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88newspaper titles
0digitized titles
633historic places
1719earliest paper
1685formed
1,603,797pop. 2020
40cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 88 newspaper titles published in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1719. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 633 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 68 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Philadelphia, Phialdelphia, Phiadelphia.

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Newspapers published in Philadelphia

Library of Congress
88 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
The American Weekly MercuryPhiladelphia1719–1749
Accessible Archives Pennsylvania GazettePhiladelphia1750–1800
The Allied Mercury: Or the Independent IntelligencerPhiladelphia1781–1781
The American Herald, and General AdvertiserPhiladelphia1784–1784
Aurora General AdvertiserPhiladelphia, Bristol1794–1824
The American Star = L'etoile AméricainePhiladelphia1794–1794
The American Star = L'etoile AméricainePhiladelphia1794–1794
The American Star, Or, Historical, Political, Critical, and Moral Journal = L'étoile Américaine, Ou, Journal Historique, Politique, Critique Et MoralPhiladelphia1794–1794
The American Star, Or, Historical, Political, Critical, and Moral Journal = L'étoile Américaine, Ou, Journal Historique, Politique, Critique Et MoralPhiladelphia1794–1794
The American Naval and Commercial RegisterPhiladelphia1795–1795
Bache's Philadelphia AuroraPhiladelphia1797–1800
All-Day City ItemPhiladelphia1800–1875
AuroraPhiladelphia, Frankford1800–1829
Bayerisches Wochenblatt, New York, Philadelphia1800–1899
Amerikanischer BeobachterPhiladelphia1808–1811
American Democratic Herald, and Commercial GazettePhiladelphia1814–1819
The American Centinel and Mercantile AdvertiserPhiladelphia1816–1820
The American Centinel and Mercantile AdvertiserPhiladelphia1816–1820
The American CentinelPhiladelphia1818–1820
American Sentinel, and Mercantile AdvertiserPhiladelphia1820–1899
Aurora & Franklin GazettePhiladelphia1820–1899
Aurora and Pennsylvania GazettePhiladelphia1820–1899
The American SentinelPhiladelphia1820–1840
The American Sentinel and Mercantile AdvertiserPhiladelphia1820–1824
American SentinelPhiladelphia1824–1849
Aurora and Franklin GazettePhiladelphia1824–1828
Amerikanischer CorrespondentPhiladelphia1825–1829
Amerikanischer Correspondent Für Das In-Und AuslandPhiladelphia1825–1829
Aurora & Pennsylvania GazettePhiladelphia1828–1829
Banner of the ConstitutionPhiladelphia, , New York1829–1832
Banner of the ConstitutionPhiladelphia, , New York1829–1832
Banner of the ConstitutionPhiladelphia, , New York1829–1832
Atkinson's Saturday Evening PostPhiladelphia1831–1832
Atkinson's Saturday Evening PostPhiladelphia1831–1832
Atkinson's Saturday Evening PostPhiladelphia1831–1832
The American Pioneer, and Fireman's ChroniclePhiladelphia1831–1833
The American Pioneer, and Military ChroniclePhiladelphia1831–1831
Atkinson's Saturday Evening PostPhiladelphia1833–1839
Atkinson's Saturday Evening PostPhiladelphia1833–1839
Atkinson's Saturday Evening PostPhiladelphia1833–1839
Atkinson's Saturday Evening Post and BulletinPhiladelphia1833–1833
Atkinson's Saturday Evening Post and BulletinPhiladelphia1833–1833
Atkinson's Saturday Evening Post and BulletinPhiladelphia1833–1833
AuroraPhiladelphia1834–1835
AuroraPhiladelphia1834–1835
AuroraPhiladelphia1834–1835
The American Eagle and Philadelphia County DemocratPhiladelphia1836–?
American Weekly MessengerPhiladelphia1837–1837
Alexander's Weekly MessengerPhiladelphia1838–1849
Atkinson's Evening Post and Philadelphia Saturday NewsPhiladelphia1839–1839
Atkinson's Evening Post, and Philadelphia Saturday NewsPhiladelphia1839–1839
Alexander's Express Messenger: And Philadelphia Weekly ChroniclePhiladelphia1840–1843
American Statesman and Spirit of the AgePhiladelphia1840–?
