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
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
Pier 35 South, 759 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: Pier 35 South is a rare extant example of timber crib pier construction along the Philadelphia waterfront. Crib construction, in which a series of timber boxes are filled with rubble and sunk, fo... More
2100 Block North Uber Street (Houses), East & west sides between Diamo...
Survey number: HABS PA-6717 Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 106, South of Tacony Street between Br...
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
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 106, South of Tacony Street between Br...
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
Keyser House, 6205 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-102 Survey number: HABS PA-11 Building/structure dates: ca. 1690 Initial Construction
Keyser House, 6205 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-102 Survey number: HABS PA-11 Building/structure dates: ca. 1690 Initial Construction
Keyser House, 6205 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-102 Survey number: HABS PA-11 Building/structure dates: ca. 1690 Initial Construction
Thirtieth Street Station, Load Dispatch Center, Thirtieth & Market Str...
Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular load dispatch center monitors and supervises electrical loads and power supply... More
Thirtieth Street Station, Load Dispatch Center, Thirtieth & Market Str...
Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular load dispatch center monitors and supervises electrical loads and power supply... More
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 350-Ton Hammerhea...
Significance: The crane was the largest in the world when it was completed and is a landmark in American engineering. Roller bearings support a large circular gear mechanism located on top of the portal and all... More
Schuylkill Arsenal, Building No. 8, 2620 Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadel...
Significance: An early example of a military residence. Demolished in 1962. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-257 Survey number: HABS PA-1540-F
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Veterans' Outpatient Treatment Facilities...
Significance: Building 46, constructed in 1945 to house outpatient facilities for veterans of service in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, was designed and built during the wartime expansion of Naval Hos... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Veterans' Outpatient Treatment Facilities...
Significance: Building 46, constructed in 1945 to house outpatient facilities for veterans of service in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, was designed and built during the wartime expansion of Naval Hos... 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
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
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
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
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
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 - historic landmark, 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 - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Daniel F. Waters Germantown Dye Works, Building D, 37-55 East Wister S...
Significance: Building D remains from William Mills' proprietorship of the Germantown Dye Works. Essentially an extension of Building C, Building D represents the continued growth and expansion of the dye work... More
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, 508-510 Walnut Street, Philadelph...
Significance: The building is a fine example of Egyptian Revival architecture of the 19th cetnury. The building was constructed in two parts, and consisted of a ca. 1839 building and a matching 1902 addition...... More
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, 508-510 Walnut Street, Philadelph...
Significance: The building is a fine example of Egyptian Revival architecture of the 19th cetnury. The building was constructed in two parts, and consisted of a ca. 1839 building and a matching 1902 addition...... More
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
Frankford Elevated, Pratt Street Station, 5200-5201 Frankford Avenue, ...
Significance: The station is significant for its association with an early twentieth-century transit system in Philadelphia that had a significant local impact on the patterns of growth and development in the c... More
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
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
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
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
St. Charles Hotel, 60-66 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Significance: An early surviving hotel in Philadelphia, with a cast-iron front. Survey number: HABS PA-1472
Schuylkill Arsenal, Building No. 6, 2620 Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadel...
Significance: An early example of a military residence. Demolished in 1962. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-257 Survey number: HABS PA-1540-E
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
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
Claus Rittenhouse Home, Outbuilding, 207A Lincoln Drive, Fairmont Park...
Survey number: HABS PA-16-A Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Claus Rittenhouse Home, Outbuilding, 207A Lincoln Drive, Fairmont Park...
Survey number: HABS PA-16-A Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Free Library of Philadelphia, Passyunk Branch, 1935 Shunk Street, Phil...
Significance: When the cornerstone of the Passyunk Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was laid in 1913, it was one of seven branches concurrently under construction through an endowment from industriali... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 141-143, South side Worth Road betwee...
Significance: Constructed in 1941 as a chemical warehouse, Buildings 141, 141A, 142, 1424A, and 143 are associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of ... More
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
Schuylkill Arsenal, Building No. 1A, 2620 Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philade...
Significance: An early example of a U.S. Army Commandant's House. Demolished in 1962. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-257 Survey number: HABS PA-1540-B
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
Church of the Holy Trinity (Protestant Episcopal), 200 South Nineteent...
