Western Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia, 1000-1008 Walnut Street, ...
Significance: The original part of the building provides a good example of the development of institutional architecture in the latter part of the 19th century. It was designed by well-known architect, James H.... More
Sedgeley Porter's House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1665 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151
Sedgeley Porter's House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1665 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151
Stable & Carriage House, 422 Walnut Street (rear), Philadelphia, Phila...
Survey number: HABS PA-1401 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Margaret Esherick House, 204 Sunrise Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Significance: Designed and constructed between 1959 and 1962, the Margaret Esherick House in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania is a masterwork of modern architecture and craftsmanship. Internationally renowned Philad... More
Bridges-LaTour House, 509 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bridges-LaTour House, 509 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Daniel F. Waters Germantown Dye Works, Building C, 37-55 East Wister S...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
John Bromley & Sons Building, 201-263 Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Phi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1744 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 12, 4041-4...
Significance: Building 12, built in 1914 as a machine shop, is important as it documents the increasing specialization of buildings on the site and the continued prosperity of the Dobsons into the 20th century.... More
Church of St. James the Less, Wanamaker Tower, 3200 West Clearfield St...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
University of Pennsylvania, University Museum, 3620 South Street, Phil...
Survey number: HABS PA-1646 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Church of St. James the Less, Rectory & Parish House, 3200 West Clearf...
Survey number: HABS PA-1725-D Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001801
Naval Hospital, Pattison Avenue between Broad & Twentieth Streets, Phi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Naval Hospital, Pattison Avenue between Broad & Twentieth Streets, Phi...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Walnut Lane Bridge, Spanning Lincoln Drive & Monoshone Creek at Walnut...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Walnut Lane Bridge, Spanning Lincoln Drive & Monoshone Creek at Walnut...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ridgeland, Chamounix Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: Ridgeland was built for William Couch by 1762 and is, potentially, one of the oldest houses in Fairmount Park. Unlike the villas that prosperous Philadelphians erected in the Schuylkill River Vall... More
Dilworth-Todd-Moylan House, 343 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1409 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dilworth-Todd-Moylan House, 343 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1409 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dilworth-Todd-Moylan House, 343 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Survey number: HABS PA-1409 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tacony, Neighborhood is bounded by Delaware River, Cottman Avenue, Mag...
Significance: The area within the City of Philadelphia known as "Tacony" is historically significant for its mid-nineteenth-century foundation as the southern terminus of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, ... More
Tacony, Neighborhood is bounded by Delaware River, Cottman Avenue, Mag...
Significance: The area within the City of Philadelphia known as "Tacony" is historically significant for its mid-nineteenth-century foundation as the southern terminus of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, ... More
John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 19, 4041-4...
Significance: Building 19 is significant as it documents the initial boom of the Dobsons' mill following the Civil War. One of the oldest buildings on the site, it is the only surviving structure with designate... More
Johnson House, 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Coun...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7, FN-8 Survey number: HABS PA-7-7 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001162
Johnson House, 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Coun...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7, FN-8 Survey number: HABS PA-7-7 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001162
Solitude, Zoo grounds, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-259 Survey number: HABS PA-1127 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151
Griffith-Peale House, 8100 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: Attractive small home of 1800 period. Survey number: HABS PA-1761
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Service Building,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth & Ninth, Pine & Spruce Streets, Philadel...
Significance: Founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond, Pennsylvania Hospital if the earliest established hospital in the United States with the country's oldest surgical amphitheater. It is a n... More
Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth & Ninth, Pine & Spruce Streets, Philadel...
Significance: Founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond, Pennsylvania Hospital if the earliest established hospital in the United States with the country's oldest surgical amphitheater. It is a n... More
Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth & Ninth, Pine & Spruce Streets, Philadel...
Significance: Founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond, Pennsylvania Hospital if the earliest established hospital in the United States with the country's oldest surgical amphitheater. It is a n... More
Pennsylvania & New Jersey Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning De...