American Statesman, and Philadelphia DemocratPhiladelphia1840–1899
American MessengerNew York, Boston, Philadelphia1843–1923
Alexander's Express MessengerPhiladelphia1844–1846
The AgePhiladelphia1844–?
The American AdvocatePhiladelphia1844–1845
The American AdvocatePhiladelphia1844–1845
The American WomanPhiladelphia1844–1845
The American CitizenPhiladelphia1845–1846
Alexander's Pictorial MessengerPhiladelphia1847–1848
The American Mechanic's Advocate Workingmens' JournalPhiladelphia1847–1850
Arthur's Home GazettePhiladelphia1850–1855
The American BannerPhiladelphia, Camden1850–1859
The American BannerPhiladelphia, Camden1850–1859
The American Banner and National DefenderPhiladelphia, Camden1850–1856
American Saturday CourierPhiladelphia1851–1856
Banner of the CovenantPhiladelphia1860–1870
The American GuardianPhiladelphia1860–1870
The AgePhiladelphia1863–1863
The AgePhiladelphia1866–1874
The BeePhiladelphia1870–1999
The All-Day City ItemPhiladelphia1872–1875
The Agents' HeraldPhiladelphia1877–1896
The AdvancePhiladelphia1887–1909
The AdvocatePhiladelphia1890–1999
AdvisorPhiladelphia, Bensalem1900–?
America : The Official Newspaper of the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics in AmericaPhiladelphia1900–2013
AmerykaPhiladelphia1912–?
Ameryka = AmericaPhiladelphia1912–1998
The Afro-AmericanPhiladelphia1934–1937
The BeaconPhiladelphia1940–1961
The Afro-AmericanPhiladelphia, 1965–1989
ApproachPhiladelphia1967–1969
Awake & MovePhiladelphia1971–1999
Au CourantPhiladelphia1982–2009
AmericaPhiladelphia1998–2013

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

17101789186819472026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

474 of 633 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

633 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
1616 BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
1900 Rittenhouse Square ApartmentsPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
26th District Police and Patrol StationPhiladelphiaBuilding1984
32nd St. and Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia ArmoryPhiladelphiaBuilding1991
Academy of Music NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Adams Avenue Bridge in PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaStructure1988
Adamson, William, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Adelphi SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Ajax Metal Company PlantPhiladelphiaBuilding2014
Albion Carpet MillPhiladelphiaBuilding2016
Alcorn, James, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Alden Park ManorPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Laboratories and David Goddard Laboratories Buildings NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding2009
Allen, Ethan, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Amalgamated CenterPhiladelphiaBuilding2008
American Baptist Publication SocietyPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
American Philosophical Society Hall NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
American Railway Express Company GaragePhiladelphiaBuilding2006
Anderson, Marian, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding2011
Anglecot, ThePhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Arch Street Friends Meeting House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Arch Street Opera HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Arch Street Presbyterian ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Athenaeum of Philadelphia NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Audenried, Charles Y., Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Awbury Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2001
Axe, William W., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
BARNEGAT (lightship)PhiladelphiaStructure1979
Bache, Alexander Dallas, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Bair, Oliver, H., Funeral HomePhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Baird, Matthew, MansionPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Baptist Institute for Christian WorkersPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Bartlett SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Barton, Clara, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Bartram, John, High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Bartram, John, House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Beatty's Mills Factory BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2004
Beeber, Dimner, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Beggarstown SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Belgravia HotelPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Bell Telephone Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2000
Bell Telephone Exchange BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2002
Bell, John C., HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Bellevue Stratford HotelPhiladelphiaBuilding1977
Bellevue Worsted MillsPhiladelphiaBuilding2021
Belmont Avenue Bridge in PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaStructure1988
Belmont SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Benjamin Franklin HotelPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Bergdoll MansionPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
Bergdoll, Louis, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Bethel Burial GroundPhiladelphiaSite2016
Bethel Presbyterian ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding2026
Biberman BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2007
Billmeyer, Daniel, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Billmeyer, Michael, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Birney, Gen. David B., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Bishop Mackay-Smith HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Blankenburg, Reudolph, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate FactoryPhiladelphiaBuilding2023
Board of Education BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Boat House Row NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1987
Boekel BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2003
Bok, Edward, Vocational SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Boone, Daniel, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Bregy, F. Amadee, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Breslyn ApartmentsPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Brewerytown Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1991
Bridesburg SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1989
Broad Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhiladelphiaDistrict1984
Brooks, George L., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Brown, Joseph H., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Brownhill and Kramer Hosiery MillPhiladelphiaBuilding2014
