| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — "Associators" — Pennsylvania National Guard — 1747 - 1997 |
| | The Rampant Lion [Image of a lion with sword and shield] Crest of the the PA National Guard. Near this site, the Associators, a group of citizen-soldiers organized by Benjamin Franklin and predecessor to the modern Pennsylvania National Guard, established the first Pennsylvania military installation to defend the colony and the port of Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania National Guard dedicates this monument to those patriots on our two hundred fiftieth anniversary. — Map (db m19096) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — "Gloria Dei" Church — National Historic Site |
| | Here in 1677, Swedish settlers founded the first Christian church within what is now Philadelphia. Religious services were originally held in a log blockhouse. The present edifice, was erected in 1698-1703 and dedicated on June 2, 1700. In 1845 the congregation was received into the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. On November 17, 1942 this site was designated as a national historic shrine commemorating the cultural and religious aspects of Swedish colonization in America. — Map (db m21803) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern |
| | Built in 1759 with adjoining Paschall House. Last of the 18th century inns of colonial Philadelphia owned by Colonel Blaithewaite Jones, who was in charge of the Delaware River defenses of Philadelphia during the Revolution, and John Wood, famous clockmaker. Restored by the Knauer Foundation. — Map (db m31273) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — “Common Sense” |
| | At his print shop here, Robert Bell published the first edition of Thomas Paine’s revolutionary pamphlet in January 1776. Arguing for a republican form of government under a written constitution, it played a key role in rallying American support for independence. — Map (db m32264) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — “Evangeline” — The Almshouse of the Society of Friends |
| | On this site in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem, “Evangeline,” Gabriel LaJeunesse and Evangeline Bellefontaine were reunited in the almshouse of the Society of Friends, located here 1729–1841. — Map (db m50804) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — “The Place You Tread is Holy Ground-” |
| | In this church on the 4th of July 1779 was held the first public - religious commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. Attendance at the Holy Mass, then sung, was The Continental Congress, The President and official head of the new government, the officers of the army and navy, and the French and Spanish Ministers- at the close of the Revolution following the surrender of the British under Cornwallis to Washington at Yorktown the armies of the Republic and of France joined in a solemn . . . — Map (db m9113) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — A Fashionable Promenade |
| | In the 17th century, when the Square first appeared in the city plan, streams drained into a deep gully in front of you. Then, beginning in 1833, geometric paths invited visitors into a leveled square planted with hundreds of trees. By 1846, Washington Square, with its seats, lamps and ornamental fence, had dramatically changed from the "offensive nuisance" of the 18th century into "a beautiful and fashionable promenade" where adults strolled and children played marbles. In 1853, American . . . — Map (db m9031) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — A Street Scene in the Capital City |
| | The building at the corner of Library Street is a quaint and substantial example of the old style architecture where substance and solidity were objects of the first importance. Public Ledger, April 20, 1887 Close by the Pennsylvania State House and other important government buildings were vibrant neighborhoods which mixed the elegant with the mundane. This historic print depicts the street in front of you in 1799, at the close of the decade when Philadelphia was the capital of the . . . — Map (db m9253) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — A Working-Class House in the Capital City |
| | Wealth makes all the distinction of classes in Philadelphia. Duc de la Rochefoucault-Liancourt, 1783 The house of a workman stood here in the late 1700s when Philadelphia was the temporary capital of the United States. Its location is marked by the brick square in front of you. The house had only two rooms and an attic, each on top of the other. Houses like this often served as both residence and workplace. A shoemaker, a turner, a coachman, a tavernkeeper, and a coppersmith --each in . . . — Map (db m9220) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Abraham Lincoln |
| | Abraham Lincoln
stood here
when he raised the flag
on Independence Hall
February 22nd 1861.
This tablet placed by Post 2
Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic — Map (db m9259) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Aero Memorial Pillar — Aviator Park — Memorial to the aviators of Pennsylvania killed in action |
| | Aero
Memorial
World War I
1917–1918 — Map (db m51069) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors |
| | (Front Inscription): Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in honor of her Colored Soldiers. (Back Inscription):To commemorate the heroism and sacrifice of all Colored Soldiers who served in the various wars engaged in by the United States of America, that a lasting record shall be made of their unselfish devotion to duty as an inspiration to future generations, this monument is dedicated May 30, 1934. Commissioners:
William H. Riley Jones, Chairman;
Hon. Samuel B. . . . — Map (db m8411) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — 53101 — American Bandstand |
| | This television program had a major impact on the music, dance, and lifestyles of American teenagers. “Bandstand,” a local show, began in 1952. Dick Clark became host in 1956, and on August 5, 1957, “American Bandstand” debuted on the nationwide ABC network. Until 1964 the show was broadcast from WFIL-TV here. This 1947 building was one of the first designed and constructed exclusively for television productions. — Map (db m53101) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — American Pharmaceutical Association |
| | Professional society created Oct. 6-8, 1852, to assure quality & safe distribution of drugs. Pharmacists from eight states met in a building nearby for the founding meeting; among them was Philadelphian William Procter, Jr., "Father of American Pharmacy." — Map (db m8985) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Andrew Hamilton |
| | In honor of Andrew Hamilton 1665 - 1741 "The Philadelphia Lawyer" — Map (db m9351) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Anthony J. Drexel — (1826 - 1893) |
| | Entrepreneur and philanthropist Drexel created the world's first trans-Atlantic banking network from an office first located here. It financed many U.S. railroads and businesses of the industrial era. Founder of Drexel University. — Map (db m9532) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Arch Street Friends — 1681 |
| | The Arch Street Meeting House stands as an enduring symbol of the people who created Pennsylvania as a "Holy Experiment." Built to house the men's and women's Yearly Meetings, the business sessions of the Religious Society of Friends for Philadelphia and Environs, it remains one of the oldest active houses of worship in the city. Begun in 1803, the building was financed by the sale of the Greater Meeting House, which stood at Second and High (now Market) Streets, the site of Quaker Meetings . . . — Map (db m9324) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Archeology Methods and Interpretation |
| | Uncovering History How do we learn about the lives of those who came before us? Old documents such as letters, diaries, and land deeds tell us about particular people, places and events. Yet written records do not always survive and most were produced by and for society's elite. The details of everyday life are rarely mentioned in historical documents. Ofter the poor and the enslaved appear as little more than figures in a ledger of numbers in a tax or census record. We must look beyond the . . . — Map (db m8981) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Arsenal — (former Guard House and Prison) — 1816 |
| | Report from the Fort 4 December 1815 • Captain Samuel Babcock, Engineer I have the honor to enclose an estimate and plans of additions and repairs which I conceive necessary at Fort Mifflin. The Bombproofs which exist at present are in a state little fitted for the uses they were intended for, being very damp, dark, and approaching to decay. The one I have projected is intended to serve as a Guard House and Prison to be situated parallel to the revetment, one side facing the parade the . . . — Map (db m12625) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Artillery |
| | Cannon During the Revolutionary War armaments at Fort Mifflin were typical of those used at all colonial forts. Cannons were the largest weapons, but due to lack of materials in America, they were acquired from France or captured from the British. Cannon of the time were actually cast in iron and had a smooth bore. All cannon were classified according to the weight of the round shot they were capable of firing. Shot or cannon balls ranged from 2 to 32 pounds. Cannon were placed on split . . . — Map (db m12783) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Artillery Shed — 1837 |
| | Report from the Fort 30 September 1836 • Richard Delafield, Captain of Engineers [The] erection of a gun shed, for such artillery and carriages as shall not be mounted in battery … may not … be perfected this fall. National Archives A year later, in November 1837 completion of this large-scale shed was reported. It was added to the parade ground during the fort renovation of 1835-39 to hold wheeled ordinance and unmounted cannon. Transport and erection of the . . . — Map (db m12611) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Barry |
| | In memory of John Barry Father of the American Navy Born in Co. Wexford Ireland March 25, 1745 First captain of the first ship owned by the Continental Congress. Continuous in his service during the entire period of the Revolution. Supreme Commander of the entire naval force of the colonies in the War for Independence. Appointed by President Washington to the highest rank and first in command of the Navy of the United States. He died in Philadelphia September 3, 1803 and is buried in the . . . — Map (db m9117) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Battle of Germantown |
| | The Battle of Germantown occurred at Cliveden, the country home of Pa. Chief Justice Benjamin Chew, on Oct. 4, 1777. A British regiment occupied Cliveden and defended it from full assault by the colonials. Over 70 soldiers died on these grounds. Although it was an American defeat, Washington’s bold strategy helped to win French aid for the cause of independence. — Map (db m12373) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Battle of Germantown |
| | On the morning of the Battle of Germantown,
October 4 1777,
the Pennsylvania Militia, under
Gen'l John Armstrong,
occupying the high ground on the west side
of the creek opposite this point, engaged in a skirmish the left wing of the British forces,
in command of Lieut.-Gen'l Knyphausen,
who occupied the high ground on the
east side, along Schoolhouse Lane. — Map (db m24885) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Battle of Germantown Monument |
| | Washington to the President of Congress ---------------- Upon the whole it may be said that the day was unfortunate rather than injurious. We sustained no material loss +++++ The enemy are nothing the better by the event & our troops, who are not in the least dispirited by it, have gained what all young troops gain by being in actions. From Camp near Pennypacker’s Mills 5th October 1777 [ Rear of Monument : ] Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in commemoration of the Battle . . . — Map (db m46830) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Benj. H. Hodgson — Lieut. 7th U.S. Calvery |
| | Son of J. B. & M. A. Hodgson Killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn Custer Massacre June 25, 1876 in the 28th year of his age
[ Left of Monument ] U. S. Military Academy West Point Class 1870 [ Right of Monument ] He the prize hath won Earth’s conflict o’er, its warfare done, He entered fame’s bright portal! And o’er the ford – beyond the strife, Above the stream of earthly life, He’s gained the life immortal! — Map (db m40982) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Benjamin Franklin — 1706 - 1790 |
| | The class of 1930 at its 50th reunion honors Benjamin Franklin founder of the University of Pennsylvania which began at this site in 1749 and which in 1779 became the first university in this nation. We recognize the growth of our beloved institution from small beginning to world renown. May our fellow men note our affection for the university and our respect for its architect. May 1980 — Map (db m9314) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Benjamin Franklin — (1706 - 1790) |
| | Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, philanthropist statesman, and scientist. The eighteenth century's most illustrious Pennsylvanian built a house in Franklin Court starting in 1763, and here he lived the last five years of his life. — Map (db m9535) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Benjamin Smith Barton — 1766 - 1815 |
| |
Physician, professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of first American botany textbook. In 1803, he taught natural history to Meriwether Lewis in preparation for Lewis & Clark Expecition, 1803 - 1806. He lived here. — Map (db m24649) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Bicentennial Moon Tree |
| | Sycamore planted May 6, 1975 from seed carried to the moon by Astronaut Stuart A. Roosa on Apollo XIV, February 1971. National Aeronautics & Space Administration Forest Service USDA Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Honoring Earth's green world of trees — Map (db m9026) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Blacksmith Shop — ca. 1778 |
| | Report from the Fort 21 January 1802 • Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi The Blacksmith shop, a brick building, two fires, 20 feet by 19 – very good. In 1776 the Committee of Safety of the Delaware River ordered a “Smith Shop and Forge” to be built on Mud Island. This might be the building – rebuilt after the Revolution and described by Rivardi. One fireplace was removed in the 20th century, but the chimney shows its former location. When a blacksmith is on duty, . . . — Map (db m12605) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski — 1748-1779 |
| | Native of Poland
General of the Continental Army
Despairing of liberty in his native land he volunteered his services to the American Patriots.
