National Historic Landmark - Thomas Sully Residence

National Historic Landmark - Thomas Sully Residence

Thomas Sully (1783-1872), a painter of historical scenes and one of the best-known portrait painters of his day, lived briefly in this brick rowhouse around 1828.

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National Historic Landmark -Stiegel-Coleman House

National Historic Landmark -Stiegel-Coleman House

Part of this stone house was built by William Stiegel and part by Robert Coleman, co-owners of an iron furnace which manufactured war materiel during the Revolution

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National Historic Landmark -Staple Bend Tunnel

National Historic Landmark -Staple Bend Tunnel

Finished in June 1833, the Staple Bend tunnel was advertised as the first railroad tunnel in the United States. It was the third tunnel of any kind built in the US, the first tunnels were ...

National Historic Landmark- St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia)

National Historic Landmark- St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia)

Constructed between 1758 and 1764, St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church is nationally significant for its unique Anglican church plan produced by one of colonial America's premier builders of the Georgian style, Robert Smith.

National Historic Landmark-Saint Mark's Episcopal Church

National Historic Landmark- Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (Jim Thorpe)

Designed (1865-1869) late in Richard Upjohn's career, St. Mark's is an unusual design set in the side of a hill. Commissioned by the philanthropist, Asa Packer, one of America's richest men of ...

National Historic Landmark-Rittenhousetown Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Rittenhousetown Historic District

An important industrial community that spans the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Rittenhousetown is the core of a village that grew up around the first paper mill (1690) in British North America.

At one time ...

National Historic Landmark-Reynolds-Morris House

National Historic Landmark- Reynolds-Morris House

Built 1786-87, this L-shaped, 3-1/2 story brick building is one of the finest surviving examples of a Georgian Philadelphia row townhouse, an important representation of Georgian city architecture.

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National Historic Landmark-Reading Terminal and Trainshed

National Historic Landmark- Reading Terminal and Trainshed

Completed in 1893, this, the largest single-span (259 feet by 8 inch), arched-roof trainshed in the world, is a monument in the history of engineering.

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National Historic Landmark-Race Street Meetinghouse

National Historic Landmark- Race Street Meetinghouse

Race Street Meetinghouse, which served as the site of the Hicksite Yearly Meeting from 1857 to 1955, was at the forefront of women's involvement both in Quaker religion and in American political activism.

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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 ...