Budd, Edward G., Manufacturing CompanyPhiladelphiaDistrict2007
Buick Motor Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2018
Burk Brothers and CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Butterworth, H.W. and Sons Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2010
Callowhill Industrial Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2010
Carl Mackley HousesPhiladelphiaBuilding1998
Carnell, Laura H., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Carpenters' Hall NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1970
Carroll, Charles, Public SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding2018
Cassidy, Lewis C., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Catharine, Joseph W., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Cathedral of Saints Peter and PaulPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Centennial National BankPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Center City West Commercial Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1988
Center City West Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)PhiladelphiaDistrict2009
Central High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
ChamounixPhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Chandler, George, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Chateau Crillon Apartment HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Chestnut Hill Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1985
Childs, George W., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Christ Church NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1970
Christ Church Burial GroundPhiladelphiaSite1971
Church of St. James the Less NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1974
Church of the Holy TrinityPhiladelphiaBuilding1973
City Line Avenue BridgePhiladelphiaStructure1988
City Park BreweryPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Clarkson-Watson HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1973
Class and Nachod BreweryPhiladelphiaBuilding2003
Cliffs, ThePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Clinton Street Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1972
Cliveden (Chew House) NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Cobbs Creek Automobile Suburb Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1998
College Hall, University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
College of Physicians of Philadelphia Building NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding2008
Colonial Germantown Historic District NHLPhiladelphiaDistrict1966
Colonial Germantown Historic District (Boundary Increase)PhiladelphiaDistrict1987
Coltrane, John, House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1999
Comly, Watson, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Commandant's QuartersPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
Compton and BloomfieldPhiladelphiaDistrict1978
Continental BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2025
Conwell, Russell H., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Conyngham-Hacker HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Cooke, Jay, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Cope, Edward Drinker, House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1975
Creighton, Thomas, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Crossan, Kennedy, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Crown Can Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2018
Darrah, Lydia, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Delaware Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company, ThePhiladelphiaBuilding2016
Delmar ApartmentsPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Deshler-Morris HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Disston, Hamilton, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Disston, Mary, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Dobbins, Murrell, Vocational SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Dobson MillsPhiladelphiaDistrict1988
Dobson, James, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Drake HotelPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Drexel Development Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1982
Drexel and Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Drexel, Francis M., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Drinker's CourtPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Dropsie University ComplexPhiladelphiaDistrict1975
Drueding Brothers Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2012
Druim Moir Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1979
Dunbar, Paul Lawrence, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Dunlap, Thomas, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Durham, Thomas, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
E.A. Wright Bank Note Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2022
Eakins, Thomas, House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
East Center City Commercial Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1984
East Center City Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)PhiladelphiaDistrict2018
Eastern State Penitentiary NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Edmunds, Henry R., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Edward Corner Marine Merchandise WarehousePhiladelphiaBuilding2020
Elfreth's Alley Historic District NHLPhiladelphiaDistrict1966
Elverson, James, Jr., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Emlen, Eleanor Cope, School of PracticePhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Engine Company No. 29PhiladelphiaBuilding2022
Equitable Trust BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Esherick, Margaret, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding2023
Estey HallPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Eyre, Wilson, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1977
Fair Hill Burial GroundPhiladelphiaSite1998
FairelawnPhiladelphiaBuilding2023
Fairmount Avenue Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2002
Fairmount ParkPhiladelphiaDistrict1972
Fairmount Water Works NHLPhiladelphiaDistrict1976
Farragut, David, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Fayette SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Federal Street SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Fell, D. Newlin, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Feltonville School No. 2PhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Ferguson, Joseph C., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1973
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Finletter, Thomas K., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