Gave his life at the siege of Savannah. — Map (db m29775) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Broad Street Station |
| | Opened here, 1881, by the Pennsylvania Railroad; enlarged 1893. This was once the world's largest railroad passenger terminal. Its great arched train shed burned, 1923. The station and its long elevated stone track bed (the “Chinese Wall”) remained until 1952-53. — Map (db m20958) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Buckley Park |
| | In memory of
PFC Charles J. Buckley USMC
1949-1968
and of other Americans
who gave their lives in
the Republic of Vietnam — Map (db m22109) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Burholme Memorial for Peace |
| |
United States Army Panel
Harry F. Berry, 32, PFC, USA, WWII
Frederick W. Peterman, Jr., 21, PFC, USA, WWII
Howard G. Watkins, 20, Sgt, USA, WWII
Frank N. Flick, 21, Pvt, USA, WWII
Harry Childs, 19, Pvt, USA, WWII
Earl E. Livengood, 30, Pvt, USA, WWII
Herbert F. Clauhs, 26, Pvt, USA, WWII
Vincent J. Noyallis, 26, Sgt, USA, WWII
Frank J. Nostadt, Jr., 23, Spec4, USA, Vietnam
John T. Gutekunst, 20, Sgt, USA Abn, Vietnam
United States Air Force Panel
Paul Baus, . . . — Map (db m39341) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Burholme World War I Memorial |
| | To honor the
valiant sons of Burholme
and all others who served
their country in the
World War
1917 - 1918
J. George Herrmann
Emmett G. Laub
[Died in service] — Map (db m22474) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Capt. Charles Massey House — circa 1794 |
| | Charles Massey's grandfather, Samuel Massey, an Irish Quaker, founded the family shipping company in Philadelphia in 1699. Charles' fleet of 20 vessels sailed to 76 ports around the world and his flagship, “The Globe”, made 8 voyages to China around the Cape of Good Hope, before she was retired from duty.
Charles Massey died in 1810. — Map (db m21528) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Capt. Henry J. Biddle — 2nd Lieut. Jonathan Williams Biddle |
| | . . . — Map (db m41064) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Carpenters' Hall |
| | . . . for the purpose of obtaining instruction in the science of architecture and assisting such of their members as should by accident be in need of support, or the widows and minor children of members . . . By-laws of the Carpenters' Company Carpenters' Hall, completed in 1774, was the meeting place of a group of Philadelphia master builders known as the Carpenters' Company. The Carpenters banded together to establish architectural standards, to set prices for work, and to aid members' . . . — Map (db m9653) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Casemates or Bombproofs — 1798 |
| | Report from the Fort 21 January 1802 • Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi The bombproofs are six in number and well arched. No.1 - used as a guard house has two large bake ovens – its dimensions are 50 feet in length, 18 in width and 12 high in the center of the arch – it is well floored – is apt to leak in the spring. No. 2 - used as powder magazine, being very dry, and isolated, is 68 feet long, 17½ wide and 12 feet high in the center of the . . . — Map (db m12759) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Caspar Wistar — (1761 - 1818) |
| | Noted physician, lived here. Professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania. President of the American Philosophical Society & Pa. Abolition Society. In 1803, tutored Meriwether Lewis in medicine & paleontology, in preparation for the expedition west. — Map (db m9109) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Catherine Hanson |
| | This fountain is to the memory of Catherine Hanson. Daughter of Andrew Hanson, died October 28, 1646 at 8 years of age and was the first white body to be laid away in the soil of the Swedish Colony, which is now Pennsylvania. — Map (db m21536) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Charles Allen Smith |
| | Erected by the Allied
Monument Committee of Phila.
to Charles Allen Smith
April 21, 1917
Killed at Vera Cruz
April 22, 1914 — Map (db m21531) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Charles Thomson — (1729 – 1824) |
| | First and only Secretary to the Continental and Confederation Congresses (1774 – 1789) A farmer and Biblical scholar in retirement at his estate called Harriton in Bryn Mawr. — Map (db m40971) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy World War II Memorial |
| | This memorial is erected
in memory of those who
gave their lives and
as a tribute to
the men and women of
Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy
who served in the Armed Forces
of the United States of America
in World War II — Map (db m22144) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy World War Memorial |
| | In loving memory of the men
of Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy
who died in the World War
France 1918
“They challenge us to hold more
precious than mortal life ·
Ideals of Honour · Justice and
Righteousness”
“They counted not their lives
Dear unto themselves”
Gerald Speck February 10 Augusta, Ga·
Henry Howard Houston Woodward April 1 Montdidier·
Clement Cresson Kite June 17 Chateau Thierry·
Antonio Cimino June 22 Vosges·
Arthur Vandervoort . . . — Map (db m22115) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Christ Church |
| | Founded, 1695. Erection of present building begun in 1727. Bells were brought from England in 1754. Among the noted persons buried here are James Wilson and Robert Morris, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and Bishop White. — Map (db m9330) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Christ Church — 1695 |
| | The very existence of Christ Church and the elegant majesty of this building is a testament to the success of William Penn's "Holy Experiment." His Charter of Privileges allowed all denominations freedom of worship, even the Church of England from which Quakers had dissented on their native soil. Today, Christ Church is often called "The Nation's Church," and its history is closely tied to that of colonial Philadelphia and the birth of America. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Betsy . . . — Map (db m9331) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Christ Church |
| | Whereas the honorable Continental Congress have resolved to declare the American Colonies to be free and independent states ... it will be proper to omit those petitions from the liturgy wherein the King of Great Britain is prayed for ... Christ Church vestry minutes, July 4, 1776 Built between 1727 and 1754, Christ Church stands not only as a masterpiece of Colonial architecture, but as a reminder of the role of religious faith in the struggle for American freedom. The 200-foot high . . . — Map (db m9354) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Christ Church Burial Ground — 1719 |
| | Christ Church Burial Ground is most famous as the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin, a man who captured the spirit of his age and of the city. Franklin's genius touched nearly every aspect of Philadelphia's life and produced many achievements. Franklin had an international reputation as a scientist because of his pioneering study of electricity. He used his fame abroad and his diplomatic skills to negotiate the Alliance with France in 1778 and the Peace with Britain in 1783, . . . — Map (db m9315) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Christopher Sower |
| | 1738 1938 In commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Printing and Publishing House of Christopher Sower (1683 – 1758) at 5255-5263 Germantown Ave. nearly opposite ----- • ----- There, he and his son of the same name issued Almanacs, Newspapers and many English and German Books, including the first American editions of the Bible in any European Tongue, 1743, 1763, 1776 --------------- On this site, Jacob Bay, aided by Chris- topher . . . — Map (db m46867) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Chronology of Benjamin Franklin |
| | 1706 Born at Boston, January 17. 1723 Removed to Philadelphia. 1729 Editor of Pennsylvania Gazette. 1730 Appointed Public Printer. 1731 Founded the Philadelphia Library. 1736 Organized the first Philadelphia Fire Company. 1737 Appointed Postmaster of Philadelphia. 1738 Member of the Provincial Assembly. 1741 Established first American Magazine. 1742 Invented the Franklin Open Stove. 1743 Founded the American Philosophical Society 1749 Projected University of Pennsylvania. 1751 Founded the . . . — Map (db m9318) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Citadel - 1796 — Commandant’s House – 1835 |
| | Citadel
Report from the War Office 16 January 1796 • Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War A fort, on Mud Island, is about half done, and a Citadel has been erected to complete the fort … Report from the Fort 21 January 1802 • Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi The Citadel of brick, one story high 70 feet by 34 contains one room 27 by 27 – two rooms 20 by 15, two smaller ones, one kitchen and a porch. The garret is surrounded by a gallery and a breastwork of brick, but . . . — Map (db m12613) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Cliveden |
| | Country House of Benjamin Chew. Built 1763 – 1767. Site of the Battle of Germantown Oct. 4, 1777 A Co-Stewardship Property of The National Trust for Historic Preservation. Open to the public Thurs – Sat 12 PM to 4 PM Sun 12PM to 4 PM Tour begins at the barn — Map (db m29737) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Commercial Digital Computer Birthplace |
| | BINAC, the world’s first commercial, electronic, stored program, digital computer passed verification tests here, at 3747 Ridge Ave., on April 7, 1949. Customer acceptance of UNIVAC I, the world’s first open market, commercial computer, followed on March 30, 1951. J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly, co-inventors of ENIAC, led the development of both of these pioneering machines, which launched the commercial computer age. — Map (db m40918) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Commodore Isaac Hull — United States Naval Officer — 09 March 1773 – 13 February 1843 |
| | A defender of American freedom and pioneer of a new nation. He lifted the spirits of an entire nation by defeating the British on the high seas, while commanding USS Constitution “Old Ironsides” in battle with HMS Guerriere on 19 August 1812. He is an American hero who dedicated his life to his country. — Map (db m40929) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Commodore John Barry — 1745 - 1803 |
| | Father of the American Navy — Map (db m9136) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Commodore John Barry, U. S. N. |
| | Father of the Navy of the United States Born in Wexford, Ireland 1745 Died in Philadelphia 1803 Presented to the City of Philadelphia by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick 1907 — Map (db m8988) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Congregation of the Dead |
| | On January 27, 1777, Deborah Norris wrote to her friend Sally Wister of a "shocking sight." Large pits are dug in the negroes burying ground (Washington Square), and forty or fifty (soldiers) coffins are put in the same hole. Throughout that winter, disease thinned the ranks of the American army. John Adams, a member of the Continental Congress meeting in Independence Hall, visited the Square in April 1777. He spent an hour "in the congregation of the dead." The graves of the soldiers, perhaps . . . — Map (db m9047) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Cruiser Olympia - Submarine Becuna — Independence Seaport Museum |
| | OLYMPIA
Cruiser OLYMPIA, launched in 1892, is the oldest steel warship afloat today. OLYMPIA is best known as Commodore George Dewey’s flagship in the Battle of Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during the 1898 Spanish American War. After defeating the Spanish fleet, the United States was propelled into a future legacy as a world power.
