National Historic Landmark-Fairmount Waterworks

National Historical Landmark-Fairmount Water Works

The Fairmount Water Works, located on the east bank of the Schuylkill River at the head of navigable waters, used innovative methods for pumping water and was an integral part of the initial five acres ...

National Historic Landmark-David Espy House

National Historical Landmark- David Espy House

At the time of the Whiskey Rebellion (1794), this 2-1/2-story fieldstone home was owned by a local official, David Espy.

Espy made it available for the temporary use of President Washington (October 19-21, 1794) who ...

National Historic Landmark-Wharton Esherick

National Historical Landmark- Wharton Esherick, House and Studio

From 1926 to 1966, this was the home and workplace of Wharton Esherick (1887-1970), an artist and craftsman who applied the principles of modern sculpture to all his work, including furniture and architectural ...

National Historic Landmark-Ephrata Cloister

National Historical Landmark-Ephrata Cloister

Erected between 1740 and 1746, this group of buildings shows a strong German architectural influence.

The cloister is part of a self-sufficient community founded by a German Pietist mystic in 1732.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic Landmarks

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National Historic Landmark-Emmanuel Episcopal Church

National Historical Landmark-Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Designed by one of America's premier architects, Henry H. Richardson, Emmanuel Episcopal Church is a small and simple religious structure that is representative of his ecclesiastical buildings.

Not known as a church architect, Richardson died soon ...

Tabernacle Baptist Church

This church was founded in 1893 as Mount Olive Baptist Church. In 1894, the first public black school in West Palm Beach was organized and held classes in the church through 1896. Built in 1925, this Neo-Romanesque Revival style structure ...

St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church - West Palm Beach

Organized by the Rev. Charles Long, Sr. in 1900, St. Paul is the oldest church in Pleasant City. As membership grew, the congregation built a small church and named it Gethsemane. When African American families were forced to move from ...

Old Pleasant City Elementary School

One of two black schools in West Palm Beach, Pleasant City Elementary School began on the first floor of the Mount Parnassis Odd Fellows Hall. Constructed in 1914, this was the only building in the Pleasant City area designed by ...

Northwest Neighborhood Historic District

Bounded by NW 2nd and 11th Streets, North Rosemary and Douglas Avenues.

Local black builders and contractors such as Simeon Mother, R.A. Smith, J.S. Woodside, Alfred Williams and Samuel O. Major constructed most of the buildings in this district. Local architects ...

The Mickens House (Private)

The Mickens House was built in 1917. Alice Frederick Mickens rose to prominence as a promoter of higher education for blacks. She was chosen Outstanding Woman of the Century at the American Negro Emancipation Convention in 1963 and entertained such ...