First Bank of the United States NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1987
First Baptist Church of GermantownPhiladelphiaBuilding2023
First Federal Savings & Loan Association of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaBuilding2025
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia, Northeast BranchPhiladelphiaBuilding2019
First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry ArmoryPhiladelphiaBuilding2017
First Unitarian Church (Additional Data)PhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Fisher's LanePhiladelphiaDistrict1980
Fitler SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Fitzsimons, Thomas, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Fleischer, Helen, Vocational SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Fleisher, Samuel S., Art MemorialPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Forrest, Edwin, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Forrest, Edwin, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Fort Mifflin NHLPhiladelphiaDistrict1970
Fort Mifflin HospitalPhiladelphiaBuilding1969
Founder's Hall, Girard College NHLPhiladelphiaDistrict1969
Frank, Henry S., Memorial SynagoguePhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Frankford ArsenalPhiladelphiaDistrict1972
Frankford Arsenal (Boundary Decrease)PhiladelphiaDistrict2017
Frankford Avenue BridgePhiladelphiaStructure1988
Frankford Avenue BridgePhiladelphiaStructure1988
Franklin Carpet MillPhiladelphiaBuilding2018
Franklin Hose Company No. 28PhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Franklin InstitutePhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Franklin Institute Science MuseumPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Franklin SquarePhiladelphiaStructure1981
Franklin, Benjamin, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Frazier's, Joe, GymPhiladelphiaBuilding2013
Free Quaker MeetinghousePhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Friends Hospital NHLPhiladelphiaDistrict1999
Friends Housing CooperativePhiladelphiaDistrict2015
Fulton, Robert, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Furness Library NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Furness, Horace, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Garden Court Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1984
Garden Court Historic District (Boundary Increase)PhiladelphiaDistrict1986
General Electric Switchgear PlantPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
George, Henry, BirthplacePhiladelphiaBuilding1983
German Society of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaBuilding1992
Germantown Cricket Club NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1987
Germantown Fireproof Storage WarehousePhiladelphiaBuilding2022
Germantown Grammar SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Germantown Grammar School (Boundary Increase)PhiladelphiaBuilding2006
Germantown Jewish CentrePhiladelphiaBuilding2021
Germantown Junction StationPhiladelphiaBuilding1999
Gillespie, Elizabeth Duane, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1989
Girard Avenue Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1985
Girard Avenue West Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2011
Girard College ComplexPhiladelphiaBuilding1974
Girard GroupPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Glen Foerd at TorresdalePhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Globe Ticket Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1984
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic SitePhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Goodman Brothers and Hinlein CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Gotham Silk Hosiery CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding2018
Grace Church, Mt. AiryPhiladelphiaBuilding1998
Graham and Laird, Schober and Mitchell FactoriesPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Gratz, Simon, High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1989
Graver's Lane StationPhiladelphiaBuilding1977
Grays Road Recreation CenterPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Green Tree TavernPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Greenbelt Knoll Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2010
GrumblethorpePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Grumblethorpe Tenant HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Haddington Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1988
Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital Complex Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2025
Haines, Hanson, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Hajoca Corporation Headquarters and ShowroomPhiladelphiaBuilding2003
Hamilton Family EstatePhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Hanna, William B., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Happy Hollow Recreation CenterPhiladelphiaBuilding2014
Harding, Warren G., Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
Harrington Machine ShopPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Harris BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2001
Harrison, William H., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Hatfield HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Head House SquarePhiladelphiaDistrict1972
Henry Whitaker’s Sons’ MillPhiladelphiaBuilding2021
Henry, Charles Wolcott, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Heywood Chair FactoryPhiladelphiaBuilding1984
Hill-Physick House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Hockley RowPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Hogue, Robert M., HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Holman, A. J., and CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding1984
Holme Avenue BridgePhiladelphiaStructure1988
Holmes Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Hopkinson, Francis, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Horn, George L., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Hotel PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaBuilding2012
Houses at 1907-1951 N. 32nd St.PhiladelphiaBuilding1994
Houses at 2000-2018 Delancey StreetPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Houston, Henry H., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1989
Howe, Julia Ward, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Howell HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Howell and Brothers Paper Hangings ManufactoryPhiladelphiaBuilding2017
Hoyle, Harrison & Kaye Textile MillPhiladelphiaBuilding2022
Independence National Historical ParkPhiladelphiaDistrict1966
Institute for Colored YouthPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Insurance Company of North America Building NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Integrity Title Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