Following the War, OLYMPIA was often used as a visible reminder of President Teddy Roosevelt’s gunboat diplomacy, “Walk softly and carry a big . . . — Map (db m19242) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Cyrus Bustill — (1732-1806) |
| | Born of white, Black and Native American descent, he bought his freedom and became a baker of bread for Revolutionary troops. A founder of the Free African Society, he later opened a school for Black children while living here. — Map (db m6423) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — David Salisbury Franks — (c. 1740 - 1793) |
| | Distinguished Jewish officer and aide-de-camp to Gen. Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War. Thought to be complicit in Arnold's treason, Maj. Franks was later exonerated. A yellow fever victim, he was buried at Christ Church by a Christian neighbor. — Map (db m9321) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Declaration Chamber |
| | Here the Continental Congress sat from the date it convened, May 10, 1775, until the close of the Revolution except when in 1776-7 it sat in Baltimore and in 1777-9 in Lancaster and York, due to the temporary occupation of Philadelphia by the British army. Here on June 16, 1775, George Washington accepted his appointment by Congress as General of the Continental Army. Here, on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted, and on July 9, 1778, the Articles of Confederation and . . . — Map (db m9269) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Declaration House — (Graff House) |
| | In 1776, while attending the Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson rented two rooms from Jacob Graff, Jr., to avoid the "excessive heats of the city." Here, in Graff's house on the outskirts of town, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. — Map (db m7643) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Delplaine House |
| | This building erected by The Market Square Corporation, is a reconstruction of the Delplaine House which stood on this site from the Settlement until 1884 A.D. G. Whitefield preached from the Balcony overlooking the Square. Many Women and Children found refuge in the cellar during the Battle of Germantown. — Map (db m46827) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Don Juan Bautista Bernabeu |
| | Commander / of the Royal American Order / of Isabella, the Catholic / Assistant Quarter-Master of the Navy / and Consul General of Spain / in the U.S.A. / He was born in Alicante in MDCCLXXI / and died in Philadelphia / on September 3, A.D. 1834. — Map (db m9135) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion |
| | Community efforts in the 1950s and 60s preserved this Gothic and Second Empire style house, one of the earliest recognized for its Victorian period architecture. The surrounding Tulpehocken Station historic district was among the nation’s first railroad suburbs. — Map (db m46820) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Enslaved Africans in the Household of George and Martha Washington |
| | At various times during Washington's stay in Philadelphia, nine enslaved Africans were known to have lived and worked here at the President's House. They were dynamic participants in the daily life of the presidential household and the surrounding city. Painstaking research by modern scholars provides us with a glimpse into the lives of these people. The brief biographies that follow help us better understand their lives. They also serve to represent the thousands of free and enslaved people of . . . — Map (db m8919) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Exiles for Conscience Sake |
| | To the memory of the followers of Caspar von Schwenckfeld who fled from Silesia and found in Pennsylvania a haven of religious toleration They landed near this spot 1731-37 Erected by the Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles September 22, 1934 — Map (db m34781) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Fawcitt House Site |
| | Delegates walking to Carpenters' Hall (to your left) for meetings of the First Continental Congress in 1774 passed an aging wood house at this site. The two-story house was built about 1706 for bodice-maker Nathan Fawcitt. The Fawcitt House, like most wood houses of the period, has not survived. In fact, wood houses became such fire hazards in the congested city that by 1796 city codes prohibited their construction. — Map (db m9658) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — First Continental Congress |
| | The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New yorkers, New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.—Patrick Henry, Carpenters' Hall, 1774 In 1774 the American colonies felt threatened. Their grievances against Great Britain were being ignored. Was it finally time for resistance, or was reconciliation still possible? The First Continental Congress met here in Carpenters' Hall in the autumn of 1774 to choose a course of action. Led by John and Sam . . . — Map (db m9656) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — First Protest against Slavery |
| | Here in 1688, at the home of Tunes Kunders, an eloquent protest was written by a group of German Quakers. Signed by Pastorius and three others, it preceded by 92 years Pennsylvania’s passage of the nation’s first abolition law. — Map (db m46804) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — First United States Mint |
| | On this site stood The first United States Mint
First public building authorized by the United States Government This plaque dedicated for the Bicentennial of the U.S. Mint 1792-1992
First Mint: 1792-1833 7th Street between Market & Arch
Second Mint: 1833-1901: Juniper & Chestnut Sts.
Third Mint: 1901-1969: 16th & Spring Garden Sts.
Fourth Mint: 1969- : 5th & Arch Sts. — Map (db m24441) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Fort Mifflin |
| | Laid out in 1771 by the engineer John Montrésor. Heroically held by the Americans under British siege until they were forced out, Nov. 15, 1777. Rebuilt 1798-1800 according to L’Enfant’s design and enlarged in the 19th century. A U.S. military post until the 1950s. — Map (db m12378) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Fort Mifflin (Mud Fort) on Mud Island — 1772 |
| | Report from the Fort (during construction) 25 September 1794 . Pierre Charles L’Enfant, Engineer to Henry Knox, Secretary of War A place destitute of every comfort for the hands [workmen]; lay open to all accidents of the season [and was] uncommonly bad in the months of June, July and August, when extraordinary freshes [floods] and storms greatly injured the work and caused an increase of labor which could not have been foreseen nor avoided, having had successively . . . — Map (db m12454) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Franklin Court |
| | I am got into my niche, after being kept out of it 24 years by foreign employments. 'Tis a very good house that I built so very long ago to retire into . . . . Signature - Benj Franklin 1786 By building his home here, Benjamin Franklin not only confirmed his fondness for city life, he demonstrated his ingenuity in creating a liveable urban environment. This section of the city was busy, noisy, and smelly, yet the view from the windows of Franklin's house included grassy plots, gardens, . . . — Map (db m9536) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Fraunces Tavern |
| | Here stood Fraunces Tavern, established by Samuel Fraunces after moving from New York where he had operated a famous tavern. He served as George Washington’s chief cook, 1790–94, while the President lived in Philadelphia. — Map (db m31198) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Free African Society |
| | Established in 1787 under the leadership of Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, this organization fostered identity, leadership, and unity among Blacks and became the forerunner of the first Afican-American churches in this city. — Map (db m8920) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Freedom is a Light — For Which Many Men Have Died in Darkness |
| | In unmarked graves within this square lie thousands of unknown soldiers of Washington’s Army who died of wounds and sickness during the Revolutionary War. “The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts of common dangers, sufferings and success.” —Washington’s farewell address Sept. 17, 1796 — Map (db m9051) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Friends Meeting |
| | This meetinghouse was erected in 1804. It is used for weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly meetings of Friends. The ground was first used for burial purposes under patent issued by William Penn in 1701. — Map (db m9326) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — From Marsh to Solid Ground |
| | In 1771 the British army built Fort Mifflin on the southern tip of marshy Mud Island. The process of draining the island began with this construction. Over the next century the waterways between Mud and the other islands were gradually filled in by people and tidal silt.
