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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

 
Clickable Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Philadelphia County, PA (1659) Bucks County, PA (270) Delaware County, PA (283) Montgomery County, PA (266) Burlington County, NJ (331) Camden County, NJ (187) Gloucester County, NJ (55)  PhiladelphiaCounty(1659) Philadelphia County (1659)  BucksCounty(270) Bucks County (270)  DelawareCounty(283) Delaware County (283)  MontgomeryCounty(266) Montgomery County (266)  BurlingtonCountyNew Jersey(331) Burlington County (331)  CamdenCounty(187) Camden County (187)  GloucesterCounty(55) Gloucester County (55)
Philadelphia is the county seat for Philadelphia County
Adjacent to Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
      Bucks County (270)  
      Delaware County (283)  
      Montgomery County (266)  
      Burlington County, New Jersey (331)  
      Camden County, New Jersey (187)  
      Gloucester County, New Jersey (55)  
 
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201 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Apple — Malus domestica
On Greenland Drive west of Srawberry Mansion Drive, on the right when traveling west.
202 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Apricot — Prunus armeniaca
On Greenland Drive, 0.1 miles west of Strawberry Mansion Bridge Drive, on the right when traveling west.
203 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Apricot — Prunus areniaca
On Greenland Drive, 0.1 miles west of Strawberry Mansion Bridge Drive, on the right when traveling west.
204 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Arapawa goat / Alpaca
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
205 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Arch & Standpipe
Near Waterworks Drive, 0.2 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the left when traveling south.
206 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Asian Persimmon — Diospyros kaki
On Greenland Drive, 0.1 miles west of Strawberry Mansion Bridge Drive, on the left when traveling west.
207 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Bald Eagle — Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
208 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Bennie Briscoe / Know the Moves
On West Dauphin Street at Greenland Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Dauphin Street.
209 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Bernard Hopkins / Boxers' Trail
On West Dauphin Street at Greenland Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Dauphin Street.
210 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Caribbean flamingo — Phoenicopterus ruber
On North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
211 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Casimir Pulaski — 1748-1779
Near Fairmont Avenue at Aquarium Drive.
212 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Centennial and Concourse Lakes
On Avenue of the Republic west of Belmont Avenue (Truck Route U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west.
213 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Centennial and Concourse Lakes
On Concourse Lake Trail, 0.1 miles west of Belmont Avenue (Truck Route U.S. 1).
214 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 28 — Central Terrace — Westward Expansion, Slavery Emancipation and Welcoming of Immigrants — Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial —
On Kelly Drive, 0.2 miles south of Brewery Hill Drive, on the right when traveling south.
215 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 20 — Charioteer of Delphi — 5th Century B.C. (Cast c. 1977) — Artist Unknown —
On Kelly Drive south of North 25th Street, on the right when traveling south.
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216 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Charles Carroll
On Avenue of the Republic at States Drive, on the right when traveling east on Avenue of the Republic.
217 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Chicken — Gallus gallus domesticus
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
218 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Columbia Bridge
On Schuylkill River Trail, 0.4 miles north of Fountain Green Drive, on the right when traveling north.
219 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Connecting Railroad Bridge
On Kelly Drive, 0.1 miles north of Brewery Hill Drive, on the right when traveling south. Reported unreadable.
220 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 31 — Cowboy — 1908 — Frederic Remington (1861 - 1909)
On Schuylkill River Trail north of Brewery Hill Drive, on the right when traveling south.
221 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Diversity Makes All the Difference — The Solution: Saving Rare Breeds
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
222 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Domestic Duck Breeds
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
223 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Domestic Goat Breeds
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
224 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Domestic Sheep Breeds
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
225 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Engine & Mill Houses
Near Waterworks Drive, 0.2 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south.
226 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Fairmount Dam
Near Waterworks Drive, on the left when traveling north.
227 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Fairmount Park
On Kelly Drive at Sedgley Drive, on the right when traveling west on Kelly Drive.
228 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Fairmount Water Works
On Kelly Drive at Waterworks Drive on Kelly Drive.
229 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Fairmount Water Works
Near Anne d'Harnoncourt Drive. Reported damaged.
230 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Fairmount Water Works — 1815 - 1911 — National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark —
On Schuylkill River Trail south of Waterworks Drive, on the right when traveling south.
231 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Falls Bridge
On Falls Road at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, on the right when traveling north on Falls Road. Reported damaged.
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232 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Father Matthew
On Avenue of the Republic at States Drive, in the median on Avenue of the Republic.
