National Historic Landmark - Playmakers Theatre

National Historic Landmark - Playmakers Theatre

Completed in 1850, this is a small finely-executed example of the Neoclassical style thought to have been designed by New York architect A.J. Davis.

One of the oldest buildings on the campus of the University ...

National Historic Landmark - Cathedral of St. Augustine

St. Augustine Parish, established in 1754, is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in the mainland U.S. The Cathedral is largely a restoration of an 18th-century church.

Information provided by the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park ...

National Historic Landmark - Carew Tower-Netherland Plaza Hotel

National Historic Landmark - Carew Tower-Netherland Plaza Hotel

Built during the Great Depression, this hotel complex is one of the finest examples of skyscraper modernism in America.

The complex of the hotel and tower is a particularly coherent series of ...

National Historic Landmark- Walnut Street Theatre

National Historic Landmark- Walnut Street Theatre

This is one of the oldest surviving theaters in the country.

Opened in 1809 as the Olympic Theater, the building was originally a circus; legitimate drama was being presented here after 1811.

Most of ...

National Historic Landmark-The College of Physicians Building

National Historic Landmark-The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Building

Founded in 1787 as a membership association of physicians, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is the oldest private medical society in the United States.

The College of Physicians has been distinguished for ...

National Historic Landmark-Matthew S. Quay House

National Historic Landmark- Matthew Stanley Quay House

From 1874 until his death, this was the residence Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904), a U.S. Senator who was prominent in Republican machine politics.

Republican National Chairman in 1888, Quay organized and managed Benjamin ...

National Historic Landmark- Pa Academy of the Fine Arts

National Historic Landmark- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Completed in 1876, this two story, fireproof building is the best-preserved of Furness' exuberant Victorian structures, and one of the outstanding Art Schools and Museums in America.

Courtesy National Park Service National ...

National Historic Landmark - Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

National Historic Landmark - Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

Founded in 1793, Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1889) is a living memorial to Richard Allen (1760-1831), former slave, Methodist minister, preeminent Black leader, and founder of the first permanent national association ...

National Historic Landmark-Leap-the-Dips

National Historic Landmark- Leap-the-Dips

Leap-the-Dips is the last known example of a Side-Friction Figure Eight roller coaster. Side Friction Figure Eight roller coasters were once common in amusement parks across North America as well as in parks in other parts of ...

National Historic Landmark - The Hagan House

National Historic Landmark - Isaac Newton and Bernardine Hagan House

The Hagan House is a nationally significant work of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of only two such works in western Pennsylvania.

While Wright designed many houses during his ...