty...
Significance: The Lea Institute of Hygiene, commonly called Smith Halls, is an early research institute on the University of Pennsylvania campus. The building was the design of mid-Victorian architects Collins ... More
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, 3700 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Ph...
Significance: The Tabernacle Church is a large Presbyterian Church of the late Nineteenth Century. It was built in the English Decorated Gothic Style and has fine exterior stone details and a functionally hands... More
Green Hill Presbyterian Church, 1617 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: Though much altered, Green Hill Presbyterian Church was designed by well-known Philadelphia architect John Notman. Originally situated in a rural environment, it belonged to a group of early inst... More
Charles C. Harrison Building, 1001-1005 Market Street, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: The Harrison Building, designed by Cope and Stewardson, was one of the earliest large scale commercial buildings constructed on Market Street. The well-proportioned structure is composed in the fo... More
Charles C. Harrison Building, 1001-1005 Market Street, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: The Harrison Building, designed by Cope and Stewardson, was one of the earliest large scale commercial buildings constructed on Market Street. The well-proportioned structure is composed in the fo... More
Harrison Building, 4 South Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
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Letitia Street House, Lansdowne Drive, West Fairmount Park, Philadelph...
Survey number: HABS PA-184 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151
Mutual Fire Insurance Company Building, Germantown Avenue & School Hou...
Significance: The rich use of material, color, texture, and cast terra cotta work make this building an exceptional example of late nineteenth century arcchitectural design. Survey number: HABS PA-1014
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
Hensel, Colladay & Company Factory, 45-51 North Seventh Street, Philad...
Significance: Late 19th century factory building. Hensel, Colladay and Company of manufacturers of dress trimmings. The building was demolished in 1965. Survey number: HABS PA-1422
Free Library of Philadelphia, Logan Branch, 1333 Wagner Avenue, Philad...
Significance: Completed in 1918, the Kingsessing Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the twenty-first of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropi... More
Market Street Elevated Railway, Millbourne Station, Intersection of Ma...
Significance: The station is located just north of Market Street, at 66th Street in Milbourne Borough, Delaware Township. When the station opened in 1907, it facilitated the transportation needs of the resident... More
Market Street Elevated Railway, Millbourne Station, Intersection of Ma...
Significance: The station is located just north of Market Street, at 66th Street in Milbourne Borough, Delaware Township. When the station opened in 1907, it facilitated the transportation needs of the resident... More
Washington Square Area Study, Sixth, Seventh, Walnut & Locust Streets,...
Survey number: HABS PA-1489 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eagle Hotel, 601-607 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Significance: A successful hotel of the mid-19th century, situated near busy Germantown Avenue. Survey number: HABS PA-1727
First Presbyterian Church, Seventh Street & Washington Square vicinity...
Survey number: HABS PA-1117 Building/structure dates: 1821 Initial Construction
Robert Ralston House, 521 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Coun...
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Chestnut Street Bridge, Schuykill River, Chestnut Street vicinity, Phi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1054 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Daniel F. Waters Germantown Dye Works, 37-55 East Wister Street, Phila...
Significance: The Daniel F. Waters Germantown Dye Works is representative of the historical development of the textile industry in Germantown, which was a nationally significant center of textile production in ... More
Trinity Church, Oxford (Episcopal), 6900-6902 Oxford Avenue, Philadelp...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32, FN-33 Survey number: HABS PA-17 Building/structure dates: 1711 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1807 Subsequent Work Building/... More
Trinity Church, Oxford (Episcopal), 6900-6902 Oxford Avenue, Philadelp...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32, FN-33 Survey number: HABS PA-17 Building/structure dates: 1711 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1807 Subsequent Work Building/... More
Walnut Street Theater, 829-833 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-262 Survey number: HABS PA-1487 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000693
Scott-Wanamaker House, 2032 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Significance: Notable example of Jacobean Revival style and one of the affluent townhouses in Philadelphia's Center City section. From 1894-1922, the house was the home of John Wanamaker, the founder of the Joh... More
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Reserve Basin & M...
Survey number: HAER PA-387-W Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Reserve Basin & M...
Survey number: HAER PA-387-W Public domain photograph of Navy warship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Commander's Offic...
Survey number: HAER PA-387-J Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Congress Hall, Sixth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Significance: It was built by the County of Philadelphia in 1789. It was occupied by the Congress of the U.S. from 1790-1800. The building was enlarged in 1793, altered considerably in the 19th century and rest... More
Congress Hall, Sixth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Significance: It was built by the County of Philadelphia in 1789. It was occupied by the Congress of the U.S. from 1790-1800. The building was enlarged in 1793, altered considerably in the 19th century and rest... More
Congress Hall, Sixth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Significance: It was built by the County of Philadelphia in 1789. It was occupied by the Congress of the U.S. from 1790-1800. The building was enlarged in 1793, altered considerably in the 19th century and rest... More
Philadelphia Gas Works, Point Breeze Meter House, Intersection of Pass...
