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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the county seat for Philadelphia County
Adjacent to Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Established in 1968 by Joseph Tarsia, Sigma was known worldwide for its distinctive sound and recording innovations. Hits by The O'Jays, Stylistics, and others produced at 212 N 12th St. by Gamble, Huff, and Bell drew top recording artists such as . . . — — Map (db m191635) HM
Who on March 5,1770, was killed by British Troops
in Boston while protesting conditions
under the crown
These whispers of freedom grew into the crescendo of
The Declaration of Independence and the first ringing
of The Liberty Bell in . . . — — Map (db m163549) HM
On May 13, 1985, at 6221 Osage Avenue, an armed conflict occurred between the Phila. Police Dept. and MOVE members. A Pa. State Police helicopter dropped a bomb on MOVE’s house. An uncontrolled fire killed eleven MOVE members, including five . . . — — Map (db m135902) HM
The Schuylkill River has played a central role in the lives of generations of Philadelphians. In 1825, the Schuylkill Navigation Company completed 108 miles of dams, pools, locks, and canals that transformed the river into a premier route for . . . — — Map (db m212820) HM
Several local electrical companies consolidated to form the Philadelphia Electric Company in 1902. A year later the company opened the first large-scale, centralized power plant in Philadelphia, the Schuylkill Station, or Station A (later A-1). . . . — — Map (db m214180) HM
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) opened its doors in 1855, becoming the first pediatric hospital in North America. CHOP relocated to a larger building on Bainbridge Street in 1916. There children continued to receive exceptional care in . . . — — Map (db m212823) HM
By the 1850s, railroads surpassed waterways as the most efficient mode of transportation and shipping. Trains could haul up to three times as much cargo as boats in a fraction of the time. The many trains that chugged through and around . . . — — Map (db m212821) HM
The lower Schuylkill River is tidal, rising and falling an average of 5.5 feet twice a day. Large areas along the river in South and Southwest Philadelphia originally consisted of marshy beaches, which naturally developed to handle the ebb and . . . — — Map (db m212817) HM
Philadelphia's reputation as a thriving center of production earned it the nickname "Workshop of the World." Beginning in the early 1800s, the city supported diverse businesses ranging from small workshops to large, well-known companies such as . . . — — Map (db m212822) HM
Organized by Dr. Rev. William Mark Bell in 1919, near the height of the "Great Migration" of African Americans from the South. The church has served as a housing agency, employment office, & burial society as well as a place of worship. — — Map (db m81662) HM
Erected in 1894-1895, the Falls Bridge connects East Falls and West Fairmount Park. Six previous bridges spanned the Schuylkill River at this location. The first, a chain suspension bridge built in 1808, lasted until 1816 when a heavy snowfall . . . — — Map (db m210897) HM
First degree-granting women's medical school in nation, founded 1850. Renamed (1867) Woman's Medical College of Pa. by Ann Preston, Dean. Coeducational, 1969. Became Medical College of Pa., 1970; Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, 1996 — — Map (db m82987) HM
Present campus of America's first textile college. Founded as the Philadelphia Textile School in 1884, it provided needed technical education to improve the manufacture and quality of domestic fabrics. — — Map (db m82073) HM
This famous family lived in the home built here by John B. Kelly. A successful businessman active in city politics. Jack was a 3-time Olympic gold medal winner in the 1920s for rowing. Son John Jr. ("Kell") won the Diamond Scull at the 1947 British . . . — — Map (db m82051) HM
The main Continental Army commanded by Gen. George Washington encamped on this and adjacent ground from Aug. 1 to Aug. 8, and from Sep. 12 to Sep. 14, 1777, before and immediately after the Battle of Brandywine. — — Map (db m194954) HM
For thousands of years, the Schuylkill River has provided humans with many important benefits. At this location, the Lenape people hunted, fished, and canoed along the river. They called it the Ganshewahanna, which means "noisy river." This was . . . — — Map (db m210888) HM
8,000 BC - 1600s
The Lenape people are the original inhabitants of Delaware, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New Jersey. For over 10,000 years they have been the caretakers of these lands and rivers. The Lenape had a village . . . — — Map (db m210890) HM
Founded by Philadelphia Quakers in 1689 and first chartered by Penn in 1701, it was Pennsylvania's first public school and is the oldest continuously operating Friends school in the world. Pioneering educational initiatives were based on public . . . — — Map (db m191909) HM
