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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
Bucks County(267) ► Delaware County(258) ► Montgomery County(266) ► Burlington County, New Jersey(330) ► Camden County, New Jersey(181) ► Gloucester County, New Jersey(55) ►
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By 1915 a second generation of Italian Americans organized a business association due to competing nearby markets. The Association's officers' ancestries hailed from central and southern Italy, and eastern Sicily; other members also were Americans . . . — — Map (db m81641) HM
The site of Bardascino Park was occupied by a house and surrounding gardens until 1891, when the Hebrew Education Society purchased the land to build a community center for the area's growing Jewish population. The house was demolished and . . . — — Map (db m191619) HM
First Civil War U.S. Army Hospital, founded May, 1861. Here Drs. Mitchell, Keen, Morehouse, and others used electric current, drugs, and other experiments in pioneering treatment of nerve and related disorders. Closed 1865. — — Map (db m81655) HM
"Father of Jazz Guitar." He was born Salvatore Massaro in 1902 and lived in this area as a boy. An accomplished soloist, Lang worked with Joe Venuti, Paul Whiteman, the Dorseys, and others. He was Bing Crosby's accompanist when death cut short . . . — — Map (db m81623) HM
One of 22 fire companies established under the Philadelphia Fire Department in 1871. In 1919, it became a segregated African American unit whose members distinguished themselves through professional service. Desegregated in 1952. — — Map (db m82993) HM
An author, lecturer, and social activist. Harper lived here and devoted her life to championing the rights of slaves and free Blacks. She advocated education as a way of advancement for Black Americans. — — Map (db m81656) HM
Designer of the reverse side of the Lincoln Penny and, with Gilroy Roberts, the Kennedy half-dollar. Born and educated in classical art in Philadelphia, Gasparro was first employed as a junior engraver by the U.S. Mint in 1942. By 1965 he was . . . — — Map (db m81640) HM
Acclaimed operatic family. Father, tenor Ferruccio (1868-1948), sung on first disc, 1896. Daughter Dusolina (1900-86) was a Metropolitan Opera soprano. Son Vittoria (1903-66) was a composer & taught at Curtis Institute an Juilliard. Resided here. — — Map (db m81637) HM
Baptized a Catholic, reared a Moravian, and ordained an Episcopal priest, Phillips transformed the Church of the Crucifixion into a Black cultural center, known for its social outreach. He was a founder, American Negro Historical Society. — — Map (db m81618) HM
Founded 1846, this was Pennsylvania's first such institution. Irish Catholics, other immigrants, & native-born were its constituency. Services to the needy included training programs for persons seeking work, designed to encourage their ultimate . . . — — Map (db m81624) HM
Begun as a farm school. In 1852 it became one of the first schools to train Blacks for skilled jobs. It gained recognition here under Fanny J. Coppin, principal, 1869-1902. Relocated, it later became Cheyney University. — — Map (db m81617) HM
"Father of Jazz Violin." Classically trained as a child, Venuti went to grade school here. He introduced new string techniques; worked with his close friend, guitarist Eddie Lang, 1921-33. Led own band, 1935-43; was on screen & radio. Major comeback . . . — — Map (db m81620) HM
The beloved tenor was born here as Alfredo Cocozza. Here as a boy he learned the arias of many operas. Became a radio, concert, record artist. After signing with M-G-M in 1947, he made seven films; had the title role in "The Great Caruso," in 1951. — — Map (db m81639) HM
Businessman, activist, bibliophile lived here. Director, Philadelphia Building & Loan Assn., pioneering Black firm. Amassed and donated a major collection of rare book, pamphlets on Blacks, antislavery. Founded Afro-American Historical Society. — — Map (db m81657) HM
Founded in 1898 as the Graphic Sketch Club; oldest free community art school in the United States. Nearly 5,000 students study art here annually. Alumni include Frank Gasparro, former chief engraver for U.S. Mint, and Louis Kahn, renowned architect. — — Map (db m81627) HM
One of several curb markets established in the early 20th century to counter high prices and food shortages despite anti-immigrant sentiments and criticisms regarding sanitary conditions and traffic congestion. Neighborhood businesses offered fresh . . . — — Map (db m81654) HM
Founded in 1852 as the first Italian national parish in the U.S. by St. John N. Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia. New churches were dedicated here, 1854 and 1891. The Delaware Valley's largest Italian community became centered in this neighborhood. — — Map (db m81643) HM
"Grand Old Man of Baseball." He started as a catcher in New England, 1883. As manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, 1901-1950 -- a record fifty years -- he led the team to nine American League pennants, 1902-31, & five World Series championships, . . . — — Map (db m82044) HM
A leader in the women's rights movement and a homeopathic physician and surgeon. She was founder of Providence General Hospital (chartered 1913), the principal officers of which were women. From 1914 to 1917 it served the community from nearby . . . — — Map (db m71356) HM
The first regularly scheduled US Post Office Air Mail delivery took place here, mid-point of the New York-Philadelphia-Washington Air Mail Route. On May 15, 1918, US Army Lt Torrey Webb, in a Curtiss "Jenny" biplane, left New York at 11:45 am, . . . — — Map (db m132153) HM
It was founded in 1688 by Welsh and English Baptists led by Rev. Elias Keach who sought the religious freedom of William Penn's colony. It was the first permanent Baptist church in Pa. and mother church of Baptist congregations in the mid-Atlantic . . . — — Map (db m82929) HM
In the latter half of the seventeenth century, Baptists from England and Wales settled in the County of Philadelphia. Their gathering as baptized believers led to the formation of the Pennepack Baptist Church.