Significance: These structures represent one of America's early large scale gas production facilities. Constructed in the Gothic Style they were important structures that contributed to the growth of Philadelp... More
Philadelphia Gas Works, Point Breeze Meter House, Intersection of Pass...
Significance: These structures represent one of America's early large scale gas production facilities. Constructed in the Gothic Style they were important structures that contributed to the growth of Philadelp... More
Fort Mifflin, Smith's Shop, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, ...
Significance: Built before 1802, the smith's shop may be the oldest structure of the fort. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS PA-1225-H Building/structure d... More
Fort Mifflin, Smith's Shop, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, ...
Significance: Built before 1802, the smith's shop may be the oldest structure of the fort. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-142 Survey number: HABS PA-1225-H Building/structure d... More
Fort Mifflin, Commandant's House (Headquarters), Mud Island, Marine & ...
Significance: Located at the focal point of the parade, the commandant's house, built in 1796, is the most architecturally significant structure in the fort. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More
Samuel Neave House & Store, 272-274 South Second Street, Philadelphia,...
Significance: Samuel Neave, prominent Philadelphia merchant, acquired the site of the mansion in 1788 and built about 2 years later, on Neave's death in 1774. The property was bought by Thomas C. Wharton and oc... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road &...
Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The buil... More
Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives, 304 Walnut Street, Phila...
Significance: Chartered in 1812, this company is the oldest institution of its kind in the nation. Survey number: HABS PA-1453
Henry Charles Lea House, 3903 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1633 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Charles Lea House, 3903 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1633 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Church of the Advocate, Rectory, Eighteenth & Diamond Streets, Philade...
Significance: It is a fine example of high Victorian eclecticism employing a mixture of gothic and classical details. While the residence's function as a rectory necessitated a design fitting with its parochial... More
Church of the Advocate, Rectory, Eighteenth & Diamond Streets, Philade...
Significance: It is a fine example of high Victorian eclecticism employing a mixture of gothic and classical details. While the residence's function as a rectory necessitated a design fitting with its parochial... More
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, 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, 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, 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
Philadelphia City Hall, Fifth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philad...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2110 Survey number: HABS PA-1432 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76001666
Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More
Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More
Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More
Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More
Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More
Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More
Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More
John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 15, 4041-4...
Significance: Building 15 was originally built in 1879 but the existing building was built in 1915. Its location at the head of the railroad siding documents the close connection between rail transportation and... More
John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 15, 4041-4...
Significance: Building 15 was originally built in 1879 but the existing building was built in 1915. Its location at the head of the railroad siding documents the close connection between rail transportation and... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Lehigh Avenue Branch, 601 West Lehigh Av...
Significance: Completed in 1906, the Lehigh Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was one of the first of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist An... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Lehigh Avenue Branch, 601 West Lehigh Av...
Significance: Completed in 1906, the Lehigh Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was one of the first of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist An... More
John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 25, 4041-4...
Significance: Built in 1874-75, Building 25 was one of the first structures, following the water tower of Building 1, to be constructed with brick segmental arches over the windows. The later additions to the b... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road betwe...
Significance: These nine buildings are part of a thirteen-building complex associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the production and storage of powder and munitions for th... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road betwe...
Significance: These nine buildings are part of a thirteen-building complex associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the production and storage of powder and munitions for th... More
Port Royal, Tacony Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-111 Building/structure dates: 1761 Initial Construction
Philadelphia Athenaeum, 219 South Sixth Street (East Washington Square...
Survey number: HABS PA-1389 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001144
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 29, Southeast corner of Mellon Street ...
Significance: This building, almost wholly rebuilt in 1939, reflects the continued development of Frankford Arsenal as the U.S. Army's principal supplier of ammunition, sights, and fire control instruments. S... More
Kid-Physick House, 325 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-244 Survey number: HABS PA-1436-B
Franklin Institute, 15 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
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American Life Insurance Company Building, 330-336 Walnut Street, Phila...
Significance: A good example of exuberant and picturesque architecture or the later 19th century, illustrating the transition from bearing wall to metal frame in its use of cast iron columns and rolled beams wi... More
Williams-Hopkinson House, 338 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Northern Saving Fund, Safe Deposit & Trust Company, 600 Spring Garden ...
Significance: Early bank design of Furness and Hewitt, two leading 19th century architects. Includes elements characteristic of their work. Survey number: HABS PA-1733