The Cliveden Barn and Carriage House was enlarged at least six times since it was built for Benjamin Chew in 1766 by master craftsmen John Heeser and Jacob Knorr. As originally constructed, the building was a coach house and stable. In the 18th . . . — — Map (db m232144) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m12373) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46867) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m29737) HM
Local craftsmen from Germantown and Philadelphia were hired to build Cliveden. The master carpenter responsible for the framing, roofing and exterior and woodwork was Jacob Knorr. The lumber for the framing was supplied by Anthony Gilbert and the . . . — — Map (db m232158) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46827) HM
An over 62-acre property in the early 19th century, Cliveden was a place of agricultural labor for women living in Germantown and Mt Airy. Local women and children assisted with harvesting crops including potatoes, cutting hay and raking leaves. . . . — — Map (db m232145) HM
On this site was built in 1708 The First Mennonite Church in America. The British General Agnew was killed nearby during the Battle of Germantown. The Site and Relic Society of Germantown 1904 — — Map (db m89307) HM
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
Cliveden was built 1763 - 1767 as a summer home for prominent lawyer Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) and his household. There is no named architect of Cliveden, but nine original design drawings are attributed to lawyer and draftsman William Peters . . . — — Map (db m232162) HM
The dependencies at Cliveden were designed to match the Georgian style of the Main House, but the interiors were outfitted for service functions and changed often with the needs of the estate and technological advances. The west dependency was a . . . — — Map (db m232154) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46875) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46807) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m237092) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46812) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46828) HM
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 • . . . — — Map (db m46874) HM
The International Society of Arboriculture and the National Arborist Association jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary period.
1776 - 1976 — — Map (db m69076) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46831) HM
(side 1)
They never fail who die in a great cause.
Byron
1861 Germantown's tribute to her heroic dead 1883
(side 2)
Pennsylvania
The Keystone State
Liberty without obedience is confusion and . . . — — Map (db m77126) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46872) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m22117) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m22118) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46861) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46859) HM
The land for
The Upper Burial Ground
also called Ax's Burial Ground was given to the Borough of Germantown by Paul Wolf. Here lie of many of the early settlers and their descendants. Here are the graves of Major Irwin, Captain Turner, . . . — — Map (db m232140) HM
In the 18th and 19th century, the approximately 55 acres at Cliveden was a flurry of work. Behind the Main House was the work yard, an area between the Kitchen and the Wash House. This area was used for service tasks such as food preparation, . . . — — Map (db m232156) HM
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. -------- • -------- . . . — — Map (db m46824) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m12374) HM
One of colonial America's wealthiest men, Allen supported construction of the state house, now Independence Hall. He helped establish Pennsylvania Hospital and the Academy and College of Philadelphia, which became the University of Pa. He founded . . . — — Map (db m83379) HM
Founded 1807 by John Gloucester, a former slave who was instrumental in establishing Presbyterianism among African-Americans. First edifice was dedicated 1811 at 7th & Bainbridge Streets. Church has been at this location since 1957. — — Map (db m82489) HM
This building is dedicated to
Augustine F. Falcione
1939 - 2003
A dedicated foreign language teacher in the Philadelphia Public School System for over 20 years, Augustine believed that the best way to foster world . . . — — Map (db m191618) HM
The U.S. rate of incarceration has dropped in recent years, but not by much. The United States continues to incarcerate a higher percentage of its citizens than any other nation, by far.
The U.S. currently incarcerates about 655 people per . . . — — Map (db m194321) HM
"A prison calisthenic class. Convicts at the Eastern Penitentiary, Phila., Pa., taking their daily calisthenics in the courtyard of the prison. This group includes . . . — — Map (db m194360) HM
Abandonment
View from Eastern State's center guard tower, c. 1987. Photo: courtesy of David Cornelius.