Farms were established on higher ground. People dammed streams and drained meadows for fields and grazing. They built dikes to keep the tide from flooding their new pastures. The waterways filled in and became solid . . . — Map (db m65265) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Gay Rights Demonstrations — July 4, 1965-1969 |
| | Annual public demonstrations for gay and lesbian equality were held at Independence Hall. These peaceful protests and New York's Stonewall riots in 1969 & Pride Parade in 1970 transformed a small national campaign into a civil rights movement. — Map (db m24889) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — General Hugh Mercer |
| | General Hugh Mercer a native of Scotland; as assistant surgeon in the Battle of Culloden; The companion of Washington in the Indian Wars of 1755 – 56; He received a medal from the Corporation of Philadelphia for courage and conduct in the Indian settlement at Kittanning. [ Left Plaque ] Dedicated to the memory of General Hugh Mercer who fell for the sacred cause of human liberty and American Independence in the Battle of Princeton. He poured out his blood for a . . . — Map (db m40967) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — General Stephen Moylan — American Patriot |
| | 1734 ----1811 Erected by Stephen Moylan General Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Woodhaven, N.Y. — Map (db m9137) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — General Tadeusz Kosciuszko — Hero of Poland and The U.S.A. |
| | General Tadeusz Kościuszko
Hero of Poland and
The United States of America
From the people of Poland to the people
of the United States of America
Commemorating 200 Years
Of American Independence
[POLISH]
DAR NARODU POLSKIEGO
DLA NARODU
AMERYKANSKIEGO
UPAMIETNIAJACY 200–LECIE
NIEPODLEGLOSCI AMERYKI — Map (db m50695) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Germantown Meetinghouse |
| | Built here in 1770 – the first meetinghouse of the Church of the Brethren in the nation. Founded in Germany in 1708, the denomination was entirely transplanted to America by 1750 due to religious persecution. Many early Brethren leaders are buried in the cemetery. — Map (db m12374) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Gilbert Stuart House |
| | Sirs: I am under promise to Mrs. Bingham to sit for you tomorrow at 9 o'clock, and wishing to know if it be convenient to you that I should do so, and it shall be at your house... The new 3-1/2 story brick house on this site in 1795 was ideally located for artist Gilbert Stuart. All of America's national leaders were close at hand. The U.S. Congress met only one block away, the Supreme Court held sessions across the street, and President George Washington lived minutes away. Only through . . . — Map (db m9227) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Glomar Explorer |
| | In a covert CIA plan named the Jennifer Project, this ship was built at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Chester, in the early 1970s and played a key role in US Cold War espionage. Its mission was to obtain intelligence by recovering a sunken Soviet submarine, three miles deep in the Pacific Ocean. Portions of the ship were raised by the ship's huge claw in the summer of 1974; six Soviet submariners were recovered and given a burial at sea. — Map (db m34483) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Gloria Dei Church — (Old Swedes') |
| | Oldest church in Philadelphia. Founded, 1677, by Swedish settlers. This edifice of Swedish architectural design, was erected 1698-1703. The earlier place of worship was a blockhouse. — Map (db m21533) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Grumblethorpe |
| | Built 1744 John Wister’s Big House The Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks — Map (db m46869) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Hannah Callowhill Penn |
| | Born in 1671, she married William Penn, 1696. They lived at Pennsbury, and in the Slate Roof House here, 1699–1701. During his final illness, 1712–18, and until her death, 1726, she was Pennsylvania’s acting proprietor. She was the only woman to control a British proprietary colony for so long. — Map (db m32305) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Haym Salomon — (1740 - 1785) |
| | Financier of the Revolution. Came to America ca. 1772. Imprisoned by British, 1776 and 1778. Lived in Philadelphia, 1778-85; active in its Jewish community. A broker, he lent money heavily to support the war. never repaid, he himself died in debt. — Map (db m9311) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Historic Site in Journalism — Cyrus H. K. Curtis |
| | Who was a major magazine publisher, here he founded the Ladies Home Journal in 1883 and rejuvenated the Saturday Evening Post as a magazine of national influence — Map (db m8992) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Holy Trinity |
| | Holy Trinity was built in 1789 by Philadelphia's German Catholic community. It was the first parish church in the United States established specifically to serve a national group. The religious turmoil and economic hardships of war-torn Germany had brought German immigrants to Pennsylvania since its founding by William Penn in 1682. By the 1780s they accounted for more than half the Catholic population of the city. In 1788 their request to build a separate church and school where they could . . . — Map (db m9097) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Honor the Immortal Dead |
| | In the grave-yard adjoining this church are buried Commodore John Barry Father of the American Navy. He was chosen by the Continental Congress to command the first warship owned by the colonies and he fought the last naval battle of the revolution. Thomas Fitzsimons Signer of the Constitution of the United States member of the Continental Congress and Representative in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Congress of the United States. He was the first to propose the levying of a tariff to protect . . . — Map (db m9116) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Hospital & Mess Hall — ca. 1820 |
| | Report from the Fort 21 January 1802 • Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi Out of the fort is the hospital composed of three small rooms 12 feet by 25, it is a good wooden building, but too small. Another two-room wooden building and an apothecary shop inside the fort also served medical needs at the time. An order for various medical supplies “to treat the sick at the fort” dated 10 May 1801 probably replenished stock at the apothecary shop. The medicines requested are listed . . . — Map (db m12770) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — In Memory of the Many American Soldiers |
| | who, during the War for Independence, died prisoners of war in the jails of Philadelphia, and were buried in this ground during the years 1777 and 1778. — Map (db m9027) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — In This Building — Sat the First Senate and the First House of Representatives |
| | of the United States of America Herein George Washington was inaugurated President March 4, 1793 and closed his official career when herein, also John Adams was inaugurated the second President of the United States March 4, 1797. — Map (db m9262) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Independence Hall |
| | The State House of Pennsylvania The birthplace of the United States of America — Map (db m9267) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Independence Hall |
| | No stranger ever comes to Philadelphia without paying a visit to this structure, and no public edifice exists among us, which is cherished so warmly in the feelings of the citizens. Views of Philadelphia, 1838 The building in front of you was built between 1732 and 1756 as the State House of the Colony of Pennsylvania. Today it is known as Independence Hall, an international symbol of government by the people. Two great documents took shape here. The Declaration of Independence, . . . — Map (db m61097) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Independence Square |
| | ...The said ground shall be enclosed and remain a public open green and walks forever. Act of Pennsylvania Assembly 1735 The State House Yard, now known as Independence Square, was the scene of both turmoil and tranquility in the late 1700s. On the eve of the American Revolution, Philadelphia citizens gathered here for mass meetings to protest British policies. As protests turned to war, soldiers drilled and drums echoed, disturbing the deliberations of the Continental Congress inside . . . — Map (db m9255) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Jacob Broom |
| | In honored memory of Jacob Broom, Signer of United States Constitution by the Delaware State Society, NSDAR, in This bicentennial year 1987 — Map (db m9352) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — James Wilson |
| | Signer of the Constitution of the United States of America Deputy from Pennsylvania to Federal Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787 - September 17, 1787 Erected by the Pennsylvania Constitution Commemoration Committee 1937 — Map (db m9349) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — John F. Kennedy |
| | President of the United States stood here when he delivered his address on the independence of nations July 4th, 1962 This tablet placed by the City of Philadelphia June 29, 1964 James H. J. Tate, Mayor — Map (db m9258) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — John Nepomuk Maelzel — (1772 - 1838) |
| | German-born inventor and showman; exhibited nearby at Maelzel's Hall, 1826-1831, assisted by Wm. Schlumberger. His Automaton Chess Player (The Turk) was famous for games with Franklin & Napoleon. He patented a metronome; made hearing aids for Beethoven. — Map (db m9106) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — John Vallance - Engraver |
| | Built C.1792 Home of John Vallance Engraver Born in Scotland Died in Philadelphia 1823 Early Bank Notes Bear his name — Map (db m9102) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Landing of the German Colonists |
| | In commemoration of the Landing of the German Colonists October 6, 1683 Franz Daniel Pastorius Dirk Herman Araham op Den Graeff Tuenes Kunders • Lenert Arens Reinert Tisen • Wilhelm Strepers Jan Lensen • Peter Keurlis • Jan Siemens Johann Bleikers • Abraham Tuenes and Jan Lueken with their families [ Right Side of Monument : ] To the memory of the hundreds of thousands of German volunteers in the American wars [ Left Side of Monument : ] The protest of the Germans of . . . — Map (db m46875) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Laurel Hill Cemetery |
| | Founded in 1836 and designed by Scottish architect John Notman, this was the nation’s second major rural cemetery. With its rolling landscape, horticultural plantings, and eclectic architecture, it offered a romantic alternative to the crowded urban environment. Overlooking the Schuylkill River, 3.5 miles north of center-city, it had grown by 1861 to 78 acres. This cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998. — Map (db m40919) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Laurel Hill Cemetery |
| | has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America This cemetery was designed in 1836 by John Notman and is one of the finest examples of a rural burial ground which illustrates the evolution of American landscape architecture. 1998 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m40970) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Library of the American Philosophical Society |
| | Held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge begun by Benjamin Franklin 1743 reorganized under its present name 1769 — Map (db m9225) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Lieutenant Joseph Bonnell — a Hero of the War for Texas Independence |
| |
On April 7, 1836, Lieutenant Joseph Bonnell, West Point Class of 1825, 3rd Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, Fort Jesup, Louisiana, was sent alone into Texas by U.S. General Gaines to quell an uprising of 1,700 hostile Indians which threatened the small Texas Army of General Sam Houston. Lieutenant Bonnell completed this dangerous mission by successfully negotiating with Caddo Chief Cortes to have the warriors return to their villages and live in peace. Bonnell’s success greatly assisted . . . — Map (db m40778) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Linked in Memory |
| | A statue of the most famous American, George Washington, stands near the Square's center. It keeps a vigil at the tomb of an unknown soldier who died during the War for Independence. Revolution linked them in life. This shrine joins them in our memory. In 1825 the city renamed its five public squares. This one became Washington Square. Organizers raising money for a suitable monument hoped for success as the 1832 centennial of the president's birth approached. They actually laid a cornerstone . . . — Map (db m9045) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — London Coffee House |
| | Scene of political and commercial activity in the colonial period, the London Coffee House opened here in 1754. It served as a place to inspect Black slaves recently arrived from Africa and to bid for their purchase at auction. — Map (db m51210) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Louisa May Alcott |
| | The author of “Little Women” was born here at “Pine Place,” Nov. 29, 1832, to the educator Bronson Alcott and his wife Abigail. An abolitionist, Civil War nurse, and suffragist, she wrote children’s books and gothic thrillers. The Alcotts lived in this county, 1830-34. — Map (db m46807) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Lutheran Publication Society |
| | To commemorate the founding of the Lutheran Publication Society at a meeting held in Trinity Lutheran Church May 1st, 1855 The Board of Publication of the United Lutheran Church in America 1955 — Map (db m46870) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Main Gate / Flag — 1798 – 1808 |
| | Main Gate Report from the Fort 21 January 1802 • Major J.J. Ulrich Rivardi I was speaking of the eastern Gate which is not finished yet, as I understand by General Irvine that the materials are paid for and which he has some time ago estimates made which he no doubt transmitted … The fort’s units finishing and hanging the main gate.
