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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Vicinity
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| | 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 |
| | Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton was the force behind creation of the First Bank of the U.S. The Bank paid off the Revolutionary War debt and guided the new United States through unstable financial times. This impressive Federal style . . . — — Map (db m146127) HM |
| | The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New yorkers, New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.—Patrick Henry, Carpenters' Hall, 1774 In 1774 the American colonies felt threatened. Their grievances . . . — — Map (db m9656) 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 |
| | In the Musical Fund Hall here in June 1856, John C. Frémont was nominated for President of the U.S. He lost the election to James Buchanan. Formed in 1854, the Republican Party opposed the extension of slavery; Lincoln was its first nominee elected . . . — — Map (db m81986) HM |
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Frank Furness, famed Philadelphia Victorian architect, designed this building. The cornerstone was laid in 1885. It houses distinctive architectural features and notable stained glass.
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| | On this site stood The first United States Mint
First public building authorized by the United States Government This plaque dedicated for the Bicentennial of the U.S. Mint 1792-1992
First Mint: 1792-1833 7th Street between Market & Arch . . . — — Map (db m24441) HM |
| | Welcome to Wissahickon Valley Park and Forbidden DriveMany rough mill roads once ran through this valley. But as traffic increased, people needed a better road. In the early 1850s, work began on a turnpike to ease travel between the mills and . . . — — Map (db m69097) HM |
| | Laid out in 1771 by the engineer John Montrésor. Heroically held by the Americans under British siege until they were forced out, Nov. 15, 1777. Rebuilt 1798-1800 according to L’Enfant’s design and enlarged in the 19th century. A U.S. military post . . . — — Map (db m12378) HM |
| | Report from the Fort (during construction) 25 September 1794 . Pierre Charles L’Enfant, Engineer to Henry Knox, Secretary of War A place destitute of every comfort for the hands [workmen]; lay open to all accidents of the season . . . — — Map (db m12454) 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 |
| | Signer of the Declaration of Independence September 21, 1737 May 9, 1791 Patriot~Jurist~Essayist~Churchman Member of the Continental Congress of 1776 Provincial Councilor of New Jersey Signer of the Declaration Chairman of the Continental Navy . . . — — Map (db m98734) HM |
| | Historic Site Dwelling of
149 Sassafras Street
Francis Hopkinson
Born Philadelphia 1737 - Died Philadelphia 1791
Signer of the
Declaration of Independence
Designer of the American Flag
Patriot - Jurist - Composer
A Gentleman . . . — — Map (db m119756) HM |
| | "America's first native-born master of music" lived here. A prolific African-American composer. Trumpeter of 1st Troop, City Cavalry. Bandmaster, 128th Regiment, Pa. Volunteer Infantry. He was a major force in early American music; traveled widely. — — Map (db m82901) HM |
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1977
Lorenzo Gonzalez
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 . . . — — Map (db m106566) HM |
| | A nationally influential architect, his forceful designs and bold use of industrial materials helped shape American modernism. His works include the Pa. Academy of Fine Arts and U. of Penn Library. Apprentice to Richard Morris Hunt and mentor to . . . — — Map (db m83500) 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 |
| | 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 |
| | I am got into my niche, after being kept out of it 24 years by foreign employments. 'Tis a very good house that I built so very long ago to retire into . . . . Signature - Benj Franklin 1786 By building his home here, Benjamin Franklin not . . . — — Map (db m9536) HM |
| | This brick-lined, circular "necessary" (privy) pit was probably built when Franklin expanded his house in 1786-87
A stone drain connecting to a vertical brick pipe conveyed waste into the pit either from Franklin's "water closet", "bathing room" or . . . — — Map (db m79214) HM |
| | While in his teens, Franklin arrived in Philadelphia from Boston and walked up Market Street past a block of shops owned by tailors, saddle-makers, joiners, wig-makers, inn-keepers and printers.
