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40°26′18″N 79°59′46″W / 40.4384°N 79.9961°W / 40.4384; -79.9961 (Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail) Allegheny. Spectacular jail and courthouse designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson in a Romanesque style. 4. Allegheny Portage Railroad of the Pennsylvania Canal. Allegheny Portage Railroad of the Pennsylvania ...
September 19, 1999 [ 2 ] The Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site which is located near Avella in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. [ 4 ] The site is a rock shelter in a bluff overlooking Cross Creek (a tributary of the Ohio River), and contains evidence that the area may have been continually inhabited for more than 19,000 years.
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. As of 2015, there are over 3,000 listed sites in Pennsylvania. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have listings on the National Register. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 18, 2024.[1]
Former longtime home of the Philadelphia Orchestra and current home of the Pennsylvania Ballet and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. The oldest opera house in the United States that is still used for its original purpose. 2. American Philosophical Society Hall. American Philosophical Society Hall. More images.
Clickable map of Pennsylvania counties. This is a list of Pennsylvania State Historical Markers which were first placed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1914 and are currently overseen by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) as part of its Historical Markers Program. Since the modern PHMC program began in 1946, [1 ...
The monument at the William Penn Landing Site in Chester, Pennsylvania marks the spot of the first landing of William Penn on the territory of Pennsylvania, on October 28 or 29, 1682 (O.S.). Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, landed in the only town in the province, then known as Upland. The monument at the site was designed by ...
National Historical Park in Pennsylvania, United States, managed by the National Park Service, except for Grey Towers National Historic Site, which is uniquely managed by the U.S. Forest Service. All historic areas in the National Park System are automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Penns Park Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.