Significance: Because of its location on the lower Delaware River, the bridge has a collection of extremely long and heavy spans. These include the world's heaviest center-bearing swing span, completed in 1896,... More
Pennsylvania & New Jersey Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning De...
Significance: Because of its location on the lower Delaware River, the bridge has a collection of extremely long and heavy spans. These include the world's heaviest center-bearing swing span, completed in 1896,... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Phila...
Significance: The Central Library, built between 1917 and 1927, was designed by well-known architect Horace Trumbauer and his associate Julian Abele and it is the flagship of the Philadelphia Free Library syste... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Phila...
Significance: The Central Library, built between 1917 and 1927, was designed by well-known architect Horace Trumbauer and his associate Julian Abele and it is the flagship of the Philadelphia Free Library syste... More
Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...
Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More
Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...
Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More
Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...
Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More
Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...
Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between Delaware-Pennsylvani...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between Delaware-Pennsylvani...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between Delaware-Pennsylvani...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between Delaware-Pennsylvani...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Richard Allen Homes, Bounded by Poplar & Ninth Streets, Fairmount Aven...
Significance: Richard Allen Homes, also known as the Poplar Project during its planning and early days, was the Philadelphia Housing Authority's (PHA) first low-rent housing project to combine slum clearance wi... More
Richard Allen Homes, Bounded by Poplar & Ninth Streets, Fairmount Aven...
Significance: Richard Allen Homes, also known as the Poplar Project during its planning and early days, was the Philadelphia Housing Authority's (PHA) first low-rent housing project to combine slum clearance wi... More
Richard Allen Homes, Bounded by Poplar & Ninth Streets, Fairmount Aven...
Significance: Richard Allen Homes, also known as the Poplar Project during its planning and early days, was the Philadelphia Housing Authority's (PHA) first low-rent housing project to combine slum clearance wi... More
Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...
Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More
Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...
Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More
Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...
Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More
Bel Air, League Island Park (Passyunk Township), Philadelphia, Philade...
Survey number: HABS PA-1124 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bel Air, League Island Park (Passyunk Township), Philadelphia, Philade...
Survey number: HABS PA-1124 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bel Air, League Island Park (Passyunk Township), Philadelphia, Philade...
Survey number: HABS PA-1124 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bel Air, League Island Park (Passyunk Township), Philadelphia, Philade...
Survey number: HABS PA-1124 Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jayne Building, 242-244 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-111 Survey number: HABS PA-188 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More
Jayne Building, 242-244 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-111 Survey number: HABS PA-188 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More
Jayne Building, 242-244 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-111 Survey number: HABS PA-188 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More
TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphi...
Significance: It is an early and unusual example of the use of a cable supported roof structure to provide the clear floor space needed for an airplane hangar. Survey number: HAER PA-561 Building/structure da... More
TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphi...
Significance: It is an early and unusual example of the use of a cable supported roof structure to provide the clear floor space needed for an airplane hangar. Survey number: HAER PA-561 Building/structure da... More
Claus Rittenhouse House, Lincoln Drive & Rittenhouse Street, Philadelp...
Significance: The building is one of the earliest surviving structures constructed by German-speaking people in the State of Pennsylvania. The building and site also possess exceptional significance as an indus... More
Claus Rittenhouse House, Lincoln Drive & Rittenhouse Street, Philadelp...
Significance: The building is one of the earliest surviving structures constructed by German-speaking people in the State of Pennsylvania. The building and site also possess exceptional significance as an indus... More
Claus Rittenhouse House, Lincoln Drive & Rittenhouse Street, Philadelp...
Significance: The building is one of the earliest surviving structures constructed by German-speaking people in the State of Pennsylvania. The building and site also possess exceptional significance as an indus... More
Claus Rittenhouse House, Lincoln Drive & Rittenhouse Street, Philadelp...
Significance: The building is one of the earliest surviving structures constructed by German-speaking people in the State of Pennsylvania. The building and site also possess exceptional significance as an indus... More
Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, P...
Significance: Built as a country residence in 1763-1767 for Benjamin Chew, a prominent Pennsylvania jurist, Cliveden is an outstanding example of Philadelphia Georgian architecture. Probably designed by Chew an... More
Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, P...
