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Cecil B. Moore in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

The Legendary Blue Horizon

 
 
The Legendary Blue Horizon Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, April 14, 2015
1. The Legendary Blue Horizon Marker
Inscription. Built to house wealthy businessmen and their families (1865), and later the headquarters for the Moose Lodge (1912). By the 1960s the Blue Horizon was known as the center of African American community life and as a world renowned boxing venue.
 
Erected 2003 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansSports. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list.
 
Location. 39° 58.433′ N, 75° 9.539′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Cecil B. Moore. Marker is on North Broad Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1314 N Broad Street, Philadelphia PA 19121, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Freedom Theatre (within shouting distance of this marker); Sullivan Progress Plaza (approx. 0.2 miles away); Robert N.C. Nix Sr. + Jr. (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Philadelphia Pyramid Club (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dr. Oscar James Cooper (approx. ¼ mile away); Sister Rosetta Tharpe (approx. 0.3 miles away); Siegmund Lubin
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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Universal Negro Improvement Association (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
 
The Legendary Blue Horizon Building image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, April 14, 2015
2. The Legendary Blue Horizon Building
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 347 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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