Historical Markers in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
16"/50 Caliber Mark 7 Gun Barrel Number 293
1900 Rittenhouse Square Apartments
1914-1918 Tribute Trees
2012 Delancey Place
21st Ward Korean and Vietnam War Memorial
21st Ward World War Memorial
A Backyard in the Capital City
A Day of Reciprocity
A Fashionable Promenade
A Grand Cultural Boulevard
A Home For Art
A Home for Art
A National Cemetery System
A Street Scene in the Capital City
A Working-Class House in the Capital City
A.M.E. Book Concern
Abraham Lincoln
Academy of Natural Sciences
Address by President Lincoln
Aero Memorial
Aero Memorial Pillar
African American Baseball in Philadelphia
African Zoar Methodist Episcopal Church
AIDS Library of Philadelphia
Albert M. Greenfield
Alexander Milne Calder
Alfred J. Reach
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors
American Bandstand
American Friends Service Committee
American Pharmaceutical Association
American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society Hall
An Gorta Mór - Ireland's Great Hunger
Andrew Hamilton
Anne Brancato Wood
Anthony J. Drexel
Arch Street Friends
Arch Street Meeting House
Archeology
Archeology Methods and Interpretation
Arrival and Reception
Artillery
Artillery Corps Washington Grays
Auditors Office Site
Awarding a Peace Medal
Baker Bowl National League Park
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Barbara Gittings
Barry
Baruch S. Blumberg
Battle of Germantown Monument
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Germantown
Benj. H. Hodgson
Benjamin Banneker Institute
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush Medicinal Plant Garden
Benjamin Rush, M.D.
Benjamin Smith Barton
Berean Institute
Bethel Burying Ground
Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross House
Bicentennial Dawn
Bicentennial Moon Tree
Blackwell House
Bladen's Court
Booth Maternity Center
Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler
Broad Street Station
Buckley Park
Burholme Memorial for Peace
Burholme World War I Memorial
Busleton Field
Byberry Hall
C. Delores Tucker
Capt. Charles Massey House
Capt. Henry J. Biddle
Carpenters' Hall
Carpenters' Hall
Casemates or Bombproofs
Casimir Pulaski
Caspar Wistar
Catherine Hanson
Center Square
Central Library
Charles Allen Smith
Charles Mason
Charles Thomson
Chef Hercules
Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy World War II Memorial
Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy World War Memorial
Christ Church
Christ Church
Christ Church
Christ Church Burial Ground
Christian Street Hospital
Christian Street YMCA
Christopher Saur
Christopher Sower
Chronology of Benjamin Franklin
Church of the Advocate
Citadel - 1796
Citizens and Southern Bank
Civil War Soldiers And Sailors Memorial
Civilian Public Service
Cliveden
Colonial Herb Garden
Commercial Digital Computer Birthplace
Commodore David Porter
Commodore Isaac Hull
Commodore John Barry
Commodore John Barry (1745 - 1803)
Commodore John Barry, U. S. N.
Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy
Confederate Burials in the National Cemetery
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Congregation of the Dead
Connie Mack
Contagion and Liberty
Courage of the Scottish Immigrants
Cruiser Olympia - Submarine Becuna
Crystal Bird Fauset
Cyrus Bustill
David Bustill Bowser
David Rittenhouse
David Salisbury Franks
Death Carts
Declaration Chamber
Declaration House
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence Signators
Delplaine House
Dewey's Sit-in
Don Juan Bautista Bernabeu
Doretta A. McMunn
Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach
Dr. Constantine Hering
Dr. Mary Davis Ridgway
Dutch Settlements on the Delaware
Eastern State Penitentiary
Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
Eddie Gottlieb
Eddie Lang
Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site
Edith "Edie" Windsor
Edmund N. Bacon
Edward Drinker Cope
Elfreth's Alley
Elisha Kent Kane
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
Elliott Building
Engine Company No. 11
ENIAC
Exiles for Conscience Sake
Expert Fishers of Fort Mifflin
Fairmans Mansion
Fairmount Dam
Fairmount Water Works
Fairmount Water Works
Father Divine
Fawcitt House Site
Federal Street Burial Ground
Female Medical College of Pennsylvania
First African Baptist Church
First African Baptist Church Cemetery
First African Presbyterian Church
First Bank of the United States
First Continental Congress
First Mennonite Church in America
First Protest against Slavery
First Republican National Convention
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
First United States Mint
Forbidden Drive
Fort Mifflin
Fort Mifflin (Mud Fort) on Mud Island
Frances E.W. Harper
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson (Philadelphia Home)
Francisco de Miranda
Frank Furness
Frank Gasparro
Frank N. Piasecki
Franklin Court
Franklin Privy Pit
Franklin's Neighborhood
Fraunces Tavern
Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital
Freedom is a Light
Freedom Now Rally
Freedom Theatre
Friends Meeting
Friends Select School
From Marsh to Solid Ground
From Reservoir to Art Museum
Gay Rights Demonstrations
General George McClellan / Major General John Fulton Reynolds
General Hugh Mercer
General Stephen Moylan
General Tadeusz Kosciuszko
George Gordon Meade
George Ross
German Tricentennial Anniversary
Germantown Meetinghouse
Gertrude E. H. Bustill Mossell
Giannini Family
Gilbert Stuart House
Giovanni's Room
Girl Scout Cookies
Glomar Explorer
Gloria Dei Church
Government Of The People
Green Building at Friends Center
Green Spaces, Fresh Air
Greenbelt Knoll
Grumblethorpe
Hannah Callowhill Penn
Haym Salomon
Hector Tyndale
Henry George
Henry L. Phillips
Henry O. Tanner
Herman Herzog
Hersheys First Candy Store
Historic Burial Grounds
Historic Dock Creek
Historic Site in Journalism
Historic Site in Journalism
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
History Lost & Found
History of Scotland
History Where You Least Expect It
Holy Trinity
Honor the Immortal Dead
Hospital & Mess Hall
Hotel Brotherhood USA
House of Industry
House Where Lived in 1791 Alexander Hamilton
In Memory of the Many American Soldiers
In The Battle of Germantown
In This Building
Indelible
Independence Hall
Independence Hall
Independence Square
Institute For Colored Youth
Insurance Company of North America
Interred in this church yard are the mortal remains of General Thomas Proctor
Ireland's Past - A Prelude to Disaster
Israel Goldstein
Jack and Jill of America Foundation
Jacob Broom
Jacob C. White Jr.
James Forten
James Forten, 1776 - 1842 / Ki-onTwog-Ky or Cornplanter, 1732/40 - 1836
James Madison 4th President lived here
James Wilson
Jefferson Street Ballparks
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Joe Venuti
John Bartram
John C. Asbury
John Christian Bullitt
John E. Fryer, M.D.
John F. Kennedy
John J. McDermott
John N. Neumann
John Nepomuk Maelzel
John Page Nicholson
John Vallance - Engraver
John W. Coltrane
John Wanamaker
Joseph and Amy Cassey
Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Huston
Julian Francis Abele
June 5th Memorial
Kahal Kodosh Mikveh Israel
Kelpius Community
Keys To Community
Knowlton
Kopernik
Landing of the German Colonists
Laura Wheeler Waring
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Laurel Hill Cemetery: A Garden For The Dead
Library of the American Philosophical Society
Lieutenant Joseph Bonnell
Life Under Slavery
Linked in Memory
Logan Square, Logan Circle
Lombard Street Riot
London Coffee House
Lorenzo L. Langstroth
Louis I. Kahn
Louisa May Alcott
Lower Venice Island Paper Mills
Lutheran Publication Society
Major William Jackson - 40th Signer of the U.S. Constitution
Making The City Beautiful
Manayunk Canal Locks 69 & 70
Manayunk Stoops: Heart and Home
Manuel Torres
Marc Blitzstein
Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson House
Mario Lanza
Market Square
Mason-Dixon Survey
Masonic Temple Philadelphia
Mathew Carey
Mathew Carey, Publisher
Matthew Clarkson
Matthias William Baldwin
Maxfield Parrish
McClellan House
Mechanics' Union of Trade Associations
Memorial to the Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolution
Merchants' Exchange Cupola Restoration
Mercy Hospital
Meriwether Lewis
Meta V.W. Fuller
Mexican-American War Monument
Mikveh Israel
Mikveh Israel Cemetery
Monument to Scottish Immigrants
Mother Bethel
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
Mother Jones
Mothers Day
Mount Moriah Temple Baptist Church
Mount Vernon to Philadelphia
Mower General Hospital
Moyamensing Prison
Muddy Island in the Marsh
Muhammad's Temple of Islam #12
National Funeral For President Washington
Native Plants of Fort Mifflin
New Century Guild
New Hall
NFL Films
Nicholas Biddle
Nicola Monachesi
Notable Liberty Medal Ceremonies
Notable Visitors to the Liberty Bell
Old Custom House
Old Philadelphia Congregations
Old Pine Street
Old St. George's
Old St. Joseph's
Old St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
Old St. Mary Cemetery
Old St. Mary's
Old St. Marys Roman Catholic Church
Old Swedes' Church
Oldest Photograph
Oney Escapes!