Eventually he built his home in this very . . . — — Map (db m79213) HM |
| | Here stood Fraunces Tavern, established by Samuel Fraunces after moving from New York where he had operated a famous tavern. He served as George Washington’s chief cook, 1790–94, while the President lived in Philadelphia. — — Map (db m31198) HM |
| | Opened in 1895 as the first hospital for Blacks in this city, this facility trained and employed Black medical professionals who were excluded from other hospitals. In 1948, it merged to form Mercy-Douglass Hospital. — — Map (db m82576) HM |
| | Established in 1787 under the leadership of Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, this organization fostered identity, leadership, and unity among Blacks and became the forerunner of the first Afican-American churches in this city. — — Map (db m8920) HM |
| | In unmarked graves within this square lie thousands of unknown soldiers of Washington’s Army who died of wounds and sickness during the Revolutionary War. “The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint . . . — — Map (db m9051) HM |
| | On August 3, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King addressed a crowd of 10,000 at this intersection. His “Freedom Now” tour to Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, and Boston was in gratitude for support given to his Southern Christian Leadership . . . — — Map (db m82485) HM |
| | 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 — — Map (db m82499) HM |
| | This meetinghouse was erected in 1804. It is used for weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly meetings of Friends. The ground was first used for burial purposes under patent issued by William Penn in 1701. — — Map (db m9326) HM |
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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 |
| | In 1771 the British army built Fort Mifflin on the southern tip of marshy Mud Island. The process of draining the island began with this construction. Over the next century the waterways between Mud and the other islands were gradually filled in by . . . — — Map (db m65265) HM |
| | This hill, called “Faire Mount”, once held a reservoir that fed Schuykill River water down through hollow logs to Philadelphia’s homes and hydrants.
But years of pollution from coal mines, dairy farms and towns upstream made the water . . . — — Map (db m106496) HM |
| | Annual public demonstrations for gay and lesbian equality were held at Independence Hall. These peaceful protests and New York's Stonewall riots in 1969 & Pride Parade in 1970 transformed a small national campaign into a civil rights movement. — — Map (db m24889) HM |
| | General George McClellan
1891
Henry Jackson Ellicott (1847-1901)
Major General John Fulton Reynolds
1884
John Rogers (1829-1904)
In the Civil War, Philadelphia-born George McClellan trained the eastern Union army and led . . . — — Map (db m107273) HM WM |
| | General Hugh Mercer a native of Scotland; as assistant surgeon in the Battle of Culloden; The companion of Washington in the Indian Wars of 1755 – 56; He received a medal from the Corporation of Philadelphia for courage and conduct in . . . — — Map (db m40967) HM |
| | 1734 ----1811 Erected by Stephen Moylan General Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Woodhaven, N.Y. — — Map (db m9137) HM |
| | General Tadeusz Kościuszko
Hero of Poland and
The United States of America
From the people of Poland to the people
of the United States of America
Commemorating 200 Years
Of American Independence
[POLISH]
DAR . . . — — Map (db m68370) HM |
| | Soldier, civil engineer. Major general, U.S. Army. Commander, victorious Army of the Potomac at Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Philadelphia was his family's home; he died at No. 1836 here, in a house given to him for his service to the nation. — — Map (db m81957) HM |
| | Born: May 10, 1730 - New Castle, Del. Died: July 14, 1779 - Philadelphia, Pa. He served in the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1777 and was 46 years old when he signed the Declaration of Independence. Buried: Christ Churchyard, Phila., . . . — — Map (db m106475) HM |
| | In Commemoration
of the
tricentennial anniversary year of German
settlement in America and of the
state visit of the President of the
Federal Republic of Germany Karl Carstens
to the United States of America
in October 1983 . . . — — Map (db m107214) 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 |
| | Teacher and journalist lived here. Wrote for many publications on race and feminism. Her books included "The Work of the Afro-American Woman." Fundraiser for Frederick Douglass Hospital; her husband was its founder. — — Map (db m81928) HM |
| | This stone from the battle-field of Gettysburg is placed by the Citizens of the neighborhood in the year 1916, to mark the nearby site of the West Philadelphia General Hospital of the United States Army — later designated the Batterlee General . . . — — Map (db m160449) 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 |
| | Sirs: I am under promise to Mrs. Bingham to sit for you tomorrow at 9 o'clock, and wishing to know if it be convenient to you that I should do so, and it shall be at your house... The new 3-1/2 story brick house on this site in 1795 was . . . — — Map (db m9227) HM |
| | Founded in 1973, the bookstore served as a refuge and cultural center at the onset of the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil-rights movement. The store provided resources to those working to gain legal rights for LGBT people. — — Map (db m83501) 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 |
