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

Freedom Theatre

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 14, 2015

1. Freedom Theatre Marker

Inscription. Formerly the home of actor Edwin Forrest, later Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Became Heritage House, then in 1968, Freedom Theatre, a community-based Black theater for professional instruction in the theatrical arts

Erected 1991 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1968.

Location. 39° 58.463′ N, 75° 9.536′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Cecil B. Moore. It is on North Broad Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1346 N Broad St, Philadelphia PA 19121, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Legendary Blue Horizon (within shouting distance of this marker); Sullivan Progress Plaza (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Robert N.C. Nix Sr. + Jr. (about 700 feet away); The Philadelphia Pyramid Club (approx. ¼ mile away); Dr. Oscar James Cooper (approx. ¼ mile away); Siegmund Lubin

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(approx. ¼ mile away); Sister Rosetta Tharpe (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.

Freedom Theatre image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 14, 2015

2. Freedom Theatre

Mural on the Freedom Theatre Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 14, 2015

3. Mural on the Freedom Theatre 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 713 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.