Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and Old Post Office

Pennsylvania Avenue is certainly among the world's most famous streets. While the Avenue serves work-a-day Washington as a major east-west transit route, it is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital. Many Presidential inauguration parades and ...

29th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

29th Regiment

Pennsylvania Infantry

Reached this point at 6 P.M.

Battle of Missionary Ridge

November 25, 1863

Marker is at the intersection of South Crest Road and East View Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania

Honors the city of New Castle, Delaware where William Penn first landed in the New World, 27 October 1682.

Marker is on 2nd Street just from Delaware Street.

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National Historic Landmark-Pennsylvania State Capitol Building

National Historic Landmark-Pennsylvania State Capitol Building

The Pennsylvania State Capitol building is an example of Renaissance Revival architecture as defined through Beaux Arts Classicism.

It also reflects an outstanding collaboration between architect, artist, sculptor, and craftsman, seeking to develop a true ...

National Historic Landmark- Pennsylvania Hospital

National Historic Landmark- Pennsylvania Hospital

Authorized by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1751 and at its present location since 1756, this is the earliest established public hospital in the country.

Conceived by Dr. Thomas Bond, an eminent Philadelphia physician of the 18th ...

National Historic Landmark- Pennsylvania Hospital Institute

National Historic Landmark - Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital

Completed in 1859, this hospital for the mentally ill introduced innumerable innovations for its day and influenced similar institutions throughout America.

Its basic plan was the work of Dr. Thomas ...

Pennsylvania Hall

Though the building only stood for four days, Pennsylvania Hall occupies an important place in the history of abolitionism and women's rights in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Hall was built in 1838 as a meeting hall for abolitionists in Philadelphia. Two thousand ...

Pennsylvania State Forest Academy

The Commonwealth’s first forestry school was established here at Mont Alto in 1903 and named the State Forest Academy in 1905. Among the first in the nation, it later merged with the Pennsylvania State University. Joseph T. Rothrock, the Commonwealth’s ...

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 7688

1915

A Standard Freight Locomotive:

With more than 3000 Consolidations on the roster by 1907, the 2-8-0 was clearly the Pennsylvania's locomotive of choice for freight service. Despite the success of current designs, the railroad continuously strove to make a better and ...

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 3750

1920

The Success of the K4s Locomotive:

Perpetually searching for more powerful and efficient locomotives, the Pennsylvania Railroad introduced its new standard passenger power in 1914. The K4s Pacific blended the best attributes of other successful locomotives including the E6 Atlantic and ...