Fairmount Park in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
John Paul Jones
1747 - 1792
Erected 1957 by Walter Hancock, sculptor.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 39° 58.022′ N, 75° 10.96′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fairmount Park. It can be reached from Waterworks Drive 0.1 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Casimir Pulaski (a few steps from this marker); General Nathanael Greene (within shouting distance of this marker); Friedrich von Steuben (within shouting distance of this marker); Richard Montgomery (within shouting distance of this marker); Lafayette (within shouting distance of this marker); William Rush (within shouting distance of this marker); Arch & Standpipe (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Heroes (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 224 times since then and 20 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on February 8, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