Opportunities Industrialization Centers
Ora Washington
Original Cobblestone
Owen Wister
Park Information
Parkway Museums District
Passage and Emigration
Paths & Pavilions
Paul Philippe Cret
Paul Robeson
Peales Mastodon, 2017
Pearl Bailey
Penn Treaty Park
Penn Treaty Park: A Place of Peace
Pennepack Baptist Church
Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Pennsylvania Bible Society
Pennsylvania Hall
Pennsylvania Hospital
Pennypack Creek Bridge
Penn's Plan
Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad
Philadelphia Bank Building
Philadelphia Beirut Bombing Memorial
Philadelphia Chinatown
Philadelphia City Hall
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science
Philadelphia Conference
Philadelphia Electric Company
Philadelphia Exchange
Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
Philadelphia Fire Department Memorial
Philadelphia Flower Show
Philadelphia General Hospital
Philadelphia Knights of Pythias
Philadelphia National Cemetery
Philadelphia Sketch Club
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks
Philadelphia Tribune
Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Philip Syng, Jr.
Philosophical Hall
Philosophiæ et Scientiæ Domus
Pierce Butler
Police Department Philadelphia
Pope John Paul II
Powder Magazine
Powel House
Power And Politics
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Preserving America's Treasures
President Abraham Lincoln
Prince Hall Grand Lodge
Printz's (Old Swedes) Mill
Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
PSFS Building
Public Sector Collective Bargaining
Purple Heart Memorial
Quaker Meeting House Site
Quaker School Site
Quakers at Friends Center
Quartermasters Store
Queen Village / The New Market and Head House
Ralph Modjeski
Reading Terminal and Market
Rear Admiral George W. Melville
Rear Admiral John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren
Reformed Church of Germantown
Refuge in the country
Religious Liberty
Resting Place of Seven Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Rev. Dr. Leon Howard Sullivan
Rev. Isaac Leeser
Revolutionary Soldiers Buried Here
Revolutionary War Witness Tree
Reynolds-Morris House
Ricketts' Circus
Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse Homestead
Rittenhouse Square
Rittenhouse Town
Rittenhousetown Historic District
Robert Aitken (1734-1802)
Robert Bogle
Robert Cornelius
Robert Mara Adger
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (1734 - 1806)
Robert Patterson
Robert Purvis
Robert Smith
Rodin Museum
Rohm and Haas [Headquarters]
Rose Garden
Roy Campanella
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Sadie T.M. Alexander
Samuel Hopkins
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial
Sarah Josepha Hale
Schuylkill Arsenal
Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia
Second Bank of the United States
Secretary of the Navys Office Site
Secretary of the Treasurys Office Site
Sevill Schofield's Economy Mills
Shibe Park / Connie Mack Stadium
Shot Tower
Siegmund Lubin
Siegmund Lubin
Sister Cities Park
Sixth, Eleventh and Twelfth Wards World War I Memorial
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse
Society Hill / The New Market and Head House
Soldiers Monument at Germantown
Soldiers of the War of 1812
Soldiers Barracks
Sorrow and Joy
South 9th Street Curb Market
St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia
St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church
St. Charles Seminary
St. Clement's Episcopal Church
St. George's Church
St. John Neumann
St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Parish
St. Peter Claver Catholic Church
St. Peter's Church
St. Thomas' African Episcopal Church
Standard Theatre
Starvation
