Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

John Page Nicholson

(1842-1922)

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 29, 2015

1. John Page Nicholson Marker

Inscription. A veteran of the Civil War, he was a leading military historian. Editor & compiler of the two-volume Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Active in preservation efforts at Gettysburg & Valley Forge. In 1888, a founder of The Civil War Library & Museum

Erected 1998 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1888.

Location. 39° 56.784′ N, 75° 10.302′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Rittenhouse Square. It is on Pine Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1805 Pine Street, Philadelphia PA 19103, 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,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: George Gordon Meade (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Philadelphia Knights of Pythias (about 500 feet away); The Graduate Apartments (about 500 feet away); Citizens and Southern Bank (about 700 feet away); 1900 Rittenhouse Square Apartments (approx. 0.2 miles away);

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Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (approx. 0.2 miles away); Vincent Persichetti (approx. 0.2 miles away); 2012 Delancey Place (approx. 0.2 miles away). 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 May 5, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 578 times since then and 35 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on May 5, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.