In 1686, Elias Keach, son of the famed . . . — — Map (db m82931) HM
Erected
in commemoration of
the two hundredth anniversary
of
The Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776 - July 4, 1976
by
the City of Philadelphia
and
the Fairmount Park Art Association
Dedication
Symbolizing . . . — — Map (db m214207) HM WM
Nathan Rapoport (1911-1987) began his career in Poland, where he won a scholarship to study art in France and Italy. When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, Rapoport, who was Jewish, fled to Russian controlled territory, where he worked briefly in . . . — — Map (db m192763) HM
Originally called Broad Street Suburban Station, the large underground rail station running from 15th to 16th Streets opened up to the public on September 28, 1930. The 20-story office building above the station. One Penn Center, designed by . . . — — Map (db m191905) HM
The trees along this parkway have been planted as a tribute of honor and gratitude to the men who served their country in the Great War
Higher public spirit
Better social order
Civic Club — — Map (db m106925) HM WM
The architect who drafted the Parkway plan in 1897 envisioned a grand boulevard like the Champs-Elysses in Paris and those of the 1893 Chicago’s World Fair in Chicago. Here, a constellation of art schools and museums would become the city’s . . . — — Map (db m106618) HM
A Grand Plan
1871
The Parkway, envisioned as an avenue to connect Center City to Fairmount Park, was first suggested in 1871.
Over the next five decades, numerous plans were proposed, with various mixtures of commercial and public . . . — — Map (db m212744) HM
Most of the early 20th century plans for the Parkway included two major art museums, each with its own art school.
The architects dreamed of students learning to create works of art next door to grand museums devoted to showing great works of . . . — — Map (db m106572) HM
Most of the early 20th century plans for the Parkway included two major art museums, each with its own art school.
The architects dreamed of students learning to create works of art next door to grand museums devoted to showing great works . . . — — Map (db m146371) HM
In 1776, the Continental (American) Army built a floating bridge at Middle Ferry (later Market Street) so they would have an easy way to escape the city if the British invaded.