233 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — First Thanksgiving Day Parade in the Nation
On Eakins Oval at Spring Garden Street on Eakins Oval.
234 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Fountain of the Sea Horses — Original c. 1740; 1926 Reproduction — Attributed to Christopher Unterberger —
On Waterworks Drive, 0.1 miles south of Kelly Drive, in the median.
235 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Frederick Graff
On Schuylkill River Trail, 0.1 miles south of Waterworks Drive, on the right when traveling south.
236 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Frederick Graff
On Schuylkill River Trail, 0.1 miles south of Waterworks Drive, on the right when traveling south.
237 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Friedrich von Steuben — 1730 - 1794
Near Waterworks Drive, 0.1 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south.
238 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — General Nathanael Greene — 1742 - 1786
On Waterworks Drive, 0.2 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the left when traveling south.
239 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Getting to the Park — Parkway Museums District
On Kelly Drive at Waterworks Drive, on the left when traveling west on Kelly Drive.
240 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Giraffe — Giraffa camelopardalis
On North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
241 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Girard Avenue Bridge
On Kelly Drive just north of Brewery Hill Drive, on the left when traveling north.
242 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 205 — Giuseppe Verdi — 1907 — G.B. Bashanellifusi (n.d.)
On Horticultural Drive at South Horticultural Drive, on the right when traveling north on Horticultural Drive.
243 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 202 — Goethe / Schiller
On Horticultural Drive west of South Horticultural Drive, on the right when traveling west.
244 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Haydn
On South Horticultural Drive east of Horticultural Drive, on the right when traveling east.
245 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Henry Penn Burke
On Schuylkill River Trail just south of Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south.
246 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Historic Architecture — Discover the charming Victorian style of these gatehouses and the award-winning Treehouse.
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13/30) 0.1 miles south of West Girard Street, on the right when traveling south.
247 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Hopping Along…
Near Horticultural Drive, 0.1 miles west of South Horticultural Drive, on the right when traveling west.
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248 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — How the Water Works Worked / Useful & Beautiful — Water Works Historic Area
Near Waterworks Drive, 0.1 miles Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south.
249 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — In Honor of Ernesta Drinker Ballard — 1920 - 2005
Near Waterworks Drive south of Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south.
250 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 30 — James A. Garfield Monument — 1895 — Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
On Kelly Drive, 2 miles Brewery Hill Drive, on the right when traveling south.
251 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Joe Burk — Burk-Bergman Boathouse
On Kelly Drive east of Lemon Hill Drive, on the right when traveling east.
252 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Joe Frazier / Creed of Joe Frazier's Gym
On West Dauphin Street at Greenland Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Dauphin Street.
253 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — John Barry
On Avenue of the Republic at States Drive, in the median on Avenue of the Republic.
254 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — John Marshall — Chief Justice of the United States — 1801 to 1835 —
On Anne d'Harnoncourt Drive, 0.2 miles west of Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south.
255 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — John Paul Jones — 1747 - 1792
Near Waterworks Drive, 0.1 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south.
256 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — John Witherspoon D.D.L.L.D.
On North Horticultural Drive east of Horticultural Drive, on the left when traveling east.
257 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 205 — Joseph Haydn / Franz Schubert
On North Horticultural Drive east of Horticultural Drive, on the right when traveling south.
258 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Julian Francis Abele
On 26th Street at Franklin Parkway on 26th Street.
259 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Lafayette — 1757 - 1834
On Waterworks Drive, 0.2 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the left when traveling south.
260 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 085 — Lloyd Hall — Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area
On Schuylkill River Trail just south of Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south.
261 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Major General George Gordon Meade
On Black Road, 0.2 miles west of Black Road, on the left when traveling west.
262 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 207 — Major General George Gordon Meade — 1887 — Alexander Milne Calder (1846-1923)
On Lansdowne Drive, 0.2 miles west of Black Road, on the left when traveling west.
263 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Major General Peter Mόlenberg
On Anne d'Harnoncourt Drive, 0.2 miles west of Kelly Drive, on the left when traveling north.
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264 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Making of an Icon
On Anne d'Harnoncourt Drive, 0.3 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling south.
265 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Matthew Saad Muhammed — Miracle Matthew — South Philly —
On West Dauphin Street at Greenland Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Dauphin Street.
266 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Memorial Hall
On Avenue of the Republic at Memorial Hall Drive, on the right on Avenue of the Republic.
267 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Morton McMichael — An honored and beloved citizen of Philadelphia
On Sedgley Drive at North Lemon Hill Drive, on the right when traveling south on Sedgley Drive.