International Harvester Company Building-Philadelphia Branch HousePhiladelphiaBuilding2018
Interstate Storage WarehousePhiladelphiaBuilding2025
Irish, Nathaniel, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Ivy LodgePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Jayne, Horace, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Jefferson, Thomas, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Jenks, John Story, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Johnson, John, House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Jones, John Paul, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Juvenile and Domestic Branches of the Municipal CourtPhiladelphiaBuilding2014
Kahn, Harry C. and Son, WarehousePhiladelphiaBuilding2017
Kensington Branch of the Philadelphia YWCAPhiladelphiaBuilding1990
Kensington High School for GirlsPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Key, Francis Scott, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Keystone MillPhiladelphiaBuilding2024
Kinsey, John L., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Kirkbride, Eliza Butler, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
KnowltonPhiladelphiaBuilding1974
La Blanche ApartmentsPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Land Title BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Landreth, David, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Larkin-Belber BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2003
Laurel Hill Cemetery NHLPhiladelphiaStructure1977
Lawndale SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Lea, Henry C., School of PracticePhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Leader TheaterPhiladelphiaBuilding2021
Leidy, Dr. Joseph, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Lesley, J. Peter, House NHLPhialdelphiaBuilding1994
Levering, William, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Lits Department StorePhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Logan Demonstration SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Logan SquarePhiladelphiaStructure1981
Longfellow, Henry, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Lorraine ApartmentsPhiladelphiaBuilding2002
Lowell, James Russell, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Lower North Philadelphia Speculative Housing Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1999
Ludlow, James R., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Malvern HallPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Manayunk Main Street Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1983
Mann, William, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Marine BarracksPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuykill WarehousePhiladelphiaBuilding2004
Marine Corps Supply ActivityPhiladelphiaBuilding1975
Marshall, John, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Martin Orthopedic SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Martin, James, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Mask and Wig Club of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Masonic Temple NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Maxwell, Ebenezer, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Mayfair HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1982
McCallum ManorPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
McClure, Alexander K., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
McDaniel, Delaplaine, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
McDowell Memorial Presbyterian ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding2013
McIlvain, Francis, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Meade, George, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Mechanicsville SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Mecky, A., Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2017
Meehan, Thomas, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Memorial Hall NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
Mennonite MeetinghousePhiladelphiaBuilding1973
Merchants' Exchange Building NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding2001
Meredith, William M., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Metropolitan Opera HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Middishade Clothing FactoryPhiladelphiaBuilding1987
Mifflin SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Mifflin, Thomas, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Mikveh Israel CemeteryPhiladelphiaSite1971
Mill-RaePhiladelphiaBuilding2017
Mitchell, S. Weir, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Monastery, ThePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Monte VistaPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Moore, Capt. Thomas, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Moore, Clarence B., HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1973
Morrison, Andrew J., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Morse Elevator Works Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2026
Most Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church, Rectory and Parochial SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1992
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Mount Pleasant NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Mt. Airy StationPhiladelphiaBuilding1977
Muhlenberg SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Muhr, Simon, Work Training SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Mulford BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2004
Musical Fund Hall NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
N. Snellenburg Company Department Store WarehousePhiladelphiaBuilding2003
National Bank of North PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Nebinger, George W., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Neill-Mauran HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1980
New Century Guild NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1993
New Market NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Nichols, Jeremiah, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
North Broad Street Mansion DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1985
North Broad Street Station, Reading CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding1996
Northeast Manual Training SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Northern Liberties Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1985
Northern National BankPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Northern Saving Fund and Safe Deposit CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding1977
Nugent Home for BaptistsPhiladelphiaBuilding2006