Shortly after American troops left Philadelphia for Wilmington . . . — — Map (db m203794) HM
Shaped like a celestial sphere, this gilded bronze sculpture is dedicated to Pennsylvania aviators who died in World War I. The outer structure suggests as astronomical instrument, and the figures illustrate signs of the zodiac. Sculptor Paul . . . — — Map (db m106807) HM WM
(Front Inscription): Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in honor of her Colored Soldiers. (Back Inscription):To commemorate the heroism and sacrifice of all Colored Soldiers who served in the various wars engaged in by the . . . — — Map (db m8411) HM
A torch of life, flanked by four American eagles, crowns this bronze and granite monument to Black Soldiers and Sailors who served and died in America's wards. Between the soldiers and sailors stands a figure of Justice. On the back of the . . . — — Map (db m194408) HM
Founded in Philadelphia in 1917, the AFSC has given practical expression to the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Its worldwide humanitarian work has reflected a commitment to nonviolence & justice. Co-recipient, Nobel Peace . . . — — Map (db m83475) HM
AMOR means "love" in both Spanish and Latin, as translated in this painted aluminum sculpture. Described as a one-sentence poem, Robert Indiana's iconic LOVE image appears throughout the world, including his LOVE sculpture in nearby JFK . . . — — Map (db m212736) HM
An Evolving Parkway
1965
Part of this area—Eakins Oval—was once a smaller traffic circle called Fairmount Plaza, constructed in 1918. The Parkway planners left space for two proposed art school buildings that would frame the view of the . . . — — Map (db m212670) HM
Anna. E. Dickinson. 1842-1932. Nationally renowned orator, writer, and advocate for women's rights, abolition of slavery, and labor and prison reform, she was the first woman to address Congress, a speech attended by President Lincoln. A . . . — — Map (db m207566) HM
Archeology
2010
In 2010, archeologists excavated this eastern portion of Logan Square, now called Sister Cities Park, in preparation for its renovation. In doing so, approximately 60 remnants of graves were uncovered, thought to be . . . — — Map (db m106928) HM
This architectural fragment is a reproduction of parts of the old Chateau d'Issy re-erected by Auguste Rodin at Meudon France near the studio where most of his work was done — — Map (db m194364) HM
For years the nation’s leading locomotive manufacturer, it exported products worldwide. Established here by Matthias Baldwin in 1835, it was an early example of integrated industrial organization, employing more than 15,000 workers. Its 39 buildings . . . — — Map (db m82520) HM
Bearing Witness
Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, wrote to General George Marshall of his trip to Ohrdruf Concentration Camp on April 12, 1945:
"The things I saw beggar . . . — — Map (db m192758) HM
On Nov. 17, 1967, thousands of middle and high school students organized a citywide walkout to the former Board of Education Building here and were met with police violence. It was one of the largest and earliest youth-led demonstrations in the . . . — — Map (db m194975) HM
Opened on June 2, 1927, the Central Library was designed in the Beaux Arts style by Horace Trumbauer & Julian Francis Abele. It was built to serve as the main building of the Free Library of Philadelphia, chartered in 1891. — — Map (db m82524) HM
Charismatic Leader • Navigator
Explorer • Visionary • Naturalist
Mathematician • Cartographer
Columbus, intrepid navitagor, with a sense of the sea unparalleled before or after him. A native son of Genoa, he became through his . . . — — Map (db m192861) HM
One country
One constitution
One destiny
Each for himself gathered up the cherished purposes of life its aims and ambitions its dearest affections and flung all with life itself into the scale of battle
Donelson
The Peninsula . . . — — Map (db m194370) WM
Designed as a formal gateway to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, these 40-foot pylons of Tennessee marble commemorate military men of the Civil War. The figures at the base of the north column portray soldiers, and the group of the south column . . . — — Map (db m106561) HM
During World War II, some 12,000 men who were classified as conscientious objectors to war -- about fifteen percent of them from Pennsylvania -- served in non-military occupations across the United States. Under the leadership of Mennonite, Quaker, . . . — — Map (db m81958) HM
Following the creation of the US Navy in 1794 under President Washington, Barry was appointed first commissioned officer and secretary. He oversaw construction of the nation's first fleet. He won numerous naval victories during the American . . . — — Map (db m77081) HM
When Philadelphia's natural history museum opened in 1828, the mysteries of nature, from fossils to beetles, were revealed to the public, organized and labeled in Latin and Greek. The collections expanded so rapidly, the Academy outgrew its . . . — — Map (db m194411) HM
To create an environment in which plants can thrive, the top two feet of soil was removed and fabric put down to form a barrier between the original soil and new clean fill. A layer of topsoil and grass was added to protect the surface from . . . — — Map (db m192694) HM
Olympia
Cruiser Olympia, launched in 1892, is the oldest steel warship afloat today. Olympia is best known as Commodore George Dewey’s flagship in the Battle of Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during the 1898 Spanish . . . — — Map (db m19242) HM
Death Camps
In its first years, the Nazi regime "Aryanized" Jewish property, forcibly transferring it to non-Jewish ownership. In later years, authorities seized Jewish property at will throughout Germany's occupied territories. . . . — — Map (db m192755) HM
Envoy of the King of Spain to the U.S.A. Presented by His Majesty Don Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, to the City of Philadelphia in commemoration of the Bicentennial Era of the United States. — — Map (db m212729) WM
Don Diego de Guardoqui
c. 1977
Luis Antonio Sanguino (1934 - )
Scion of a wealthy Basque business family, Gardoqui served as a financial intermediary during the Revolutionary War, helping bring fund and arms from . . . — — Map (db m212728) HM
Internationally known urban planner, his design concepts shaped Philadelphia's city landscape. As city planning director, 1949 to 1970, his legacy includes Penn Center, Market East, Society Hill, the Far Northeast, Yorktown, and LOVE Park here. — — Map (db m83488) HM
Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontologist and zoologist, Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers describing hundreds of fossils & living animals and is famous for his long-standing feud with O.C. Marsh . . . — — Map (db m82812) HM
Mayor of Philadelphia 1887 - 1891
A respected businessman and tireless civic leader, Fitler Square was named in his honor October 13, 1896. — — Map (db m212825) HM
To the memory of the followers of Caspar von Schwenckfeld who fled from Silesia and found in Pennsylvania a haven of religious toleration They landed near this spot 1731-37 Erected by the Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles . . . — — Map (db m34781) HM
Even on a windless day the cape swirls around this hero of three revolutionary wars. As a young man, Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816) commanded Spanish forces in support of the American Revolution. Later the native Venezuelan led troops in the . . . — — Map (db m106566) HM
Great soldier of freedom
who participated in the three greatest political upheavals of his time: the struggle for Independence in the United States, the French Revolution and the emancipation of Latin America.