268 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Mount Pleasant
On Mt. Pleasant Drive west of Fountain Green Drive, on the left when traveling north.
269 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 203 — Night — 1872 — Edward Stauch (c. 1830 - n.d.)
Near Horticultural Drive west of South Horticultural Drive, on the right when traveling west.
270 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 29 — North Terrace — Spiritual, Intellectual, and Physical Forces that Shaped the Nation — Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial —
On Kelly Drive, 0.1 miles south of Brewery Hill Drive, on the right when traveling south.
271 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Ohio House — 1876
On States Drive, 0.1 miles west of Belmont Avenue (Truck Route U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west.
272 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Otterly unique / Generations of otters / Otter Family Tree
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
273 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Paths & Pavilions
Near Art Museum Drive, on the left when traveling north.
274 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Peace Memorial
On Schuylkill River Trail, 0.1 miles south of Waterworks Drive.
275 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Pegasus — c. 1863 — Vincenz Bildhauer Pilz (1816-1986)
On Avenue of the Republic at West Memorial Hall Drive, on the right when traveling west on Avenue of the Republic.
276 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Pennsylvania Civil War Memorial
On Avenue of the Republic at 41st Street Drive, on the left when traveling west on Avenue of the Republic.
277 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Philadelphia Municipal Water System — Fairmount Water Works 1815 - 1911 — National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark —
On Schuylkill River Trail, 0.1 miles south of Waterworks Drive, on the right when traveling south.
278 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Philadelphia Museum of Art / The Perelman Building — Parkway Museums District
On Fairmount Avenue at Kelly Drive, on the right when traveling east on Fairmount Avenue.
279 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Philadelphia Zoo Wins 2007 Top Exhibit Award!
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
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280 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Phillips Fountain — [Courtship]
Near Kelly Drive at Spring Garden Street, on the right when traveling south.
281 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Pigeon Brainpower
On North 34th Street (Route 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
282 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Plastic-free Sea
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
283 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 32 — Playing Angels / Sleeping Woman
On Schuylkill River Trail at Fountain Green Drive, on the left when traveling west on Schuylkill River Trail.
284 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Rebecca at the Well — 1908 — John J. Boyle (1851-1917)
On North Horticultural Drive east of Horticultural Drive, on the right when traveling south.
285 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Rebecca at the Well — Drink and I will give thy Camels Drink also
On North Horticultural Drive east of Horticultural Drive, on the left when traveling east.
286 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Rebecca's Villa / From Quoits to a Museum — Laurel Hill — Fairmount Park Historic Houses —
On Edgley Drive, 0.5 miles west of Reservoir Drive, on the left when traveling north.
287 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Rebirth & Renewal
On Schuylkill River Trail, 0.1 miles south of Waterworks Drive, on the right when traveling south.
288 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Red Panda — Ailurus fulgens
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
289 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 204 — Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon — 1876 — Joseph Alexis Bailly (1825-1883)
On North Horticultural Drive west of Horticultural Drive, on the left when traveling west.
290 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Rev. John Carroll
On Avenue of the Republic at States Drive, in the median on Avenue of the Republic.
291 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Revolutionary War Heroes — "Animated by an intense love of liberty…" — William M. Reilley Memorial, 1938 - 1961 —
On Waterworks Drive, 0.1 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the left when traveling south.
292 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Richard Montgomery — 1738 - 1775
Near Schuylkill River Trail, 0.2 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the left when traveling south.
293 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Rockland
On Mt. Pleasant Drive west of Fountain Green Drive, on the left when traveling north. Reported damaged.
294 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Schubert
On North Horticultural Drive east of Horticultural Drive, on the right when traveling south.
295 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia
On Kelly Drive.
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296 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Sculpture in East Park / Sculpture in West Park — Welcome to Fairmount Park
On Kelly Drive at Eakins Oval, on the right when traveling south on Kelly Drive. Reported damaged.
297 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Sebastopol goose — Anser anser domesticus
Near North 34th Street (U.S. 13) south of West Girard Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.
298 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Silenus and the Infant Bacchus — 4th Century B.C. (Cast 1885) — Praxiteles (C. 400-330 BC)
On Kelly Drive, 0.2 miles west of Fairmount Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
299 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Sleeping Woman — ©1991 Stephen Berg and Thomas Chimes
On Schuylkill River Trail east of Fountain Green Drive, on the right when traveling east.
300 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse
On Reservoir Drive, on the left when traveling west.

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