Report from the Fort 20 May 1807 • Lieutenant Jonathan Williams, Inspector of Fortifications …the entrance of the fort, which is now . . . — Map (db m12492) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Manuel Torres — 1764–1822 |
| | In Memory of Manuel Torres, 1764–1822. As minister of the Republic of Columbia He was the first Latin American Diplomatic representative in the United States of America Tribute from the Government of Colombia and from Philadelphia descendants of his friends. July 20, 1926. — Map (db m9112) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Market Square |
| | Market Square was the center of the British line in The Battle of Germantown October 4, 1777. Here the artillery was parked. The left wing, under Lt. Gen. Knyphausen, extended along School House Lane to Ridge Road, comprising the commands of Major General Agnew. The right wing, under Major General Grant, extended along Church Lane, comprising the command of Brigadier General Matthews and the Grenadier Guards. ---------- • ---------- The public market of early Germantown was conducted in . . . — Map (db m46826) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Mathew Carey, Publisher |
| | Once the Resting Place of Mathew Carey, Publisher Born - Jan. 28 1760 Dublin, Ireland Died - Sept. 16, 1839 Phila. Printed first Catholic bible in America, 1790 — Map (db m9139) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Mechanics' Union of Trade Associations |
| | Formed nearby in 1827 as the first central labor council in the nation; recognized as the beginning of American labor movement. Represented workers as a class, not by craft. Advocated for ten-hour day; engaged in political activism and workers' education. — Map (db m9534) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Memorial to the Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolution |
| | This tablet is erected by the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution as a memorial to the soldiers and patriots of the Revolution who suffered in this building as prisoners of war during the occupation of Philadelphia by the British Army, 1777 - 1778. and also to commemorate the evacuation of the city by that army June 19, 1778. — Map (db m9265) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Meriwether Lewis — (1774 – 1809) |
| | With William Clark he led the transcontinental Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1803 – 1806. Lewis prepared for the journey & later deposited its significant specimens, journals, and other artifacts here in Philadelphia. — Map (db m50739) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Mikveh Israel — 1740 |
| | Mikveh Israel, "The Hope of Israel," is Philadelphia's oldest Jewish Congregation, which began in the 1740s with worship services in a private home in Sterling Alley. The community then purchased a parcel of land from Thomas Penn for a Jewish cemetery, still located on Spruce Street. In 1782, Mikveh Israel constructed its first building on Cherry Street between Third and Fourth. The Synagogue remained in Old City until 1909, when it moved to a site on North Broad Street shared with Gratz . . . — Map (db m9313) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Mother Bethel — 1791 |
| | Mother Bethel is the first African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in America, founded in 1791. Richard Allen (1760-1831), a former slave, was the founder, and later became the first bishop (1816) of the first African-American denomination in the United States. This site is the oldest parcel of land continuously owned by African Americans.
Mother Bethel is an outgrowth of the Free African Society established by Allen and Absalom Jones in April, 1787. Soon thereafter, Allen and Jones . . . — Map (db m6840) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Mother’s Day |
| | Founded by Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. First officially observed in 1908, it honored motherhood and family life at a time of rising feminist activism. An early supporter was John Wanamaker, whose store stood opposite. Mother’s Day was given federal recognition, 1914. — Map (db m24613) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Mower General Hospital |
| | Described as the largest U.S. Army hospital of its day: designed by noted architect John McArthur, Jr. Here, wounded Civil War soldiers were cared for , Jan 1863-May 1865. On 27 acres extending to Stenton Ave., it had some 3,600 beds and treated over 200,000 patients. Razed following the war. — Map (db m6334) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — National Funeral For President Washington |
| | George Washington died on Dec. 14, 1799. Congress set Dec. 26 as a day of formal mourning in Philadelphia, the nation's capitol from 1790 to 1800. The national funeral was in Zion Lutheran Church--located at this site, 1766-1870-- and among those attending was President John Adams. In his funeral oration, congressman Henry Lee spoke the famous tribute: “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." — Map (db m43006) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — New Hall |
| | Built 1791 by the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia - location of War Department offices 1791 - 1792. Reconstructed 1959. — Map (db m9657) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Officers’ Quarters — 1814 |
| | Report from the Fort 31 October 1820 . Major Samuel Babcock, Engineer Quarters for officers 96 by 28 feet and two stories high built in 1814. Report from the Fort 16 October 1844 . Major Brevet C.W. Thomas The officers attached to the post are six – five company officers and one assistant surgeon with rank of Captain. It will be seen that the quarters are ample, even if all the officers should be present, one is absent permanently. Four officers were assigned to . . . — Map (db m12568) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Old Philadelphia Congregations |
| | It was in Philadelphia, alone of America's colonial cities, that Quakers, Jews, Catholics and Protestants "experienced the difficulties and discovered the possibilities of fruitful coexistence that American democracy was to offer." Philadelphia is a city that not only tolerated but welcomed diverse modes of religious practice from its beginning. That diversity is still evident today in the Old Philadelphia Congregations, a consortium of historic churches and synagogues of different . . . — Map (db m9099) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Old St. Joseph's — 1733 |
| | Old St. Joseph's earliest church on this site was built in 1733 by Rev. Joseph Greaton, a Jesuit missionary from England. When news that a "Romish Chappel" had been set up the Provincial Council investigated, but because William Penn's 1701 Charter of Previleges for Pennsylvanians guaranteed freedom of worship to all who confessed "One Almighty God," the chapel was left undisturbed. Penn's Charter took precedence over the English Penal Laws.
When the first public Catholic Mass . . . — Map (db m9168) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Old St. Mary's — 1763 |
| | Old St. Mary's church was the most important Catholic church during the American Revolution and the early years of the nation. Built in 1763, when St. Joseph's became too small to accommodate the Catholic population of the city, the church was enlarged in 1810 when it became the first cathedral of the new diocese of Pennsylvania. During the Revolution the Continental Congress attended services at St. Mary's on four occasions to solemnize observances during the war. George Washington and John . . . — Map (db m9111) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Old Swedes' Church |
| | “I joined in marriage the first couple, viz., Jonas Jonson, a Swede, and Anne Amesby, an English woman, in the English language.”
Diary of Rev. Andreas Sandel, July 29, 1702
Here are the memories of an all but forgotten group of early settlers in America - the Swedes. More than 300 years ago, before the founding of the city of Philadelphia, Swedes settled the Delaware Valley. Religion was important to these early pioneers who first worshipped in log . . . — Map (db m21539) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Oldest Photograph |
| | America’s earliest surviving photograph was made here about Sept. 25, 1839. Using a cigar box and crude lens, Joseph Saxton of the U.S. Mint created an image of Central High School (now demolished) shortly after Daguerre had announced his process in France. — Map (db m52069) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Ora Washington — (1899 – 1971) |
| | African American athlete who dominated black women’s tennis, 1929-1937. She won eight national singles titles from American Tennis Association; Tribunes, women’s basketball team, 1932-1942; played and taught here at YMCA. — Map (db m46809) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Original Cobblestone |
| | In front of you lies a remnant of a cobblestone street (also called "pebblestone")constructed about 1800. Although William Penn, founder of Philadelphia carefully planned the placement of city streets as early as 1681, it was not until 1762 that the city assumed responsibility for paving. — Map (db m9108) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Owen Wister — (1860 – 1938) |
| | Author of “The Virginian” (1902), which became the prototype for the Western novel. This work defined the cowboy as folk hero & coined the phrase, “When you call me that, smile!” Born here, Wister was a lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area. — Map (db m46812) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Penn's Plan |
| | William Penn learned many lessons in life. Living in 17th century England taught him that open space offered breathing places for great cities and also slowed the spread of fire. He applied what he had learned to Philadelphia. He insisted on a site that was "navigable, high, dry, and healthy." He wanted "uniform" streets with "houses built in a line." He envisioned "gardens, orchards, or fields" around the houses. Penn wanted "a green country town which will never be burnt, and always be . . . — Map (db m9028) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Pennsylvania Abolition Society |
| | Founded here, 1775, as the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage. In 1787 it became the Pennsylvania Abolition Society which sought social, educational, and employment opportunities for Blacks. — Map (db m51110) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Philadelphia Beirut Bombing Memorial |
| | . . . — Map (db m21518) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — 28 — Philadelphia Exchange — Independence Hall National Historical Park |
| | The magnificent building in front of you testifies to 19th Century Philadelphia’s importance as a financial hub. The Philadelphia (Merchants’) Exchange opened in 1834, and stood in the commercial heart of the city. Merchants, manufacturers, brokers and shipmasters all gathered here to trade stocks and commodities, and to learn the latest business news.
The Exchange has been called architect William Strickland’s “Philadelphia Masterpiece.” Strickland, who broke with British . . . — Map (db m51212) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society |
| | Organized in 1833 by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, this society, headquartered here, originally consisted of sixty women who sought to end slavery. After the Civil War, the society supported the cause of the freed slaves. — Map (db m9322) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| | The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial is designed to honor those who served in all branches of the United States armed forces during the Vietnam War. The memorial pays tribute to the 80,000 Philadelphia Vietnam era veterans who served our country in our nation's longest war. By honoring these Americans, the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial separates the warrior from the war, focuses on the valor and sacrifice of these patriots, and gives each of them a place in history.
This . . . — Map (db m21544) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Philip Syng, Jr. — (1793–1789) |
| | Near here, silversmith Philip Syng, Jr. created the inkstand used to sign the Declaration and Constitution at Independence Hall. With Benjamin Franklin, took part in experiments in electricity; founded institutions like the American Philosophical Society. — Map (db m51242) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Philosophiæ et Scientiæ Domus |
| | On land granted in January 1744 by Thomas and Richard Penn, Proprietories of Pennsylvania, to Joseph and William Shippen was erected this house.