Aviation pioneer Piasecki developed and flew the 2nd helicopter in the US and the world’s 1st tandem rotor helicopter, initiating the 1st practical use of rotorcraft in the 1940s. His original company, started here, now a division of Boeing, is a . . . — — Map (db m82522) HM
Freedom of Religion
The First Amendment of the Constitution forbids Congress from promoting one religion over others and from restricting an individual's religious practices. Freedom of Religion has become, in practice, Freedom . . . — — Map (db m192749) HM
Friends Select School provides a strong, academic education to elementary and secondary school-aged children. Overseen by two Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), the school traces its roots to the founding of the nation’s . . . — — Map (db m107000) HM
Sewers coming from all over the city emptied into the Schuylkill below the Fairmount Dam. By 1913, there was not enough water in the river to carry away the large amounts of sewage and trash, so it rotted in place. The resulting stench made life . . . — — Map (db m192685) HM
At age 16 Galusha Pennypacker joined the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War. Promoted rapidly, he became a general before age 21—the youngest general in the U.S. military. He died in Philadelphia in 1916.
A memorial committee, along . . . — — Map (db m212725) HM
From the people of Poland to the people of the United States. Commemorating 200 years of American Independence.
[Polish:]
Dar narodo Polskiego dla Narodu Amerykanskiego upamietniajacy 200-lecie Niepodleglosci . . . — — Map (db m68370) WM
Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kościuszko came from Poland to fight in America's Revolutionary War. His brilliant work as a military engineer proved crucial to American victory. Later he served heroically in his own country's struggle for independence. . . . — — Map (db m212739) HM
On November 11, 1932, Girl Scouts baked & sold cookies for the first time in the windows of the Philadelphia Gas & Electric Co. here. This endeavor soon became a Philadelphia tradition. In 1936 the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A adopted the annual cookie . . . — — Map (db m81968) HM
In a covert CIA plan named the Jennifer Project, this ship was built at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Chester, in the early 1970s and played a key role in US Cold War espionage. Its mission was to obtain intelligence by recovering a sunken . . . — — Map (db m34483) HM
Human figures spiral upward in Jacques Lipchitz’s tribute to democracy. A family at the bottom represents the wellspring of life. At the top, a man and woman raise a shape symbolizing the banner of Philadelphia. Overall, the interweaving forms . . . — — Map (db m107110) HM
The sustainable renovation of Friends Center is an expression of Quakers’ commitment to a responsible relationship with the earth and all of its inhabitants. The meetinghouse and office buildings were modified to reduced energy consumption, protect . . . — — Map (db m83477) HM
In 1918, the Fairmount Park Commission hired Jacques Greber to create a landscape plan for the newly opened parkway. Greber set out to bring a slice of the park into the heart of the city,
Where earlier plans had shown a street lined with . . . — — Map (db m107048) HM
In 1918, the Fairmount Park Commission hired Jacques Gréber to create a landscape plan for the newly opened Parkway. Gréber set out to bring a slice of the park into the heart of the city.