Significance: The church represents a fine example of Romanesque Revival style and was designed by a leading Philadelphia church architect, John Notman. Survey number: HABS PA-1085
1700 Block North Sixteenth Street (Houses), East side, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: The 1700 block of N. Sixteenth Street is representative of a majority of attached urban dwellings constructed in North Philadelphia in the last quarter of the nineteenth century—three-stories, two... More
1700 Block North Sixteenth Street (Houses), East side, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: The 1700 block of N. Sixteenth Street is representative of a majority of attached urban dwellings constructed in North Philadelphia in the last quarter of the nineteenth century—three-stories, two... More
Belmont Mansion, Belmont Mansion Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Survey number: HABS PA-1649 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Belmont Mansion, Belmont Mansion Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Survey number: HABS PA-1649 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Germantown Cricket Club, 5140 Morris Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1693 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 87000758
Germantown Cricket Club, 5140 Morris Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1693 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 87000758
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
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 206, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...
Significance: Building 206 was constructed in 1918 as a cart house and is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal in its relation with the United States' entry into World War I. Survey n... 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
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
Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River ...
Significance: The Falls Bridge is a unique and well-preserved example of the Petit through truss design, capable of carrying a roadway on both its upper and lower chords. The upper deck remains incomplete, but... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, West Philadelphia Branch, 201 South 40th...
Significance: Completed in 1906, the West Philadelphia Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the first of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropis... 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
Spruce Street Area Study, 2009-2045 Spruce Street (Houses), Spruce Str...
Survey number: HABS PA-1579 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chestnut Street Area Study, Commercial Buildings, 213-243 Chestnut Str...
Survey number: HABS PA-1402 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Merchants' Hotel, 40-50 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Phillip Winemore House, 220 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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.
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
St. John's Lutheran Church, 511-523 Race Street, Philadelphia, Philade...
Survey number: HABS PA-1935 Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
722-730 Spruce Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1339 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Brock & Sons Warehouse, 242-244 North Delaware Avenue, Philadelph...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-234 Survey number: HABS PA-1395
John Brock & Sons Warehouse, 242-244 North Delaware Avenue, Philadelph...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-234 Survey number: HABS PA-1395
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, 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
Chamounix Mansion, Chamounix Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Jefferson Fire Insurance Company, 425 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Phi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1435 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Captain James Abercrombie House, 268-270 South Second Street, Philadel...
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.
Stenton, Courtland & Eighteenth Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
See also HALS PA-24 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-1714 Building/structure dates: ca. 1728 Initial Construction
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between...
Significance: Building 227, constructed in 1941 as a blank ammunition loading plant, is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the United States' principal manufacturer of small arms am... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between...
Significance: Building 227, constructed in 1941 as a blank ammunition loading plant, is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the United States' principal manufacturer of small arms am... More
Schuylkill Arsenal, Building No. 1, 2620 Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadel...
Significance: An early example of military barracks. Demolished in 1962. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-257 Survey number: HABS PA-1540-A
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
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
U. S. Naval Asylum, Governor's Residence, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philade...
For basic historical information for this structure, see report, Addendum to U. S. Naval Asylum, Biddle Hall, HABS PA-1622-A. Significance: The Governor's Residence is a fine Greek Revival structure of handsome... More
U. S. Naval Asylum, Governor's Residence, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philade...
For basic historical information for this structure, see report, Addendum to U. S. Naval Asylum, Biddle Hall, HABS PA-1622-A. Significance: The Governor's Residence is a fine Greek Revival structure of handsome... More
St. James Roman Catholic Church, 3728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-1641 Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Connecting Railway, Schuylkill River Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River...
See also HABS PA-6213 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Completed in 1867, the Connecting Railway's Schuylkil... More
Connecting Railway, Schuylkill River Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River...
See also HABS PA-6213 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Completed in 1867, the Connecting Railway's Schuylkil... More
Connecting Railway, Schuylkill River Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River...
See also HABS PA-6213 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Completed in 1867, the Connecting Railway's Schuylkil... More
Woodland Avenue Car Barn, Woodland Avenue & Fourty-ninth Street, Phila...
Significance: Erected in 1897, the Woodland Avenue Car Barn was built and continues to serve as a depot where streetcars are stored, washed, serviced and dispatched for service to southwest, west and center cit... More
Woodland Avenue Car Barn, Woodland Avenue & Fourty-ninth Street, Phila...
Significance: Erected in 1897, the Woodland Avenue Car Barn was built and continues to serve as a depot where streetcars are stored, washed, serviced and dispatched for service to southwest, west and center cit... More
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