Oakley, Violet, StudioPhiladelphiaBuilding1977
Oaks CloisterPhiladelphiaBuilding2019
Ogontz HallPhiladelphiaBuilding1991
Old City Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1972
Old Federal Reserve BankPhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Old Germantown Academy And Headmasters' HousesPhiladelphiaDistrict1972
Olney Elementary SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Olney High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Ortlieb, Henry F., Company Bottling HousePhiladelphiaBuilding2014
Overbrook FarmsPhiladelphiaDistrict1985
Overbrook Gardens ApartmentsPhiladelphiaBuilding2021
Overbrook High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Overbrook SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Packard Motor Corporation BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Park Towne PlacePhiladelphiaBuilding2011
Parkside Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1983
Paterson, John M., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Peale, Charles Willson, House NHLPhiladelphiaDistrict1966
Peirce, William S., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Penn Asylum for Indigent Widows and Single WomenPhiladelphiaBuilding2023
Penn TowersPhiladelphiaBuilding2012
Penn Treaty Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Penn Wynn HousePhiladelphiaBuilding2017
Penn, William, High School for GirlsPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Pennell, Joseph, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Pennsylvania Hospital NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and DumbPhiladelphiaDistrict1985
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1999
Pennsylvania Railroad Office BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2003
Pennsylvania State Office BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2010
Pennypacker, Samuel W., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Peter Woll and Sons FactoryPhiladelphiaBuilding2020
Philadelphia City Hall NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
Philadelphia College of Art (Additional Documentation)PhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Philadelphia College of Art (Boundary Increase)PhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Philadelphia Contributionship NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
Philadelphia High School for GirlsPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Philadelphia Macaroni Company FactoryPhiladelphiaBuilding2026
Philadelphia National CemeteryPhiladelphiaSite1997
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1999
Philadelphia Quartermaster DepotPhiladelphiaBuilding2010
Philadelphia Racquet ClubPhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
Philadelphia School of Design for Women NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1993
Philadelphia School of Occupational TherapyPhiladelphiaBuilding2003
Philadelphia Stock ExchangePhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Philadelphia Wholesales Drug Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1990
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight ShedPhiladelphiaBuilding2011
Physicians and Dentists BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1987
Pinehurst ApartmentsPhiladelphiaBuilding1987
Pitcairn BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Plays and PlayersPhiladelphiaBuilding1973
Plaza ApartmentsPhiladelphiaBuilding2005
Poe, Edgar Allan, House, National Historic Site NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Poe, Edgar Allen, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Portico RowPhiladelphiaBuilding1977
Poth and Schmidt Development HousesPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Poth, Frederick A., Houses,PhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Powelton Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1985
Powelton, ThePhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Powers, Thomas, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Presser Home for Retired Music TeachersPhiladelphiaBuilding2006
Princeton ClubPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Pringle Electrical Manufacturing Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2024
Progress Lighting Manufacturing CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding2016
Protestant Episcopal Church of the SaviourPhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Provident Mutual Insurance CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding2019
Quaker City Dye WorksPhiladelphiaBuilding2012
Race Street Friends Meetinghouse NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1993
Rafsnyder-Welsh HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Ralston, Robert, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Ramcat Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1986
Ramsey, J. Sylvester, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Randolph HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Read, Thomas Buchanan, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Reading Company Grain ElevatorPhiladelphiaStructure1982
Reading Terminal and Trainshed NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Regent-Rennoc CourtPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Reyburn Manufacturing Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2022
Reynolds, Gen. John F., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Reynolds-Morris House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1967
Richmond SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Richmond Station, Philadelphia Electric CompanyPhiladelphiaDistrict2021
Ridge Avenue Bridge in PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaStructure1988
Ridge Avenue Farmers' MarketPhiladelphiaBuilding1984
Ringgold PlacePhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Rittenhouse Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1983
Rittenhouse Historic District (Boundary Increase)PhiladelphiaDistrict2010
Rittenhouse SquarePhiladelphiaStructure1981
RittenhouseTown Historic District NHLPhiladelphiaDistrict1992
Roberts-Quay HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1976
Robeson, Paul, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding2000
Rodeph Shalom SynagoguePhiladelphiaBuilding2007
Rohm and Haas Corporate HeadquartersPhiladelphiaBuilding2007
Roosevelt, Theodore, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Rowen, William, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Royal TheaterPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Ruan, John, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Ryerss MansionPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
S.L. Allen & Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2023
SS UNITED STATES (Steamship)PhiladelphiaStructure1999