Significance: Built as a country residence in 1763-1767 for Benjamin Chew, a prominent Pennsylvania jurist, Cliveden is an outstanding example of Philadelphia Georgian architecture. Probably designed by Chew an... More
Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, P...
Significance: Built as a country residence in 1763-1767 for Benjamin Chew, a prominent Pennsylvania jurist, Cliveden is an outstanding example of Philadelphia Georgian architecture. Probably designed by Chew an... More
Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, P...
Significance: Built as a country residence in 1763-1767 for Benjamin Chew, a prominent Pennsylvania jurist, Cliveden is an outstanding example of Philadelphia Georgian architecture. Probably designed by Chew an... More
Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, P...
Significance: Built as a country residence in 1763-1767 for Benjamin Chew, a prominent Pennsylvania jurist, Cliveden is an outstanding example of Philadelphia Georgian architecture. Probably designed by Chew an... More
Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, P...
Significance: Built as a country residence in 1763-1767 for Benjamin Chew, a prominent Pennsylvania jurist, Cliveden is an outstanding example of Philadelphia Georgian architecture. Probably designed by Chew an... More
Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, P...
Significance: Built as a country residence in 1763-1767 for Benjamin Chew, a prominent Pennsylvania jurist, Cliveden is an outstanding example of Philadelphia Georgian architecture. Probably designed by Chew an... More
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Broad & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philad...
Survey number: HABS PA-1226 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Broad & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philad...
Survey number: HABS PA-1226 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Broad & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philad...
Survey number: HABS PA-1226 Public domain photograph of hotel lobby, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company, North Plant, 5000 Wissahickon Aven...
Significance: The North Plant housed the second major factory of the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company. Atwater Kent was an important twentieth-century inventor and manufacturer of radios and electrical compo... More
Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company, North Plant, 5000 Wissahickon Aven...
Significance: The North Plant housed the second major factory of the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company. Atwater Kent was an important twentieth-century inventor and manufacturer of radios and electrical compo... More
Woodford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000021
Woodford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, engraving, Library of...
Survey number: HABS PA-1307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000021
Woodford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000021
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Lift Bridge, Mout...
Significance: Planned as part of the pre-WWII enlargement of the shipyard in support of a two-ocean navy, the bridge was built to provide direct vehicular and rail access to the western portion of the Navy Yard... More
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Lift Bridge, Mout...
Significance: Planned as part of the pre-WWII enlargement of the shipyard in support of a two-ocean navy, the bridge was built to provide direct vehicular and rail access to the western portion of the Navy Yard... More
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Lift Bridge, Mout...
Significance: Planned as part of the pre-WWII enlargement of the shipyard in support of a two-ocean navy, the bridge was built to provide direct vehicular and rail access to the western portion of the Navy Yard... More
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Lift Bridge, Mout...
Significance: Planned as part of the pre-WWII enlargement of the shipyard in support of a two-ocean navy, the bridge was built to provide direct vehicular and rail access to the western portion of the Navy Yard... More
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Lift Bridge, Mout...
Significance: Planned as part of the pre-WWII enlargement of the shipyard in support of a two-ocean navy, the bridge was built to provide direct vehicular and rail access to the western portion of the Navy Yard... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Lemon Hill, Lemon Hill Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: A good example of a Federal style country house, now restored and open to the public. One of its first owners was Henry Pratt, a well known merchant and horticulturist. The house received its name... More
Lemon Hill, Lemon Hill Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: A good example of a Federal style country house, now restored and open to the public. One of its first owners was Henry Pratt, a well known merchant and horticulturist. The house received its name... More
Lemon Hill, Lemon Hill Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: A good example of a Federal style country house, now restored and open to the public. One of its first owners was Henry Pratt, a well known merchant and horticulturist. The house received its name... More
Free Quakers Meetinghouse, 500 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...
Significance: Fine example of nationalist influence on traditional Quaker plain style, and built for a group of dissenting Free Quakers who were expelled from the Religious Society of Friends for participation ... More