The last State prisoners leave Eastern State Penitentiary, January 1970. Photo: courtesy of Special Collections . . . — — Map (db m194218) HM
Henry Enckler, whose grandfather served as Deputy Warden, is one of three people known to have been born in the penitentiary's front Administration Building (directly in front of you). Prison staff lived in this castle-like-structure until the . . . — — Map (db m194355) HM
Cellblock 14 was added into the Eastern State Penitentiary complex when the prison was ninety-eight years old. It had to curve to fit in between existing buildings, making it impossible to see from one end of the Cellblock 14 corridor to the . . . — — Map (db m194313) HM
Death Row (Cellblock 15) courtyard, c. 1958. Photo: collection of Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, gift given in honor of Howard H. Haines, Captain of the Guards.
Death Row (Cellblock 15) courtyard, c. 1958. Photo: . . . — — Map (db m194281) HM
The last City employees left Eastern State in 1971, and they did not expect anyone to use the building again. With very few exceptions, nobody entered the property for the next twenty years.
When city planners, real estate developers and . . . — — Map (db m194345) HM
Original prison built 1822-1836 on a radial plan by John Haviland. Linking solitude with moral and vocational instruction, it exemplified the Pennsylvania System of penology and became a model for over 300 prisons worldwide. Closed 1971. — — Map (db m82509) HM
Once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, Eastern State Penitentiary stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers.
This was the world's first true "penitentiary," a prison designed . . . — — Map (db m194058) HM
Inmate B-2975. Fourteen-year-old Edgar Gordon, sentenced in 1905 to one year and six months at Eastern State Penitentiary for attempted rape. Photo: collection of Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, gift of the Scheerer Family. . . . — — Map (db m194064) HM
Above: Eastern State Penitentiary the year after it opened. Engraving by Charles Burton, 1831. Image: collection of Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site.
Left: Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania Near . . . — — Map (db m194065) HM
The penitentiary's 8,000-square-foot terrace garden was created in 1989. A group of neighborhood volunteers, organized by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and the Fairmount Civic Association, joined to transform a weedy eyesore . . . — — Map (db m194060) HM
There seems to have always been a greenhouse within the prison walls. This greenhouse, which was added to the Penitentiary complex in the 1930's, was restored in the Spring of 2005 thanks to the generosity of our 2004 Supporting and Sustaining . . . — — Map (db m194166) HM
This incinerator was used to burn trash and scrap wood.
In 1937, prison administrators replaced the penitentiary's massive oak doors with the sliding metal door seen today. The original oak doors, dating from the 1820s, were burned in . . . — — Map (db m194322) HM
Prison food. The phrase says it all. But in fact prison administrators worked hard in the early decades to provide inmates with unusually nutritious meals. The original system of strict isolation made no exception for mealtimes, however, and . . . — — Map (db m194358) HM
By the 1950s and 60s, Eastern State's medical wing had become an unusually well-equipped and sophisticated prison hospital. Inmates with challenging medical conditions were often transferred here for treatment.
In a typical week the . . . — — Map (db m194287) HM
More than 1,400 prisoners died at Eastern State Penitentiary (of the roughly 80,000 people who served time here). The most common cause was tuberculosis.
The penitentiary's morgue was moved several times. When it was moved from this space . . . — — Map (db m194323) HM
Thousands of inmates considered Eastern State Penitentiary their home. We believe prison plaster worker Clarence Klinedinst carved his initials into the wall of this courtyard in 1938. (They're above the two ground level windows, to the right . . . — — Map (db m194332) HM
The doorway to the left leads to Cellblock 13, one of Eastern State Penitentiary's 20th century punishment areas. These spaces were called "the Hole" or "the Klondike." Seven of the twelve inmates who participated in a 1945 tunnel escape were . . . — — Map (db m194212) HM
The artist applies images on the glass panes of Eastern State's greenhouse illustrating the high-profile case of heiress Doris Jean Ostreicher.
Ms. Ostreicher's illegal abortion and subsequent death led to the imprisonment of Milton Schwartz . . . — — Map (db m194138) HM
Groups of inmates filled these courts in the 1950s and 1960s, competing fiercely in round after round of the traditional Italian sport bocce.
The game is perfect for an aging prison population: it doesn't require much strength or . . . — — Map (db m194123) HM
After solitary confinement ended at Eastern State Penitentiary, group sports became an important part of poison life. Sports also gave the prison staff something to take away from the prisoners who didn't follow rules.
