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May 11, 1976 (North Philadelphia Eastern banks of the Schuylkill River: Fairmount Park: First municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822, it operated until 1909.
The properties are distributed across all of Philadelphia's 12 planning districts. East/West Oak Lane, Olney, Upper North and Lower North are included as North Philadelphia. Kensington, Near Northeast and Far Northeast are part of Northeast Philadelphia. Roxborough/Manayunk and Germantown/Chestnut Hill are a part of Northwest Philadelphia.
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
There are 612 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks. North Philadelphia includes 170 of these properties and districts, of which 17 are National Historic Landmarks; the city's remaining properties and districts are listed elsewhere. Two sites are ...
There are more than 600 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks. South Philadelphia includes 63 of these properties and districts, including 2 National Historic Landmarks; the city's remaining properties and districts are listed elsewhere. One site is split between South ...
Aerial view of Lemon Hill Mansion. This list contains all of the extant historic houses located in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Most of the houses are referred to as mansions due to their size and use as the summer country estates of Philadelphia's affluent citizens in the 18th and 19th centuries.
According to the Philadelphia Historical Commission, sites eligible for listing are those that possess any of the following: [2] Has significant character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the city, commonwealth or nation, or is associated with the life of a person significant in the past.
Bartram's Garden is a 50-acre public garden and National Historic Landmark in Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, situated on the banks of the Tidal Schuylkill River. [2] Founded in 1728 by botanist John Bartram (1699–1777), it is the oldest botanical garden to survive in North America. [ 3 ]