| | Oldest church in Philadelphia. Founded, 1677, by Swedish settlers. This edifice of Swedish architectural design, was erected 1698-1703. The earlier place of worship was a blockhouse. — — Map (db m21533) HM |
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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 |
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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 |
| | The first racially integrated housing development in Philadelphia, and a model for the nation, was built in 1956 by Morris Milgram, a nationally recognized developer and civil rights proponent. Prominent building and landscape architects, including . . . — — Map (db m82944) HM |
| | Built 1744 John Wister’s Big House The Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks — — Map (db m46869) HM |
| | Born in 1671, she married William Penn, 1696. They lived at Pennsbury, and in the Slate Roof House here, 1699–1701. During his final illness, 1712–18, and until her death, 1726, she was Pennsylvania’s acting proprietor. She was the only . . . — — Map (db m32305) HM |
| | Financier of the Revolution. Came to America ca. 1772. Imprisoned by British, 1776 and 1778. Lived in Philadelphia, 1778-85; active in its Jewish community. A broker, he lent money heavily to support the war. Never repaid, he himself died in debt. — — Map (db m9311) HM |
| | Born March 24, 1821. Died March 19, 1880. ”Give me light to see and strength to do my duty.” Major 28 Pennsylvania Volunteers. June 28, 1861. Lt. Col. 28 Pennsylvania Volunteers. April 25, 1862. Brigadier General U.S. Volunteers. . . . — — Map (db m138647) HM WM |
| | The famous American economist was born here, September 2, 1839. His book "Progress and Poverty" sold in the millions. Tax socially produced land values, he urged, instead of individually produced labor and capital. He died 1897 in New York — — Map (db m82537) 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 |
| | While living here, Tanner studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His earlier works portrayed the ordinary lives of African-Americans. After moving to Paris, Tanner painted religious subjects and won international acclaim. — — Map (db m82491) HM |
| | A prolific landscape artist of over 1000 paintings, Herzog is associated with the 19th century Hudson River School American art movement, which captured unspoiled landscapes across the US. A notable artist in his native Germany, patrons included . . . — — Map (db m83472) HM |
| | Milton Snavely Hershey opened his first candy business here on June 1, 1876, at eighteen years of age. The confectionery shop produced and sold candies, nuts, and baked goods. Although initially successful, credit issues led to its closure. . . . — — Map (db m82642) HM |
| | In this easterly portion of Franklin Square between the years 1741-1835 many faithful members and five beloved pastors of Old First Reformed Church, United Church of Christ, were buried. While a number of the graves were moved when the City of . . . — — Map (db m79212) HM |
| | The grassy depression in front of you marks the location of Dock Creek, a spring-fed, tidal stream that flowed here when Philadelphia was founded. Its waters emptied into the Delaware River about four blocks ahead of you. By 1767, city wastes had . . . — — Map (db m106435) HM |
| | Who was a major magazine publisher, here he founded the Ladies Home Journal in 1883 and rejuvenated the Saturday Evening Post as a magazine of national influence — — Map (db m113162) 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 |
| | Among the oldest of its kind in the nation, the special collections library holds many of the nation’s important founding documents. Founded by prominent citizens in 1824 and located here since 1884, it traces America’s history from the 17th century . . . — — Map (db m82574) HM |
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Archeology
Archeologists not only dig in remote places to uncover ancient civilizations, but they also look for artifacts at urban sites such as this one. Look below for remnants of the President's House foundation using the diagram as a . . . — — Map (db m102416) HM |
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Making History
History is not neat. It is complicated and messy. It is about people, places, and events that are both admirable and deplorable. Here at the site of the house where the first two presidents of the United States resided from . . . — — Map (db m102434) HM |
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Exposed
Washington's letters described planned renovations to the house. These letters and other documents helped us know the outline of the original house and changes to the design. Archeologists discovered a previously unknown kitchen . . . — — Map (db m102442) HM |
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The Celtic influence permeated the British Islands several centuries before Christ, affecting the languages and culture of modern-day Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England. The Roman invasions of Britain resulted in the culture in southern Britain . . . — — Map (db m102321) HM |
| | Restrooms with indoor plumbing replaced outhouses (also known as privies) many years ago. Privies of the 18th century were small buildings with wooden seats over pits dug into the ground—just like the househouses you might use while camping . . . — — Map (db m146642) HM |
| | Holy Trinity was built in 1789 by Philadelphia's German Catholic community. It was the first parish church in the United States established specifically to serve a national group. The religious turmoil and economic hardships of war-torn Germany had . . . — — Map (db m9097) HM |