In 1798 it became the home of Dr. Caspar Wistar the great Physician devoted to Scientific work. Dr. Wistar succeeded Mr. Jefferson as President of the American Philosophical Society.
Members of the Philosophical Society met weekly here as the guests of Dr. Wistar and upon his death in 1818, formed the society in his memory known as “The . . . — Map (db m9110) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Philosophical Hall |
| | Built 1786-89, Philosophical Hall is the home of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in America. Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, the society pursued "useful knowledge." One of the society's early members, artist Charles Willson Peale, operated a museum here displaying natural and man made curiosities, complete with a noisy outdoor menagerie featuring baboons, panthers, bears, elk, and a bald eagle. The American Philosophical Society still owns and occupies the building. — Map (db m9231) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Pierce Butler |
| | Signer of the Constitution of the United States of America Deputy from South Carolina to Federal Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787-September 17, 1787 Erected by the Pennsylvania Constitution Commemoration Committee 1937 — Map (db m9353) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Powder Magazine — 1867 |
| | Report from the Fort 17 August 1867 • Lieutenant Colonel C. S. Stewart New Magazine – is now essentially completed and ready for use. During the year one third of the inner and main arches have been turned; the south wall built; the ventilator flues carried up to the proper height; temporary covers attached thereto; floor timbers and flooring put down and doors hung – 113 cubic yards of concrete backing put in position; roof surface covered with 210 square yards of . . . — Map (db m12597) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. |
| | Here, in its first General Assembly held May 21-24, 1789, the Presbyterian denomination in America was formally organized on a national basis. This took place in the city's Second Presbyterian Church, which was at this site from 1750 to 1837. — Map (db m9327) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Printz's (Old Swedes) Mill |
| | The first European water-powered mill in what is now Pa. was built here c. 1645 by New Sweden governor, Johann Printz. New Sweden Colony was established in 1638 and existed until 1655, when the Dutch, and later, William Penn claimed the territory. Built along the Great Minquas Path, the primitive Norse or Splash grist mill was among the first industrial sites in Pa. Its square anchoring holes remain, visible below the mill dam constructed later. — Map (db m28207) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — PSFS Building |
| | The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building is regarded as the first International Style skyscraper built in the U.S. Completed in 1932, it was a radical departure from traditional bank architecture, exploiting the latest technological and structural advances. — Map (db m8679) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Purple Heart Memorial — Combat Wounded Veterans |
| | Dedicated to all men and women wounded in all our wars. My stone is red for the blood they shed. The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care. If I could be seen by all mankind maybe peace will come in my lifetime. — Map (db m21530) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Quaker Meeting House Site |
| | On this site in the 1790s stood one of Philadelphia's five Quaker meeting houses. Here members of the Society of Friends gathered to worship. The religious freedom guaranteed to those who settled in Pennsylvania attracted not only Quakers, but many others. A French visitor in the 1790s noted that the city had 33 places of worship. — Map (db m9661) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Quaker School Site |
| | In schools like the one that stood here in the 1700s, Quaker teachers educated all children and servants -- male and female, black and white. Although Quaker influence over city and state politics declined steadily in the 18th century, their influence in education remained significant. — Map (db m9659) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Quartermaster’s Store — Preexisting Buildings — ca. 1843 |
| | Quartermaster’s Store Report from the Fort 16 October 1844 • Major Brevet C. W. Thomas The Quartermaster’s Store at 55 feet in length by 20 in width, is nearly new and sufficient for all wants of the post. National Archive In 1842 the Quartermaster General’s Department of the U.S. Army was reorganized and given charge of all military supplies except food. This Quartermaster’s Store was built about 1843 to store and distribute to the soldiers at the fort all . . . — Map (db m12649) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Queen Village / The New Market and Head House |
| | QUEEN VILLAGE. Philadelphia’s first neighborhood.
Cross the street to the south side of Lombard and you’ve entered Queen
Village, the oldest neighborhood in Philadelphia and one of the
oldest “urban villages” in the country.
This community is known
for its large stock of 18th- and l9th-century buildings, many of
them unchanged from colonial times. Some streets look very much like they did 200 years ago.
Queen Village was settled by Swedes in the 1600s and . . . — Map (db m31306) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Reading Terminal and Market |
| | The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad’s Terminal Station served passengers from 1893-1984. The train shed, masterpiece of Joseph H. Wilson, is an engineering feat reflecting the era when railroads vied for impressive terminals, both functional and beautiful. The market, located below the shed, descended from colonial-era outdoor markets and began operations in 1892. — Map (db m8678) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Rear Admiral John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren — United States Navy |
| | Sailor, Scientist, Scholar, Teacher, Author “The Father of Modern Naval Ordnance” His contribution to the design of naval ordnance and ship construction revolutionized the navies of the world. This memorial is erected on behalf of a grateful Navy, by the officers and men of the U.S.S. Dahlgren, a guided missile frigate and the third proud ship to bear this illustrious name. Dedicated on 15 April 1961, in the centennial year of the War between the States, in which Rear Admiral . . . — Map (db m40959) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Reformed Church of Germantown |
| | The Church of the German Reformed Congregation of Germantown was erected on this site in 1733. Here Count Zinzendorf preached his first sermon in America December 31, 1741 Here the British Army quartered a Virginia Battalion captured in the Battle of Germantown. Here George Washington worshiped when President of the United States and while a resident of Germantown. The old building was replaced in 1839 by one which made way for the present structure in 1888. In 1856 the Congregation . . . — Map (db m46828) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Resting Place of Seven Signers of the Declaration of Independence |
| | In the Burial Ground of this Church
rest the remains of Seven Signers of the
Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Rush MD Obit 1796 Obit 1813
Robert Morris James Wilson
Obit 1896 Obit 1798
In unidentified graves
George Ross Joseph Hewes . . . — Map (db m9347) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Revolutionary Soldiers Buried Here |
| | To honor the Revolutionary Soldiers buried here Colonel Jacob Engle • Lieutenant Colonel Henry Irwin • Captain Jacob Turner • First Lieutenant Thomas Lucas • Frederick Axe • John Ax • Daniel Bowman • Peter Care • William Colladay • Thomas Cox • Jacob Crout • John Crout • Henry DeWees • William DeWees • Michael Dicker • Christian Duy • Archibald Engel • Charles Engle • Jacob • Jesse Engel • Paul Engel • Charles Francis • John Francis • Casper Hinkle • Thomas Jones • John Kerback • Abraham . . . — Map (db m46874) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Ricketts Circus |
| | America’s first circus building was opened here at 12th and Market Streets, April 3, 1793. On that day the English equestrian John Bill Ricketts gave America’s first complete circus performance. President Washington attended his show later that season. — Map (db m51890) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Rittenhouse |
| | The Mennonites arrived in Germantown October 6, 1683. William Rittenhouse was chosen their first minister in 1688. In 1689, he drew this number 19 lot, and on it in 1891, he and his fellow members built the little log church. In 1702 he donated part of lot, and later the present church lot and burial ground. He was the first paper maker in America. Died in 1708. Aged 84 years. ---------------- Erected by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Rittenhouse Memorial Committee. — Map (db m46831) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Robert Morris (1734 - 1806) — Financier of the Revolution |
| | Robert Morris risked his life, wealth, and reputation to help create the United States of America. A patriot, he signed the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and U.S. Constitution. An immigrant orphaned at 16, Robert Morris became a partner in a leading Philadelphia mercantile firm, the Willing & Morris Company, by the age of 22. The company traded throughout Europe, America, and the West Indies. Like many merchants, their cargo included grain, animal hides, and . . . — Map (db m9223) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Robert Smith |
| | Here stood the home of colonial Philadelphia’s leading architect and builder. Born Jan. 14, 1722 at Dalkeith, Scotland, he died Feb. 11, 1777. Among his buildings are the Christ Church steeple, St. Peter’s Church, the Walnut Street Prison, and Carpenters’ Hall. — Map (db m31814) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Rose Garden |
| | Thomas Jefferson wrote that of all the countries in the world, America was where "the noblest gardens may be made without expense..." To commemorate the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the U. S. Constitution, the Daughters of the American Revolution have donated funds to plant the rose beds just ahead. The National Park Service maintains the Rose Garden and adjacent grounds. — Map (db m9107) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Roy Campanella — (1921 – 1993) |
| | A record-breaking catcher with Brooklyn Dodgers, 1948-57. He began his professional baseball career while in high school here. In Negro league, 1937-42, ’44-’45. MVP, National League, 1951, ’53, ’55. All-Star, ’49-’56. Baseball Hall of Fame, 1969. — Map (db m40920) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Second Bank of the United States |
| | “The portico of the glorious edifice . . . always repays me for coming to Philadelphia” —Philip Hone, 1838 Here stands the Second Bank of the United States. Established in 1816 to hold government deposits and regulate currency, it dominated American finance for more than a decade. The temple-like bank had both priest and heretics. Bank President Nicholas Biddle preached the value of the bank, while U.S. President Andrew Jackson decried it as a “hydra of . . . — Map (db m9222) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium |
| | Early Major League baseball park opened here, 1909. Renamed, 1953. Home to Athletics 1909 - 1954: Phillies 1938 - 1970. Site of three Negro League World Series; five A's World Series victories. Razed, 1976. — Map (db m18387) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Sixth, Eleventh and Twelfth Wards World War I Memorial |
| | In memory of Our Boys of the Sixth, Eleventh and Twelfth Wards who served in the Great War of the Nations 1914-1918 — Map (db m21547) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Society Hill / The New Market and Head House |
| | SOCIETY HILL. Where the past meets the present.
You are now walking down streets laid out over three centuries ago. In the 18th century you might have crossed paths with Benjamin Franklin, George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. President James Madison’s house still stands on Spruce Street.
