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c. 1678–84. House. Oldest structure in Fairmount Park; possibly the oldest extant house in Philadelphia. Wall House. Elkins Park. 1682. House. Oldest house in Pennsylvania which has had continuous family residency; possibly the oldest stone house in Pennsylvania. Caleb Pusey House.
United States Custom House (Philadelphia) / 39.947969°N 75.14476839°W / 39.947969; -75.14476839. The United States Custom House is a historic United States federal government building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built between 1932 and 1934 to the Art Deco designs of the architectural firm of Ritter & Shay, the building occupies an ...
Built. 1850. Architect. McAuley & Co. NRHP reference No. 79002320 [1] Added to NRHP. November 20, 1979. Glen Foerd is a historic mansion and estate located in the Torresdale neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overlooking the Delaware River near the mouth of Poquessing Creek .
January 20, 1961. Designated NHLDCP. June 23, 1965. Cliveden ( / ˈklɪvdən / or KLIV-dən ), also known as the Chew House, is a historic site owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, located in the Germantown neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. Built as a country house for attorney Benjamin Chew, Cliveden was completed in ...
Andalusia (estate) / 40.06194°N 74.95833°W / 40.06194; -74.95833. Andalusia, also known as the Nicholas Biddle Estate, is a historic mansion and estate located on the Delaware River, just northeast of Philadelphia, in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The community surrounding it, Andalusia, takes its name from the 225 ...
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.
Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States. The structure, which is the centerpiece of Independence National Historical Park, was designated a World Heritage Site in 1979.
Blockley Almshouse. Coordinates: 39.94406°N 75.19618°W. Entrance of Philadelphia General Hospital (Old Blockley) 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 ...