| | In the grave-yard adjoining this church are buried Commodore John Barry Father of the American Navy. He was chosen by the Continental Congress to command the first warship owned by the colonies and he fought the last naval battle of the . . . — — Map (db m9116) HM |
| | Report from the Fort 21 January 1802 • Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi Out of the fort is the hospital composed of three small rooms 12 feet by 25, it is a good wooden building, but too small. Another two-room wooden building and an . . . — — Map (db m12770) HM |
| | Founded in 1883, this benevolent society of colored hotel workers was one of the largest and most influential early trade organizations in the hotel industry. It promoted labor equality, worker respect, and economic empowerment. Headquartered here . . . — — Map (db m135987) 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 |
| | On the ground occupied by this building once stood the house where lived in 1791 Alexander Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury of the United States — — Map (db m135462) HM |
| | who, during the War for Independence, died prisoners of war in the jails of Philadelphia, and were buried in this ground during the years 1777 and 1778. — — Map (db m9027) HM |
| | The left wing of the American Army, under General Greene moved down Limekiln Pike. The first opposition encountered was west of this spot when a conflict occurred with a regiment of British light infantry. Tablet erected 1928 by the Citizens . . . — — Map (db m136475) HM |
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| | Developed as a memory wall, Indelible quotes from the Declaration of Independence as printed by John Dunlap by order of Congress in 1776. The artwork restores the condemnation of slave trade passage that was deleted by Congress . . . — — Map (db m146656) HM |
| | The State House of Pennsylvania The birthplace of the United States of America — — Map (db m9267) HM |
| | No stranger ever comes to Philadelphia without paying a visit to this structure, and no public edifice exists among us, which is cherished so warmly in the feelings of the citizens. Views of Philadelphia, 1838 The building in front of you . . . — — Map (db m61097) HM |
| | ...The said ground shall be enclosed and remain a public open green and walks forever. Act of Pennsylvania Assembly 1735 The State House Yard, now known as Independence Square, was the scene of both turmoil and tranquility in the late 1700s. . . . — — Map (db m9255) 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 |
| | Formed in 1792 at Independence Hall to write marine insurance and incorporated in 1794, it was the first US firm to insure a building’s contents from fire. One of the most global insurers of the 20th century, INA created the homeowners policy in . . . — — Map (db m106129) HM |
| | 1772—Elected a member of the Carpenter's Company and was instrumental in obtaining the use of Carpenter's Hall for the Continental Congress
1775—Commissioned Captain of an artillery company
1776—Major of a Batallion of . . . — — Map (db m137767) HM |
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To fully understand The Great Hunger, its impact on the Irish people, and the resulting diaspora of the Irish nation, it is essential to examine both the history of Ireland and events leading up to the catastrophe. The twelfth century marked . . . — — Map (db m102348) HM |
| | Born & educated in this city, this leader of the Zionist movement, author, and conservative rabbi presided over many organizations, including the Jewish Nation Fund (1933-43), Zionist Organization of America (1943-61), & American Jewish Congress . . . — — Map (db m83533) HM |
| | Founded 1938 by Marion Turner Stubbs, Lela Jones, and nine other African-American mothers of middle-class families to provide activities for their children despite racial segregation. The local chapter-first in the U.S.-formerly met here. — — Map (db m81918) HM |
| | In honored memory of Jacob Broom, Signer of United States Constitution by the Delaware State Society, NSDAR, in This bicentennial year 1987 — — Map (db m9352) HM |
| | A Black educator who lived here, White was the principal of the Robert Vaux School for forty years. He was a founder of the city's first Black baseball club, the Pythians, and the first president of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital. — — Map (db m82536) HM |
| | A wealthy sailmaker who employed multi-racial craftsmen, Forten was a leader of the African-American community in Philadelphia and a champion of reform causes. The American Antislavery Society was organized in his house here in 1833. — — Map (db m82012) HM |
| | James Forten, 1776-1842
Revolutionary war veteran, sail maker, business owner and a leader of Philadelphia's free black community.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Gardiner Collection
Ki-onTwog-Ky or Cornplanter, . . . — — Map (db m146645) HM |
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| | The Jefferson Street Grounds and later Athletic Park hosted several monumental games here. Early civil rights activist Octavius Catto captained the Pythians against the white Olympic ball club in 1869 – the first interracial baseball game. The . . . — — Map (db m122792) HM |
| | Born to one of Philadelphia's old families. Literary editor, "The Crisis," 1919-26. A prolific writer of New Negro Renaissance fiction, she produced four full-length novels in addition to her poems and critical essays. She died here in 1961. — — Map (db m82986) 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 |
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