Stephen Decatur
Stephen Girard (1750 -1831)
Stephen Smith
Strawberry Mansion
Strengthening Ties with the United States
Suppressing the Opposition
Surgeons Hall Site
Swann Memorial Fountain
Swedish Settlements on the Delaware
Tamanend
Ten Box Shelter
Terminal Commerce Building
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
The American Side of the Street
The Arsenal of Independence
The Ayer Building
The Barrymores
The Bourse
The Capital City
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The City Plan of Philadelphia
The City Tavern
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Building
The Concord School House
The Delaware Regiment
The Dirty Business of Slavery
The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dunbar Theatre
The Executive Branch
The First Bible in English
The Gates of Hell
The German Society of Pennsylvania
The Germantown White House
The Graduate Apartments
The Graff House
The Grand Battery
The Great Elm
The Great Treaty
The Great World War Memorial
The Heart of the Parkway
The History of Franklin Court
The Home of John Penn
The Home of Juan de Miralles
The House & the People Who Worked & Lived In It
The House of Samuel Powel
The Irish in America
The Irish Memorial / Leacht Cuimhneacháin na nGael
The Jacob Rittenhouse Home at RittenhouseTown
The Jewish Hospital
The Johnson House
The Keeper of the House
The Kelly Family
The Last Resting Place of Benjamin Franklin
The Legendary Blue Horizon
The Lessons of The Great Hunger
The Liberation of Jane Johnson
The Mounted Amazon Attacked by a Panther / The Lion Fighter
The MOVE Bombing
The Names of the People Who Lived on This Block
The opener of the Way
The Original Eight Bells in this Church
The Penn Relays
The Penn Society Obelisk
The Pennsylvania Slave Trade
The Philadelpha Pyramid Club
The Philadelphia Contributionship
The Philadelphia Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
The Philadelphia Zoo
The Poes in Philadelphia
The Potato Blight - Its Origin
The President's House - Washington and Adams
The President's House Site 1790-1800
The Public School of Germantown
The Salvation Army
The Shipyard During World War II
The Siege of Fort Mifflin
The Signer
The Solitude
The Solitude
The SPHAs Basketball Team
The Spruce Street Houses
The Thinker
The Tulpehocken Station Historic District
The Welsh Society
The Woodlands
The Woodlands-Historic Mansion, Cemetery and Landscape
Thomas A. Edison High School and the Vietnam War
Thomas Bond House
Thomas E. Cahill
Thomas Eakins
Thomas Fitzsimons
Thomas Holme (1624-1695)
Thomas McKean
Thomas Smith
Thomas Sully Residence
Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887)
Three Disks, One Lacking
Tindley Temple
Todd House
Tom Foglietta
Tomas Garrigue Masaryk
Tommy Loughran
Torpedo Casemate
Tribal Chieftains
Tun Tavern
U.S.C.T. Burials in the National Cemetery
U.S.S. United States
Union Fire Company,
Union League of Philadelphia
Union Local 274, American Federation of Musicians
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Upsala
US Sanitary Commission Great Central Fair
Valley Green Inn
Venice Island
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Stadium
VFW Post 389 Veterans Memorial
Violet Oakley
W.C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
W.E.B. Du Bois
Walnut Lane Bridge
Walnut Lane Bridge
Walnut Street Prison
Walnut Street Theatre
Walter Golaski
Washington Avenue Immigration Station
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Washington Monument
Washington Square
Washington's Death and a Renewed Hope for Freedom
Welcome to Manayunk
Welcome to the Betsy Ross House
Welcome to the Liberty Bell.
Welcome to Washington Square
West Sallyport
West Wing - Independence Hall
What Makes Wetlands?
