Daniel F. Waters Germantown Dye Works, Building B, 37-55 East Wister S...
Significance: Building B is significant because it served as the office of the Germantown Dye Works, and is one of the earlier structures on the site. Survey number: HAER PA-213-B Building/structure dates: 18... More
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
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 316, Northwest corner Eakin Street & T...
Significance: Constructed as an artillery range, Building 316 is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, as the U.S. Army's principal supplier of ammunition during the United States' ent... More
Arcade Building, Fifteenth & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1493 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Wanamaker Store, Thirteenth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Phi...
Survey number: HABS PA-1692 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78002459
Twelfth Street Meeting House, 20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, P...
Significance: Typical of early Quaker meeting houses, the Twelfth Street Meeting House reused parts of the 1755 Greater Meeting House. It was in continuous use until its dismantling in 1972 and reconstruction a... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 151, East side Dearborn Street, north ...
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Fairmount Waterworks, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
See also HAER PA-51 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-1654 Building/structure dates: 1814-1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1821-1822 Subsequent Work Building/structure d... More
John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 11, 4041-4...
Significance: Building 11 is significant as it reflects the tremendous growth and expansion of the Dobsons' Mill in the late 19th century. Its major addition in the early 20th century serves as a document to th... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Aven...
Significance: Completed in 1906, the Thomas Holme Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the fifth of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist And... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Aven...
Significance: Completed in 1906, the Thomas Holme Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the fifth of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist And... More
N.W. Ayer & Company Building, 204-212 South Seventh Street, Philadelph...
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Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Foundry-Propeller...
Significance: Built as part of the Navy's vast expansion to meet the projected needs of WWI, Building 20 became the U.S. Navy's sole production facility for propellers. During WWII the facility produced over 5,... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 239-239A, Southeast corner of Clay St...
Significance: Constructed as a powder magazine, Building 239 is associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the storage of powder and munitions for the United States Army. Bui... More
Stephen Girard Country House, Utility Building, Shunk & Twenty-first S...
Significance: An interesting utility structure that combines numerous functions at three different levels, and was probably designed by Stephen Girard. Survey number: HABS PA-1082 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Stephen Girard Country House, Utility Building, Shunk & Twenty-first S...
Significance: An interesting utility structure that combines numerous functions at three different levels, and was probably designed by Stephen Girard. Survey number: HABS PA-1082 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Elfreth's Alley (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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Mears-Heaton House, 240 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-248 Survey number: HABS PA-1070
Hatfield House, Thirty-third Street & Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Phi...
Significance: Fine example of a small 18th century residence remodeled and enlarged into a Greek Revival house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-241 Survey number: HABS PA-1658
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 238, Northeast corner of Clay Street &...
Significance: Building 238 is indicative of Frankford Arsenal's continued importance as the center of the United States Army's munitions-oriented research and design activities. Survey number: HAER PA-74-Z Bu... More
Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
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University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Aven...
Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with noted Philadelphia architect Paul Phillipe Cret, who designed the bridge in collaboration with city engineers. Its exterior treatment reflects Cr... More
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Third & Brown Streets, Philadelphia,...
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Berry-Coxe House, 413 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County...
Significance: Erected by Peter L. Berry, Hhouse Carpenter, between 1802-1804, the house was tenented by Tench Coxe, "Purveyor of Public Supplies for the United State," from 1804-1807. Coxe, a holder of several ... More
Fort Mifflin, Powder Magazine, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Road...
Significance: The earth-covered west magazine, built about 1866, contains fine example of brick barrel vaulting. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS PA-1225-G... More
Frankford Elevated, 52100-5400 Frankford Avenue (guideway & stations),...
Significance: The Frankford Elevated is significant as an early twentieth-century mass transit system in Philadelphia that had significant local elevated includes structures and station buildings that are repre... 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
David Hill House, 309 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Survey number: HABS PA-1333 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Keyser Brothers Iron Works, 4041 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelp...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
First Presbyterian Church, Seventh Street & Washington Square vicinity...
Survey number: HABS PA-1117 Building/structure dates: 1821 Initial Construction
Marshall's Court Area Study, Samuel Shinn House, 403 Marshall's Court,...
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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
Naval Hospital, Officer's Quarters, Southeast of Main Building, Pattis...
Survey number: HABS PA-6658-C Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no c... 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
Cannonball Farm, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Significance: Built almost certainly by Swedes, this house during the 18th century was in the possession of the Bleakley family. The name of Cannon Ball Farm arose from an incident in the Revolution. The house ... More
Frankford Arsenal, South of Tacony Street between Bridge Street & trac...
Significance: Starting in 1816 as a storage facility, Frankford Arsenal grew into the United States' most well known ordnance manufacturers, specializing in small arms munitions. The arsenal was closed down in... 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
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
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
Rich-Truman House, 320 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Significance: Erected in the fall of 1771 by John Rich, plasterer, the house is a fine example of one of a pair of small, Philadelphia row houses of the late 18th century. It is located on the site originally o... More
Philadelphia Opera House, 1400-1418 Poplar Street, Philadelphia, Phila...
Survey number: HABS PA-1734 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bridges-LaTour House, 509 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Philadelph...
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University of Pennsylvania, University Museum, 3620 South Street, Phil...
Survey number: HABS PA-1646 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
3100 Block Diamond Street (Houses), North & south sides between Thirty...
Survey number: HABS PA-6718 Building/structure dates: ca. 1886 Initial Construction
Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, League Island, Ph...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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 railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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 a chamber, vaults, 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 architecture design drawing, 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 scan of a plan of settlement buildings, 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
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Broad & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philad...
Survey number: HABS PA-1226 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Kid-Chandler House, 323 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Coun...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-244, FN-245 Survey number: HABS PA-1436-A
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...
Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...
Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More
Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...
Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More
Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...
Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...
Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More
Carpenters' Company, Rule Book (carpentry manual), Philadelphia, Phila...
Survey number: HABS PA-1398-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000552
U. S. Naval Asylum, Biddle Hall, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Ph...
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U. S. Naval Asylum, Biddle Hall, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Ph...
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U. S. Naval Asylum, Biddle Hall, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Ph...
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U. S. Naval Asylum, Biddle Hall, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Ph...
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U. S. Naval Asylum, Biddle Hall, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Ph...
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U. S. Naval Asylum, Biddle Hall, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Ph...
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The Woodlands, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
Previous structure names, Andrew Hamilton House & William Hamilton House, removed from name field due to more current research which revealed that Andrew Hamilton House was incorrect & William Hamilton House wa... More
Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More
Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More
Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
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Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More
Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More
Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Phi...
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