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10 [1948] Breakaway delegations left the Philadelphia Convention for conventions of the Progressive and States Rights Democratic Parties. The Progressives, meeting on July 23, also in Philadelphia, nominated former Vice President Henry A. Wallace of Iowa for President and Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho for Vice President.
Ohio House. / 39.984997°N 75.216176°W / 39.984997; -75.216176. The Ohio House, or the Ohio State Building, is an historic, American building that is located in west Fairmount Park, Philadelphia . It is listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places [1] and is an inventoried structure within the Fairmount Park Historic District ...
Many important candidates are not shown here because they were never endorsed by a national party convention (e.g. William Henry Harrison in 1836, George C. Wallace in 1968, John B. Anderson in 1980 and Ross Perot in 1992); for a list by year of all notable candidates (at least one Elector or 0.1% of the popular vote), please see List of United ...
The Broad Street Historic District is a historic district in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded roughly by Juniper, Cherry, 15th, and Pine Streets, covering an area about one block on either side of Broad Street. [2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Philadelphia City Hall under construction in 1881. The building was designed by Scottish-born architect John McArthur Jr. and Thomas Ustick Walter [ 13] in the Second Empire style, and was constructed from 1871 to 1901 at a cost of $24 million. City Hall's tower was completed by 1894, [ 1] although the interior was not finished until 1901.
The Christmas Village in Philadelphia is an annual outdoor Christmas market event in LOVE Park, at which vendors in wooden booths and a vendor tent sell international seasonal holiday gifts, ornaments, arts, and crafts, as well as European food, sweets, and hot beverages. The Christmas Village was formerly held at City Hall, since LOVE Park was ...
This is a list of public artworks in Philadelphia. The Association for Public Art estimates the city has thousands of public artworks; [1] the Smithsonian lists more than 700. [2] Since 1959 nearly 400 works of public art have been created as part of the city's Percent for Art program, the first such program in the U.S. [3]
Twelfth Street Meetinghouse. January 25, 1971. (#74002334) 1974. 20 S. 12th Street(original location) 40°12′41″N 74°56′02″W. / 40.2112873°N 74.933794°W / 40.2112873; -74.933794 ( Twelfth Street Meetinghouse) Center City, Philadelphia. Delisted after being dismantled and relocated to George School in Newtown, Bucks County ...