Where earlier plans had shown a street lined with . . . — — Map (db m194361) HM
Richard Harding Davis (1864 - 1916), the most famous war correspondent of his time, grew to manhood in this home. He was celebrated and emulated for his adventurous manner and vivid reportage from the battlefields of six wars in the late 19th and . . . — — Map (db m146384) HM
Samuel "Sam" Wasserman was captured by the Nazis in 1942 and taken to the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland. His wife and two young children were executed immediately upon arrival, and Sam himself was forced into daily labor. Eventually, . . . — — Map (db m192767) HM
This area once hummed with the activity of cotton mills, lumber and stone yards and warehouses filled with coal and ice. In 1867, one civic booster wrote that the banks of Schuylkill were "…the best site in America for large manufactories." . . . — — Map (db m212802) HM
Program Administrator of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition
Political Science Major
Peace Price Nominee
Seventy billion dollars spent
annually on corrections
70 billion
5% of the world's population
25 % . . . — — Map (db m214201) HM
The bronze, life-sized Jesus holds out the halves of a loaf of bread, symbolizing Holy Communion. The sculptor purposely designed this welcoming figure to be placed near ground level. The work was commissioned by the 41st International . . . — — Map (db m212737) HM
Polish astronomer Mikolaj Kopernik, known to English speakers as Nikolaus Copernicus, was the first to propose the earth revolves around the sun. In the 1500’s when the earth was thought to be the center of the universe, this was a revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m107045) HM
Liberation
Leon Bass was born and raised in Philadelphia, the birthplace of America's Constitutional Democracy, and later became the principal of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin High School. He was a young African-American soldier serving in . . . — — Map (db m192756) HM
At one time, the only way to cross the Schuylkill was by boat or ferry. Floating bridges made of boards and barges connected with rope were built during the Revolutionary War to quickly move troops across the Schuylkill. The first permanent . . . — — Map (db m192687) HM
One of Philadelphia's original squares planned for by William Penn
1682
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
United States Department of the Interior
on the . . . — — Map (db m212646) HM
Logan Square, Logan Circle
1919
Standing here in Logan Square, at the center of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, it’s hard to imagine this was a pasture – and burial ground – in 1821.
Though William Penn envisioned “Northwest Square” . . . — — Map (db m150054) HM
In 1949 the Fairmount Park Art Association (now Association for Public Art) held its 3rd Sculpture International Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and purchased this sculpture, Maja (pronounced \MAI-uh\), a popular . . . — — Map (db m194982) HM
Making The City Beautiful
1893
In the late 19th century, factories provided most of the jobs in Philadelphia and the city was smoky and grimy. The 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago began a “City Beautiful” movement that inspired civic leaders . . . — — Map (db m107047) HM
The 1873 Masonic Temple, a National Historic Landmark, is home to the Grand Lodge of Pa. Its lodge rooms, featuring varied architectural themes, and its stonework are widely acclaimed. Its prominence in size and location reflects Free-masonry’s . . . — — Map (db m127974) HM
With William Clark he led the transcontinental Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1803 – 1806. Lewis prepared for the journey & later deposited its significant specimens, journals, and other artifacts here in Philadelphia. — — Map (db m50739) HM
The Holocaust
1933-1945
Now and forever enshrined in memory are the six million Jewish martyrs who perished in concentration camps, ghettos and gas chambers, in their deepest agony they clung to the image of humanity and their acts . . . — — Map (db m192765) HM WM
In this memorial to the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, you can see a wailing child, a suffering mother, and a man in prayer. There are symbols of resistance—fists clutching daggers—as well as images of hope and redemption. The . . . — — Map (db m192769) HM
Founded by Sarah Peter in 1848, Moore is the nation's first and only visual arts college for women and serves today as a vibrant center of excellence for education and the arts. — — Map (db m194410) HM
Moore College of Art & Design
1848
Moore College of Art & Design, founded in 1848, is the nation's first—and only—visual arts college for women.
Sarah Worthington Peter, a Philadelphia philanthropist, founded the school to . . . — — Map (db m194409) HM
Throughout the 1700s the Schuylkill was busy with boats and ferries that were essential to carry people and goods across the river between Center City and West Philadelphia.
After 1805, the city allowed industry to expand to the banks of the . . . — — Map (db m192683) HM
Born and trained in Italy, this artist executed some of the first fresco paintings in America, beginning in the 1830s. His commissions decorated many grand homes, Catholic churches, and public buildings such as the Merchant’s Exchange Building on . . . — — Map (db m135996) HM
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