Whitaker Mill Cedar Grove
William Allen
William Henry Drayton
William Lewis
William McKinley
William Penn
William Penn
William Penns Prayer for Philadelphia
William Still
William Whipper
Wills Eye Hospital
Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999)
Wissahickon Boys Club
Wissahickon Inn
Wissahickon Valley
Wood Street Riverbank Steps
World War I
World War II
World Wars Memorial
Wyck
Wyoming Branch of the Free Library
"An Act respecting fugitives from Justice"
"Associators"
"Burn this treaty to Hell!"
"Freedom might be too great a temptation"
"I will fear no Evil"
"Pat's King of Steaks"
"The Italian Market"
"We shall come to a civil war"
"
is hereby empowered to sieze such Fugitives"
"
it was intended to be an expression of the American mind
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A Man Full of Trouble Tavern
Common Sense
Evangeline
The Place You Tread is Holy Ground-
About Philadelphia County
Philadelphia County Timeline
Philadelphia County, located in the southeastern part of Pennsylvania, has a rich and diverse history that spans more than three centuries. Its history can be traced back to the late 17th century when William Penn founded the city of Philadelphia in 1682 as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. The area, originally inhabited by indigenous Lenape people, quickly grew into a major center for trade, commerce, and governance.
During the 18th century, Philadelphia became a hotbed of political activity and played a significant role in the American Revolution. It was in Philadelphia that the Second Continental Congress met and adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The city also served as the temporary capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800, while Washington, D.C., was under construction.
In the 19th century, Philadelphia County experienced significant industrial growth, becoming a major center for manufacturing and transportation. The county’s location along the Delaware River made it an ideal hub for the shipping and textile industries. Immigrants from various countries, including Ireland, Italy, and Germany, flocked to Philadelphia in search of employment opportunities, leading to a demographic shift and cultural diversity within the county.
In the 20th century, Philadelphia County faced its fair share of challenges and underwent periods of economic decline. However, the city and county have since revitalized and reinvented themselves as a dynamic and thriving metropolis. Today, Philadelphia County is known for its rich history, vibrant arts and culture scene, iconic landmarks such as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, and its role as a major center for education and healthcare.
During the 18th century, Philadelphia became a hotbed of political activity and played a significant role in the American Revolution. It was in Philadelphia that the Second Continental Congress met and adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The city also served as the temporary capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800, while Washington, D.C., was under construction.
In the 19th century, Philadelphia County experienced significant industrial growth, becoming a major center for manufacturing and transportation. The county’s location along the Delaware River made it an ideal hub for the shipping and textile industries. Immigrants from various countries, including Ireland, Italy, and Germany, flocked to Philadelphia in search of employment opportunities, leading to a demographic shift and cultural diversity within the county.
In the 20th century, Philadelphia County faced its fair share of challenges and underwent periods of economic decline. However, the city and county have since revitalized and reinvented themselves as a dynamic and thriving metropolis. Today, Philadelphia County is known for its rich history, vibrant arts and culture scene, iconic landmarks such as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, and its role as a major center for education and healthcare.
Philadelphia County Timeline
This timeline provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
- 1624 - Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen Mey claims the area for the Dutch Republic
- 1682 - William Penn founds the city of Philadelphia as the capital of the Pennsylvania colony
- 1701 - Philadelphia becomes a separate county, known as Philadelphia County
- 1774-1778 - Philadelphia serves as the temporary capital of the United States during the Revolutionary War
- 1787 - Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) hosts the Constitutional Convention
- 1800-1830 - Philadelphia experiences rapid industrial growth and becomes a major manufacturing center
- 1844 - Consolidation Act merges Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County into a single governmental entity
- 1861-1865 - Philadelphia supports the Union during the American Civil War
- 1876 - Philadelphia hosts the Centennial Exposition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
- 1901 - Philadelphia's population exceeds one million, becoming the third-largest city in the United States
- 1952 - Independence National Historical Park is established, encompassing many key historic sites in Philadelphia
- 1976 - Philadelphia celebrates the United States' Bicentennial with various events and festivities