The Founding of the Colony. The founding of Pennsylvania in 1682 by Quaker visionary William Penn was a “Holy Experiment.” Its capital city of Philadelphia was a place . . . — Map (db m31304) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Soldiers of the War of 1812 |
| | In memory of soldiers of the War of 1812 who lie in upper Germantown Burying Ground Philadelphia William Crout • George Knorr • Jacob K. Knorr • Lewis Lehman • John Nell • John Poulson • Frederick Scheetz • Edward Snyder • Michael Snyder • George Streeper • Jermiah Trout — Map (db m46872) WM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Soldiers’ Barracks — 1798 |
| | Report from the Fort 21 January 1802 • Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi One side of brick barracks, 117 feet long, 28 wide and very divided into seven rooms, five of which could accommodate 25 men…the other side is quite small and intended for non-commissioned officers. The building is very good.
The long brick building with a porch was constructed as part of the 1794-98 rebuilding of the fort, replacing whatever impressive architecture was left after the Revolution. During the . . . — Map (db m12792) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Sorrow and Joy |
| | Until the 19th century this was often a sorrowful place. Many people knew it as a potters field, a "publick burying place for all strangers," for soldiers, sailors, convicts, and the "destitute whose remains are walked over." A lonely Acadian refugee found eternal rest here, along with epidemic victims, Catholics, and African Americans. Only free and enslaved African Americans brought a measure of mirth to this Square which, according to oral tradition, they called "Congo Square." One 19th . . . — Map (db m9044) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — St. Charles Seminary |
| | The Theological Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo had its beginnings on South Fifth Street on June 26, 1832. In subsequent years the seminary was located in several different buildings all near this Church of St. Mary, at that time Philadelphia's Cathedral, until January 22, 1839, when it moved to Eighteenth and Race Streets in Philadelphia. The seminary is now located in Overbrook. June 26, 1982 — Map (db m9104) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — St. Peter's Church |
| | St. Peter’s Church has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This building possesses National significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
1996
National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m60992) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — St. Thomas' African Episcopal Church |
| | Organized in 1792 as an outgrowth of the Free African Society, formed 1787. The original church edifice stood here. Under the ministry of the Rev. Absalom Jones (1746-1818), a former slave, this became the nation's first Black Episcopal church. — Map (db m9105) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Tamanend |
| | In honor of the contributions of Native American Indians—the ancestors, the elders, this generation, and the generations to come—this sculpture commemorates Tamanend, a Sakima, of the Lenni-Lenape nation who resided in the Delaware Valley when Philadelphia, or “Coaquannock” was established.
Tamanend stands on a turtle, which represents Mother Earth. The eagle, a revered messenger of the Great Spirit has a wampum belt in its grasp. This belt recognizes the friendship . . . — Map (db m62016) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Thaddeus Kosciuszko |
| | After serving as a military engineer during the American Revolution, he later led an uprising in his native Poland. Exiled, the General resided in this house from November, 1797, to May, 1798. — Map (db m21522) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Thaddeus Kosciuszko — A Champion of Human Rights |
| | Thaddeus Kosciuszko lived in a second floor room of Ann Relf's boarding house from November 1797 to May 1798. Kosciuszko was one of a number of highly trained European military officers whose imagination was seized by the ideals of liberty and human dignity embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Kosciuszko arrived in Philadelphia from Poland in August 1776, one month after the adoption of the Declaration, and offered his services to the United States.
As a military engineer he . . . — Map (db m21526) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The American Side of the Street |
| | This monument is dedicated to the memory of the soldiers of General George Washington's Continental Army who sacrificed their lives for the Revolutionary cause in the Battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777.
Honor and Country
Dedicated October 1, 1988 — Map (db m22117) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Bourse |
| | The first commodities exchange in the United States opened 1895 — Map (db m51167) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Capital City |
| | Philadelphia thrived. Founded in 1682, it became a haven of religious tolerance. As a Quaker and a victim of discrimination, William Penn believed strongly in allowing others to worship freely. The city's growth rested on economics as well. By the 1770s, it ranked as the most important commercial city in North America and one of the British Empire's largest. Its importance and central location made it the logical place for aggrieved colonists to gather. In 1774, the First Continental Congress . . . — Map (db m9029) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The City Plan of Philadelphia |
| | Planned
1682
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark The City Plan of Philadelphia Surveyor General Thomas Holme, Governor William Penn & others Planned the open Public Squares and Rational Street Layout that we enjoy today. These original features have inspired City engineers for 300 years. — Map (db m50982) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — 29 — The City Tavern — Independence Hall National Historical Park |
| | Completed on the eve of the American Revolution to serve the elite of Philadelphia, the City Tavern soon hosted the elite of an emerging American nation.
The City Tavern, like many other 18th Century taverns, was more than a “bar.” It was a center for political discussions, business transactions, and social events. Members of the Continental Congress lodged, dined, and celebrated here.
The building in front of you is a reconstruction of the original 1773 tavern. Today . . . — Map (db m51219) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Concord School House |
| | Erected by Private Subscription in 1775 Birthplace of the Junior Order United American Mechanics by the Institution of Washington Council No 1 May 17th 1853 Erected by Washington Council No 1 Jr-O-U-A-M May – 1910 — Map (db m46838) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Delaware Regiment — Battle of Germantown - October 4, 1777 |
| | After distinguished service in the Campaign of 1776, Delaware's Continental regiment was formally reorganized in early 1777. Assigned to the division
of Major General John Sullivan, the Delaware Regiment was a part of that unit's costly offensive against the British left during the Battle of Germantown.
Regimental returns reported three men killed, nine missing and twenty-six wounded, the latter group including the regiment's commander, Colonel David
Hall. Others died later as a result of . . . — Map (db m22118) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Germantown White House — (Deshler-Morris House) — Independence Nat’l Hist Park |
| | President George Washington sought refuge here from the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. The following summer, the president returned with his family to enjoy the cooler Germantown countryside. Interactive exhibits and guided tours offer a glimpse into the daily life of the First Family and household, including enslaved Africans. — Map (db m46860) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Germantown White House — Deshler-Morris House — Independence Nat’l Hist Park |
| | President George Washington lived here in the Deshler-Morris House twice. He came here first seeking refuge from the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The “pure and healthy air” of the rural village of Germantown, six miles from Philadelphia, was safe from the disease. More than 4,000 Philadelphians died as the disease ravaged the national capital. Thousands of residents left the city for the comparatively disease-free countryside. The following summer Washington returned with his . . . — Map (db m46861) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Grand Battery |
| | Known also as the Association Battery, this was Pennsylvania's largest early fortification. Originally built in 1748, shortly after formation of a volunteer military force called the Association, it mounted 27 guns; within a few years it held some 50 guns. Later the first Philadelphia Navy Yard was here, 1800-1875. A short distance to the north, the smaller Society Hill Battery was built in Apirl 1748; it mounted 13 guns. — Map (db m22298) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The History of Franklin Court |
| | In this yard, now known as Franklin Court, formerly stood the home of Benjamin Franklin. In his later years, Franklin also built three Market Street houses and a Print Shop for his printer-publisher grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache. Franklin first saw the site at 17, while lodging with the family of his future wife. Deborah Read, in a small house at the front of this lot. Once together, Benjamin and Deborah inherited and acquired the neighboring properties. By the early 1760's, Franklin . . . — Map (db m9538) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Home of John Penn |
| | On this site was the home 1766-1771 of John Penn 1726–1795, last colonial governor of Pennsylvania, son of Richard Penn and grandson of William Penn, the founder. Also the home 1771–1810 of Benjamin Chew 1722–1810, last colonial Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. — Map (db m31068) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Home of Juan de Miralles |
| | On this site stood the home, 1778–1780, of Juan de Miralles (1715–1780) the first Spanish diplomatic representative to the United States of America. He died April 28, 1780, while visiting General George Washington at his Morristown headquarters. The same home became the residence of his successor, Francisco Rondón, who lent it to General Washington for the winter of 1781–1782.
Through these officials Spanish military and financial assistance was channeled to the American Patriot. — Map (db m31061) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The House of Samuel Powel |
| | Erected by the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America to mark the house of Samuel Powel (1738–1793) Mayor of Philadelphia from 1775 to 1776 and after the Revolution from 1789 to 1790.
Washington and Lafayette were frequent visitors in this house, now restored as a memorial to Samuel Powel and his wife Elizabeth Willing and maintained by The Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks. — Map (db m31076) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Johnson House |
| | Built in 1768 for John Johnson. This was home to three generations of a Quaker family who worked to abolish slavery and improve living conditions for freed African Americans. In the 1850s the house was a station on the Underground Railroad. Here and in the smaller buildings on the property, men and women escaping slavery found shelter on their way to freedom. — Map (db m5929) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Last Resting Place of Benjamin Franklin — 1706 - 1790 |
| | "Venerated for benevolence, admired for talents, esteemed for patriotism, beloved for philanthropy." Washington "The sage whom two worlds claimed as their own." Mirabeau "He tore from the skies the lightning and from tyrants the sceptre." Turgot — Map (db m9319) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Liberation of Jane Johnson |
| | In 1855, an enslaved woman and her two sons found freedom, aided by abolitionists William Still, Passmore Williamson, and other Undergroup Railroad activists. They escaped from their Southern owner while being transported through Philadelphia and settled later in Boston. The incident, which occured nearby, and Williamson’s subsequent imprisonment and famous trial attracted national attention, further intensifying the North-South conflict. — Map (db m30686) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Original Eight Bells in this Church |
| | Brought from England in 1754 Proclaimed our Independence on July 4, 1776 Two bells were added in 1947 in memory of the men from this the oldest business neighborhood in the United States of America who served in World War II Now Ring Freedom for the World — Map (db m9350) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Philadelphia Contributionship — for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire |
| | Oldest fire insurance company in America. Founded in 1752 by Benjamin Franklin and his friends. — Map (db m9184) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Philadelphia Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing — for Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Bucks, and Montgomery Counties |
| | Major U.S. Combat Unit Casualties in Korea
The units listed below account for 96% of the Americans killed by hostile actions in Korea. Wounded in action include only those actually hospitalized
2nd Infantry Division 7,094KIA 16,575WIA
1st Marine Division 4,004KIA 25,864WIA
7th Infantry Division 3,905KIA 10,858WIA
1st Cavalry Division 3,811KIA 12,086WIA
24th Infantry Division 3,735KIA 7,395WIA
25th Infantry Division 3,048KIA 10,186WIA
3rd Infantry Division 2,160KIA 7,939WIA . . . — Map (db m21520) WM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Philadelphia Zoo |
| | “America’s First Zoo.” Chartered 1859 as the Zoological Society of Philadelphia. A wildlife refuge and a zoological garden, the zoo has long been committed to fulfilling its public mission: conservation, research, education, recreation. — Map (db m60182) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Poes in Philadelphia |
| | Edgar Allan Poe, his wife, Virginia Clemm Poe, and his mother-in-law, Maria Poe Clemm, lived in this house from 1843 to 1844. It is the only surviving house of several in Philadelphia in which the Poes lived. Note the difference between this drawing and what you see before you. This illustration shows the house before the front addition was built in 1848.