[Captions:] . . . — — Map (db m194338) HM
Eastern State Penitentiary may have had the first prison synagogue in America. It was built around 1924 in a set of workshops down this alley, and has been restored to its 1960 appearance.
[Caption:]
The Jewish congregation . . . — — Map (db m194351) HM
How does the United States compare?
Number of People in Prison Per 100,000 Citizens
The U.S. imprisons more of its population than any other nation, by far.
Canada, Australia, and the nations of Western Europe all . . . — — Map (db m194319) HM
Isolation was always used at Eastern State Penitentiary, but its purpose changed drastically over time.
In the early decades, the prison housed every inmate in strict solitary confinement, as part of the controversial "Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m194305) HM
Yard for Consumptives (tuberculosis patients). Cellblock 14, on your left, now fills most of the yard pictured below. The yard was created for patients suffering from Tuberculosis. If the years before a cure was discovered, doctors found that . . . — — Map (db m194311) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m28207) HM
Established 1703. Enlarged and redesigned in 1843. Resting place of Lucrecia Mott and Robert Purvis and other 19th century leaders in the struggles to abolish slavery and win equal rights and justice for women, African and Native Americans, . . . — — Map (db m210881) HM
This burial ground is part of lands given to George Fox by William Penn in 1681 and willed by Fox in 1690 to Friends… "for a meeting house and school house and a burying place, and for a play ground for the children in the town to play on, and . . . — — Map (db m210884) HM
This burial ground is part of lands given to George Fox by William Penn in 1681 and willed by Fox in 1690 to Friends… "for a meeting house and school house and a burying place, and for a play ground for the children in the town to play on, and . . . — — Map (db m220478) HM
Héroes Latinx
Mural de: Danny Torres
Asistentes: Efraín Hererra y Pedro Zagitt
Patrocinadores: Anónimo, Jane Barr Horstman, John Horstman, Ronald Ratigan, Kevin Ryan, Thomas Zwolak y la Ciudad de Filadelfia . . . — — Map (db m220482) HM
Father of the Underground Railroad •
Library Congress for Colored People •
Anti-Slavery Society •
General Vigilance Committee •
Womens Rights •
Prison Reform •
Prohibition
What is the attitude of your boasting, . . . — — Map (db m210879) HM
Sixty-four former Edison students died in service to their country during the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1971 – more than any school in the nation. These young men represent the burden and disparity of the war on poor rural and urban . . . — — Map (db m83385) HM
Established in 1703, this burial ground was part of a 16-acre land grant given to the Quakers by George Fox. He left the land for a school, a garden, a burial ground and a meeting house. During the winter of 1777, the British occupied the meeting . . . — — Map (db m220479) HM
William Penn granted this land to George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends. Among the people buried here are many Quakers and over 100 members of the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society.
Quakers worked to end slavery as part . . . — — Map (db m220480) HM
[Dedication plaque nearby:]
A gift to the city to commemorate the French Centennial, by Philadelphia's French citizens and the Fairmount Park Art Association
Restored and rededicated 2010 by the City of Philadelphia and French . . . — — Map (db m212721) WM
"[He] had the coolest, clearest head, the best heart, and the exactest morals of almost any man I ever met with …Our friendship continued without interruption to his death, . . . — — Map (db m193989) HM
A Pirate's Plantation
1762
A colorful Scottish sea captain, John Macpherson established his 150-acre estate atop the cliffs overlooking the Schuylkill River between 1762 and 1765. Macpherson made his fortune by privateering, . . . — — Map (db m240242) HM
A month after Lincoln's May 1865 assassination, a committee of prominent Philadelphia citizens formed the Lincoln Monument Association. The sculptor Randolph Rogers was selected to create this monumental bronze, one of the first to commemorate . . . — — Map (db m191709) HM
I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within the States in Rebellion are and henceforth shall be free.
Let us here highly resolve that the . . . — — Map (db m191710) HM WM
The Philadelphia Zoo received its charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859. Much of the credit for founding the Zoo belongs to Dr. William Camac, a local physician. He and his colleagues wrote the charter for the . . . — — Map (db m192615) HM
Famous fall fruit for eating, pie, and cider. Apples have been cultivated since 6500 BC and there are thousands of named varieties. About 69 million tons of apples are grown each year. Pest and disease prone in our climate. — — Map (db m240233) HM
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