National Historic Landmark-Fulton Opera House

National Historical Landmark-Fulton Opera House

This early Victorian structure was built (1852) to serve several civic purposes.

It was named in honor of Robert Fulton, co-inventor of the steamboat, and a native of the county. It remains the oldest continuously ...

National Historic Landmark-Friends Hospital

National Historical Landmark- Friends Hospital

Friends Hospital was the first private, nonprofit, exclusively mental hospital in the United States and is the oldest continuing such institution.

The social and medical concerns which Quakers held regarding psychiatric problems guided Friends Hospital in ...

National Historic Landmark-Founders Hall Girard College

National Historical Landmark-Founders Hall Girard College

This is an outstanding example of philanthropic support for education in the United States, and also one of the finest late Greek Revival buildings in America.

Wealthy merchant Stephen Girard bequeathed $6 million to Philadelphia ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Mifflin

National Historical Landmark-Fort Mifflin

In October and November 1777, Fort Mifflin was the scene of a spirited defense by the Americans against a British fleet intent on opening the Delaware River supply line into newly captured Philadelphia.

Although the British captured ...

National Historic Landmark-Forks of the Ohio

National Historical Landmark- Forks of the Ohio

This is the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers and is the strategic key to the Ohio Valley.

The French erected Fort Duquesne here in 1754; the British replaced it with Fort Pitt ...

National Historic Landmark-Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

National Historical Landmark-Mercer Fonthill Museum, and Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

These three sites are associated with Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930), antiquarian, designer of Arts-and-Crafts ceramics, and a visionary architect who was one of the first designers to work with ...

National Historic Landmark-First Bank of the United States

National Historical Landmark-The First Bank of the United States

The proposal to charter this institution provoked the first great debate over strict as opposed to expansive interpretation of the Constitution.

The Congress and President Washington, by following Alexander Hamilton's proposal and chartering ...

National Historic Landmark-Fallingwater

National Historical Landmark- Fallingwater

A summer house built for a Pittsburgh millionaire, Fallingwater (1937) has been called the most famous modern house in the world.

The house, cantilevered over a waterfall, is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterworks.

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 ...