Poe thrived as an author during his six years in Philadelphia. He honed his skills as a poet, critic, and editor, wrote the first . . . — Map (db m21529) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The President's House - Washington and Adams |
| | Presidents Washington and Adams lived and worked in a house on this site from 1790 to 1800. Here they established traditions and protocols that our presidents follow to this day. The Washington Years Washington moved into the President's House in November 1790, calling the elegant three-story brick mansion the "best single house in the city." He remained in residence until March 1797. Washington assembled a household that consisted of about thirty people, including members of his own . . . — Map (db m8983) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The President's House Site 1790-1800 |
| | President George Washington called the elegant three-story brick mansion that once stood on this spot "the best single house in the city." Both Presidents Washington (1790-1797) and John Adams (1797-1800) lived and worked in this house, which was rented from financier Robert Morris. Washington's large household included enslaved African descendants, contrasted with Adams' small household. Adams never owned slaves. The President's house in the 1790s was a mirror of the young republic, . . . — Map (db m8914) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Public School of Germantown — The Germantown Academy |
| | was organized at a meeting of citizens held the 6th day of December 1759 in this building the home of Daniel Mackinett and sometimes known as the Green Tree Inn. Erected by the Undergraduates of the Germantown Academy and the Site and Relic Society of Germantown December 6, 1909 — Map (db m46859) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Siege of Fort Mifflin — November 10 to 15, 1777 |
| | Report from the British Side: Journal of Captain John Montresor November 10th: We expressed our batteries against Mud Island Fort, the whole consisting of two 12 pounders, six 24 pounders, guns and one 13 inch mortar for throwing pounder shot and carcasses. Rebels from two batteries fired five guns, all silenced by noon, except one which was not silenced at dark. 11th: A west, northwest wind and as cold as in the depth of winter. A white frost and the ice one inch thick. Our . . . — Map (db m12447) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Signer |
| | The course of history changed with the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and the signing of the Constitution of the United States in 1787. Both events took place at Independence Hall, just a short distance to your right. This 1980 sculpture commemorates the courage of those who affixed their names to these monumental documents. — Map (db m9229) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Solitude |
| | Designed and built in 1784 as a riverside villa by John Penn, Jr., it served as a model for country houses of the Federal period (c. 1775 – 1830). Administered by the Philadelphia Zoo since 1874, the original Adam Style features, including elegant plaster ceilings, are preserved. — Map (db m60183) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Tulpehocken Station Historic District |
| | A Victorian suburb as designated by the United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m46822) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — The Woodlands-Historic Mansion, Cemetery and Landscape — William Hamilton's Schuylkill River Residence & Pleasure Gardens |
| | “Nature, always simple, employs but four materials in composition of her scenes, ground, wood, water, and rocks. The culmination of nature has introduced a fifth species, the building requisite for the accommodation of men.” Thomas Whately, Observations on Modern Gardening (1771).
1775-William Hamilton is born to Andrew Hamilton II, & Mary Till; 1747-Andrew Hamilton dies; 1766-William inherits 300 acres on the west bank of the Schuylkill; 1767-Construction of a Georgian . . . — Map (db m62674) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Thomas Bond House |
| | In 1769, when Dr. Thomas Bond built this house and rented it to his son and namesake, the elder Bond was already a prominent Philadelphia physician and civic leader. Along with Benjamin Franklin, he helped to found the Pennsylvania Hospital and the American Philosophical Society.
Restored on the exterior to its 19th century appearance, this house now serves as a bed and breakfast inn. — Map (db m32431) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Thomas Fitzsimons |
| | Signer of the Constitution of the United States of America Deputy from Pennsylvania to Federal Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787 - September 17, 1787 — Map (db m9138) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Thomas Holme (1624-1695) |
| | Thomas Holme (1624~1695)
Appointed by William Penn in 1682 as Surveyor General of Pennsylvania. A member of its first Assembly, 1682, and its Provincial Council, 1683-86. Under Penn's direction, Holme laid out the original portion of Philadelphia. He drafted the first map of this city, 1683, and a map of the settled parts of Pennsylvania, 1687. Here on his estate he was buried~~as were members of the Crispin family, relatives of Penn. — Map (db m50974) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Thomas McKean |
| | . . . — Map (db m41052) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Thomas Sully Residence |
| | Has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance commemorating the history of the United States of America. 1980 — Map (db m9101) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Tom Foglietta |
| | City Councilman Citizen of Philadelphia Ambassador to Italy Congressman Champion of Historic Preservation — Map (db m9050) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Tomas Garrigue Masaryk — (1850 - 1937) |
| | 1st President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935). On October 26, 1918, he led a gathering of 25 delegates from 12 Central & East European nations at Independence Hall, and delivered the Declaration of Common Aims, a Declaration of Independence for these nations. — Map (db m8986) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Torpedo Casemate — 1875 |
| | Report from the Fort 20 May 1807 • Lieutenant Jonathan Williams, Inspector of Fortifications Casemate No. 11 is situated in the second redan [point] from the Gate and is in length 27 feet, in breadth 7 feet, in height 7 feet. National Archives Between 1807 and 1875 little mention of this brick casemate is made or shown on maps. In 1875, however, a Torpedo storage and firing tank was built into the original casemate, closing off an end containing a fireplace. . . . — Map (db m12622) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Tribal Chieftains |
| | In January of 1793 a delegation of tribal chieftains from what are now Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan arrived in Philadelphia, the U.S. capital. The Indians had been invited by President George Washington to a Peace Council to resolve boundary disputes in the newly-created Northwest Territory. No agreement was reached at this time and war followed. The Indians were defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.
Eight of the chieftains were stricken with smallpox and died between . . . — Map (db m60993) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Tun Tavern |
| | Near here stood Tun Tavern, 1693–1781, which is regarded as the traditional birthplace of the United States Marine Corps, authorized by a resolution of the Continental Congress, November 10, 1775.
SEMPER FIDELIS — Map (db m51109) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — VFW Post 389 Veterans Memorial |
| | Dedicated to the honor and sacrifice of our men and women who served our country. — Map (db m21546) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — W.C. Fields (1880 - 1946) |
| | American comedian raised in Philadelphia, noted for his irreverent wit. Starting out as a vaudeville juggler, he won enduring fame on screen and radio. He was in over 40 motion pictures, 1915-44. As a lad, he worked for a time at Strawbridge's here. — Map (db m7620) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Walnut Street Prison |
| | One of the nation’s first urban penal institutions, it confined felons, prisoners of war, Tories, and debtors from 1775 to 1838. Extending from Walnut Street to Locust Street, it was the site of numerous riots. The prison was replaced by Eastern State Penitentiary. — Map (db m30718) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Washington Square |
| | Washington Square (6.4 acres) is one of the original five squares laid out by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme in the plan for the city of Philadelphia in 1682. First designated as Southeast Square, it was renamed Washington Square in 1825 in honor of America's most illustrious Revolutionary War General and First President of the United States, General George Washington. During the American Revolution, Washington Square served as a burial ground for over 2,000 Continental soldiers and . . . — Map (db m9025) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Welcome to the Betsy Ross House |
| | Betsy Ross (1752 - 1836) lived and worked here on Arch Street during the American Revolution. The house where she boarded with the elderly Widow Lithgow has been restored to early 1777. In 1776 Betsy Ross lost her husband John. the young widow worked as an upholsterer, but when war came, she turned to making naval colors. In early 1777 she sewed the first Stars and Stripes for the naval vessels defending Philadelphia. The Stars and Stripes are an important symbol of America, and the Betsy Ross . . . — Map (db m9329) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Welcome to Washington Square |
| | Founder William Penn had a plan for Philadelphia. He wanted a prosperous, bustling city with straight, orderly streets. He also set aside five squares, establishing parks for the public. Both ideas influenced the design of many later American towns and cities. Southeast Square, renamed for George Washington in 1825, only slowly lived up to Penn's ideal. In the 18th century, it served as a burial ground and pasture. In the 19th century the city added trees, walks, benches, lamps, and an . . . — Map (db m9024) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — West Sallyport — ca. 1798 |
| | Report from the Fort 21 January 1802 • Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi The second [new] part [of the fort walls] … has been added on the north and west side … These new works extend along the bank 1014 feet. They have a sally port on the west with a small bombproof for guards on each side of the gate, and a similar one in the center of the curtain – that on the west wants to be completed, 30 cubic feet of brickwork and thirty and a quarter feet of stone topping 4 by . . . — Map (db m12593) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Wyck |
| | This house was built before 1700. At the time of the Battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777, it was used as a British field hospital. Lafayette, on his second visit to the United States was entertained here July 20, 1825. -------- • -------- Tablet erected on the 150th anniversary of battle by the citizens of Germantown and vicinity. — Map (db m46824) HM |
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