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  2. Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. Designated. June 26, 1956. Belmont Mansion is a historic mansion located in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Built in the early 18th century, the mansion is one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in the United States. Since 2007, the mansion has hosted the Underground Railroad Museum.

  3. Philadelphia City Hall - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia City Hall under construction in 1881. The building was designed by Scottish-born architect John McArthur Jr. (1823-1890), and Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887). [13] in the French Second Empire style of architecture, and was constructed from 1871 to 1901 at a cost of $24 million dollars (late 19th century value of American money).

  4. List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    39°58′28″N 75°09′33″W  /  39.9744°N 75.1592°W  / 39.9744; -75.1592  (Philadelphia School of Design for Women) Cabot. Edwin Forrest House, first home of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, founded in 1848 by Sarah Peter, the only women's art and design college in the nation. 47. Edgar Allan Poe House.

  5. Mount Pleasant (mansion) - Wikipedia

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    October 15, 1966 [1] Designated NHL. May 30, 1974 [2] Mount Pleasant is a historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, atop cliffs overlooking the Schuylkill River. It was built about 1761–62 in what was then the countryside outside the city by John Macpherson and his wife Margaret. Macpherson was a privateer, or perhaps a pirate, who had ...

  6. Wyck House - Wikipedia

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    Original in collection of Library Company of Philadelphia. The Wyck house, also known as the Haines house or Hans Millan house, is a historic mansion, museum, garden, and urban farm in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its well-preserved condition and its ...

  7. Iconic American Architectural Marvels You Should See at Least ...

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    1400 Smith Street. Houston. It won't win any points for a creative name, but 1400 Smith Street in Houston is a Texas landmark, a 691-foot skyscraper designed by the architectural firm Lloyd Jones ...

  8. Walnut Street Theatre - Wikipedia

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    1903, Willis Hale. 1920, William H. Lee. Architect. William Strickland. Website. walnutstreettheatre.org. Walnut Street Theatre, founded in 1808 at 825 Walnut Street, on the corner of S. 9th Street in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, is the oldest operating theatre in the United States. [3]

  9. 19 Virtual Tours of Famous Homes - AOL

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    Just 13 miles south of Washington, D.C., sits the bucolic estate of George and Martha Washington. For more than half a century, visitors have flocked to tours of the largest privately-owned home ...