Sandoz Chemical WorksPhiladelphiaBuilding2021
Sansom RowPhiladelphiaDistrict1977
Schaeffer, Charles, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Scherer, Frank C., Wagon WorksPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Schlichter Jute Cordage CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding2021
Schoettle, Edwin J., Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2014
Second Bank of the United States NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1987
Seymour, Edward B., HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1987
Sharpless, William C., HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Sharswood, George, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Shaw, Anna Howard, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Shedwick, John, Development HousesPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Sheridan, Philip H., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Shoemaker, William, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Smaltz BuildingPhiadelphiaBuilding2005
Smedley, Franklin, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Smith, Walter George, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Smyser and English PharmacyPhiladelphiaBuilding2002
Snellenburg's Clothing FactoryPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Social Service BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2002
Society Hill Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1971
Solomon HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1978
South Front Street Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1972
South, George W., Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church of the Advocate NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Southwark DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1972
Southwark Municipal PiersPhiladelphiaBuilding2024
Southwark SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Special Troops ArmoryPhiladelphiaBuilding1991
Spring Garden DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1978
Spring Garden District (Boundary Increase)PhiladelphiaDistrict1983
Spring Garden School No. 1PhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Spring Garden School No. 2PhiladelphiaBuilding1986
St. Anthony Hall HousePhiladelphiaBuilding2005
St. Anthony de Padua Parish SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1992
St. Augustine's Catholic ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding1970
St. Elisabeth’s Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding2025
St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church ComplexPhiladelphiaDistrict2021
St. George's Methodist ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
St. James HotelPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
St. John's ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious BoysPhiladelphiaBuilding1996
St. Mark's Episcopal Church NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
St. Peter's Church NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1996
St. Peter's Episcopal Church of GermantownPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
St. Stephen's Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Stanton, Edwin M., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Stanton, M. Hall, Public SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding2018
Star Carpet MillPhiladelphiaBuilding2023
Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company ComplexPhiladelphiaBuilding2010
Stenton NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Stevens, Thaddeus, School of ObservationPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Stewart, John, HousesPhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Strawbridge and Clothier Department Store WarehousePhiladelphiaBuilding2018
Strickland, William, RowPhiladelphiaDistrict1977
Suburban Station BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1985
Suffolk Manor ApartmentsPhiladelphiaBuilding2002
Sullivan, James J., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Sully, Thomas, Residence NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Sulzberger, Mayer, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Sun Oil BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Sykes Brothers Yarn Mill (Additional Documentation)PhiladelphiaBuilding2019
Tacony Disston Community Development Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2016
Tacony Music HallPhiladelphiaBuilding1990
Tanner, Henry O., House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1976
Tasty Baking Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2011
Taylor, Bayard, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Terminal Commerce BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1996
Textile National BankPhiladelphiaBuilding2026
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National MemorialPhiladelphiaBuilding1970
The BIOSIS Headquarters BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding2026
The Elverson BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1996
Thirtieth Street StationPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Thirty-third Street Bridge in PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaStructure1988
Thomas Mill Covered BridgePhiladelphiaStructure1980
Thomas, George C., Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Tilden, William J., Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Times Finishing WorksPhiladelphiaBuilding2016
Tindley Temple United Methodist ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding2011
Tioga MillsPhiladelphiaBuilding2021
Touraine, ThePhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Tulpehocken Station Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1985
U.S. Mint Building at PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaBuilding2021
U.S. Naval Home NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1972
U.S.S. OLYMPIA NHLPhiladelphiaStructure1966
US Court House and Post Office BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1990
USS BECUNA (SS-319) NHLPhiladelphiaStructure1978
USS DES MOINES (CA-134)(cruiser)PhiladelphiaStructure
Union League of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Union Methodist Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
United States Custom HousePhiladelphiaBuilding2011
United States Post Office-Main BranchPhiladelphiaBuilding2006
University Avenue BridgePhiladelphiaStructure1994
University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1978
Upper Roxborough Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2001
Upper Roxborough Historic District (Boundary Increase)PhiladelphiaDistrict2004
UpsalaPhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Uptown Theater and Office BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Vare, Abigail, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Vare, Edwin H., Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Vaux, Roberts, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
WCAU StudiosPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
WFIL StudioPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Wagner Free Institute of Science NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1989
Wagner, Gen. Louis, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Walnut Park Plaza HotelPhiladelphiaBuilding2005
Walnut Street Theatre NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1966
Walnut-Chancellor Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Walton, Rudolph, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Wanamaker, John, Store NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Warburton HousePhiladelphiaBuilding2002
Warwick, ThePhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Washington Avenue Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1984
Washington SquarePhiladelphiaStructure1981
Washington Square West Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1984
Washington, George, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Watson, Sally, HousePhiladelphiaBuilding1982
Waverly GaragePhiladelphiaBuilding2018
Wayne Junction Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2012
Wayne, Anthony, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Weisbrod & Hess BreweryPhiladelphiaBuilding2025
Wesley AME Zion ChurchPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Wesley BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1984
West Diamond Street Townhouse Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1991
West Philadelphia High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company CarhousePhiladelphiaBuilding2021
West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1998
West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District (Boundary Increase)PhiladelphiaDistrict2018
Wharton Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding2019
Whittier, John Greenleaf, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Widow Maloby's TavernPhiladelphiaBuilding1972
Wilde, John and Brother, Inc.PhiladelphiaBuilding2013
Willard, Francis E., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
William Brown Company Hosiery MillPhiladelphiaBuilding2019
Willow Steam PlantPhiladelphiaBuilding2025
Wills HospitalPhiladelphiaBuilding1984
Wilmot, David, SchoolPhildelphiaBuilding1988
Wilson, James, Public SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding2012
Wilson, Woodrow, Junior High SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Windsor Manufacturing CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding2024
WissahickonPhiladelphiaBuilding1983
Wissahickon InnPhiladelphiaBuilding1979
Wissahickon Memorial BridgePhiladelphiaStructure1988
Wister, Mary Channing, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Witherspoon BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1978
Wolf, George, SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1988
Woman's Medical College of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaDistrict2008
Woodford NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1967
Woodland TerracePhiladelphiaDistrict1972
Woodlands, The NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1967
Wright, Richardson L., SchoolPhiladelphiaBuilding1986
Wyck House NHLPhiladelphiaBuilding1971
WynnestayPhiladelphiaBuilding2008
Wyoming Central Office of the Bell Telephone CompanyPhiladelphiaBuilding2015
YMCA of GermantownPhiladelphiaBuilding1991
Yorktown Historic DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict2012
Young Men's Christian AssociationPhiladelphiaBuilding1980
Young, Smyth, Field Company BuildingPhiladelphiaBuilding1992
Zion Baptist Church and Educational AnnexPhiladelphiaBuilding2023

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Philadelphia was formed in 1685 (1685-04-01) from unknown / original county.

PHILADELPHIA created as one of three original counties in Pennsylvania in 1682 but no boundaries were specified. On 1 Apr 1685 PHILADELPHIA boundaries defined.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Philadelphia County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

2.1M1.1M54k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
54,39181,009137,097258,037565,529847,1701,293,6971,823,7791,931,3342,071,6052,002,5121,688,2101,517,5501,603,797

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic SiteNational Historic Site5.5 km
Independence National Historical ParkNational Historical Park6.5 km
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National MemorialNational Memorial7.4 km
Valley Forge National Historical ParkNational Historical Park28.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

40 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 40 of 40 listed
NameLatLon
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery40.01928-75.07092
Belvue Cemetery40.00293-75.11249
Benjamin Franklin's Grave39.95241-75.14826
Byberry Friends Burial Ground40.10217-74.98051
Cedar Hill Cemetery40.02439-75.07419
Chelten Hills Cemetery40.06514-75.16412
Christ Church Burial Ground39.95196-75.14805
Fairhill Cemetery39.99677-75.14601
Greenmount Cemetery40.01688-75.12157
Greenwood Cemetery40.02199-75.09637
Har NEBO Cemetery40.03912-75.0868
Hood Cemetery40.02916-75.16193
Ivy Hill Cemetery40.07546-75.18078
Laurel Hill Cemetery40.0005-75.18876
Leverington Cemetery40.03395-75.21287
Magnolia Cemetery40.02416-75.05272
Mikveh Israel Cemetery39.94615-75.15559
Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery39.99847-75.07732
Mount Carmel Cemetery40.02455-75.07156
Mount Moriah Cemetery Naval Plot39.9325-75.2369
Mount Peace Cemetery40.00087-75.18195
Mount Sinai Cemetery40.01835-75.06967
Mount Vernon Cemetery39.99955-75.1852
New Cathedral Cemetery40.00968-75.12735
New Cathedral Cemetery40.0095-75.12623
North Cedar Hills Cemetery40.0282-75.07157
Northwood Cemetery40.06128-75.14449
Oakland Cemetery40.02372-75.09966
Old Cathedral Cemetery39.97123-75.22082
Old Crispin Cemetery40.05708-75.02164
Palmer Kensington Burial Ground39.97471-75.12955
Philadelphia National Cemetery40.05862-75.15487
Philadelphia National Cemetery40.05861-75.1549
Roxborough Baptist Church Cemetery40.03318-75.21296
Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Cemetery40.03849-75.22697
Saint Mary of the Assumption Cemetery40.03819-75.2273
Saint Peters German Redemptionist Fathers Cemetery39.9902-75.09602
Trinity Cemetery39.92232-75.17757
William Penn Cemetery40.12555-75.01171
Woodlands Cemetery39.94712-75.20304
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Bell Road39.90678-75.23379

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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