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  2. Pennsylvania Hospital - Wikipedia

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    The emergency room entrance at Pennsylvania Hospital at 9th and Spruce streets. Pennsylvania Hospital is a private, non-profit, 515-bed teaching hospital located at 800 Spruce Street in Center City Philadelphia, The hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, and was the second established public hospital (first was Bellevue) but had the first surgical ...

  3. Blockley Almshouse - Wikipedia

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    The Blockley Almshouse, later known as Philadelphia General Hospital, was a charity hospital and poorhouse located in West Philadelphia. It originally opened in 1732/33 in a different part of the city as the Philadelphia Almshouse (not to be confused with the Friends' Almshouse, established 1713). Philadelphia General Hospital closed in 1977.

  4. List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    January 20, 1999 (Northeast Philadelphia 4641 Roosevelt Blvd. Northwood: The first private psychiatric hospital in the U.S., founded in 1813 by the Quakers.Designed and/or influenced by William Tuke, York Retreat, and Thomas Scattergood.

  5. List of museums in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions, including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses, that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  6. Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry - Wikipedia

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    It was located in the Somerton section of the city on the border with Bucks County. The name of the institution was changed several times during its history, being variously named Philadelphia State Hospital, Byberry State Hospital, Byberry City Farms, and the Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases. It was home to people ranging from the ...

  7. Philadelphia History Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Museum's collections included more than 80,000 objects related to Philadelphia and regional history, including an estimated 10,000 17th- to 20th-century artifacts transferred from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania art and artifact collection in 2009, 1700 Quaker-related items from Friends Historical Association Collection, and collections reflecting Philadelphia manufacturing, the ...

  8. List of tourist attractions in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia Museum of Art at 2600 Benjamin Franklin Franklin Institute at 222 N. 20th Street National Constitution Center at Independence National Historical Park at 143 S. 3rd Street Eastern State Penitentiary at 2027 Fairmount Avenue Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing Museum of the American Revolution at 101 South Third Street

  9. Thomas Bond House - Wikipedia

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    The central core of the Bond house was built in 1769 by Dr. Thomas Bond Sr., a prominent physician and founder of Pennsylvania Hospital, which was chartered in 1751. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1824, a four-foot extension with a new facade was added to the west side, and in the 1830s to 1840s, the building was extended eastward at the rear.