The following is a list of libraries located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , active in the 19th century. Included are public libraries, academic libraries, medical libraries, church libraries, government libraries, circulating libraries, and subscription libraries.
Contents
- A
- Academy of Natural Sciences [2] [3]
- Agnes Irwin's School [3]
- Almshouse library [4]
- American Baptist Historical Society [3]
- American Baptist Publication Society [2] [3]
- American Catholic Historical Society [5]
- American Entomological Society [3]
- American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter [5]
- American Philosophical Society (est. 1743). [2] [3]
- American Sunday-School Union [2] [3]
- Apprentices' Library Company [6]
- Athenaeum of Philadelphia [2] [3] [7]
- B
- Baptist Historical Society [8]
- George E. Blake's circulating library [9]
- Board of Missions of Presbyterian Church [2]
- Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies [3]
- Broad Street Academy Library [3]
- Brotherhead's Circulating Library [9]
- Burd Orphan Asylum [3]
- Byberry Library [9]
- C
- Carpenters' Company [2] [3]
- Catholic Philopatrian Society [3]
- Central High School [2] [3]
- Chalk's Circulating Library, North Third St. [9]
- Challen's Circulating Library [10]
- Chase's Circulating Library [11]
- Chestnut Hill Free Library [5]
- Chestnut St. Female Seminary [2]
- Christ Church Hospital [3]
- Christ Church Library [2]
- Christian Hall Library Company [3]
- Church of the Holy Apostle, Sunday School Library [3]
- College Avenue Anat. School [2]
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia [3]
- College of St. Thomas of Villa Nova [2]
- Colored Reading Society [12]
- Controllers of Public Schools Library [2]
- Edward Corfield's circulating library [13]
- D
- E
- Eastburn Academy Library [3]
- Eastern State Penitentiary [2] [3]
- Eclectic Medical College [2]
- Edwin Forrest Home [3]
- Engineers Club [3]
- Episcopal Library and Reading Room [2]
- F
- Female Medical College [2]
- Florence Lit. Inst. and Library [2]
- Franklin Institute [2] [3]
- Franklin Library Association [7]
- Free Circulating Library for the Blind [3]
- Free Library of Philadelphia (est.1891, opened 1894). Main branch located in City Hall (1894), then in Concert Hall (1895–1910) [15]
- Free Reading-Room Association of Spring Garden [2]
- Friends' Asylum for the Insane [2]
- Friends' Library [3]
- Friends' Observatory [2]
- G
- George Institute [3]
- German Society of Pennsylvania [2] [3] [17]
- Germantown Library [5]
- Girard College [2] [3]
- Paul Girard's French Circulating Library [18]
- Girl's Normal School Library [3]
- Grand Army Republic, Post No.2 [3]
- Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania F.A.A.M. [3]
- D. Guillemet's French Circulating Library [19]
- H
- Hahnemann Medical College [3] [20]
- Harwood's Circulating Library [9]
- Hebrew Literature Society [5]
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania [2] [3]
- Home Teaching and Free Circulating Library for the Blind [5]
- Homoeopathic Medical College [2]
- House of Refuge [2]
- Hirst Free Law Library [8] [21] [22]
- I
- Institute for Colored Youth [2]
- Institution for the Blind [2] [3]
- Institution for Deaf and Dumb [2]
- Irish Library of the Cathedral [3]
- J
- K
- L
- La Salle College [3]
- Law Association of Philadelphia [2] [3]
- Leopold's Circulating Library [10]
- Library and Reading Room Association of 23rd Ward (est.1857) [23]
- Library Association of Friends [2] [3]
- Library Company of Colored Persons [12]
- Library Company of Philadelphia (est. 1731), also called the Philadelphia Library [2] [3] [7]
- Library of Foreign Classical Literature and Science [23]
- Library of the Four Monthly Meetings of Friends [2]
- Lovett Memorial Free Library [5]
- M
- Mantua Academy [2]
- Mariners' Church Library for Seamen [3]
- Sarah McDonald's circulating library, S. 11th St. [25]
- Mechanics' Institute of Southwark [2] [3]
- Medical Institute of Philadelphia [2]
- Medico-Chirurgical College [2]
- Memorial Free Library (Mount Airy) [3]
- Mercantile Library Company [3] [7]
- Ann Miller's circulating library [25]
- Moyamensing Literary Institute (est.1852) [2] [3]
- Mutual Library Co. [26]
- N
- New Church Book Association [3]
- North Broad Street Select School [3]
- Northern Dispensary of Philadelphia [3]
- Northern Home [3]
- Northern Liberties Franklin Library [2]
- Northern Liberties Library and Reading Room Co. (est.1830) [23]
- Numismatic and Antiquarian Society [3]
- O
- Odd Fellows' Library [3]
- P
- Page Library [2]
- Peirce College of Business
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [2]
- Pennsylvania College, Medical Dept. [2]
- Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery [2]
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [2] [3]
- Pennsylvania Hospital Medical Library [2] [3]
- Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane [2] [3]
- Pennsylvania Institution for Deaf and Dumb [3]
- Pennsylvania Seamen's Friend Society [2]
- Philadelphia Board of Trade [3]
- Philadelphia City Institute [2] [3]
- The Philadelphia Club Library [3]
- Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery [2]
- Philadelphia College of Medicine [2]
- Philadelphia College of Pharmacy [2] [3]
- Philadelphia County Prison [3]
- Philadelphia Divinity School [3]
- Philadelphia Hospital Library [3]
- Philadelphia Library Association of Colored Brethren [2]
- Philadelphia Maritime Exchange [3]
- Philadelphia Museum library [4]
- Philadelphia Public Library (est.1892), administered by the city Board of Education. Also called City Library [14]
- Philadelphia School of Anatomy [2]
- Philadelphia Seminary [3]
- Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture [2]
- Philadelphia Turngemeinde [3]
- Philips' Circulating Library, Third St. [27]
- John Phillips' circulating library, South Fourth St.
- Polytechnic College [2]
- Mrs. S. Potts' circulating library, Walnut St. [25]
- Presbyterian Board of Publication [2] [3]
- Presbyterian Historical Society [2] [3]
- Presbyterian Home for Widows and Single Women [3]
- Public Library for People of Color [2]
- R
- Roxborough Lyceum [3]
- S
- St. Joseph's College [2]
- St. Timothy's Workingmen's Club and Institute [3]
- Seamen's and Landsmen's Aid Society [5]
- Shallus's Circulating Library [28]
- Social Art Club [3]
- Society of Students' library [4]
- Southwark Library Company (est.1822) [2] [3] [7]
- Spring Garden Institute (est.1835) [2] [3] [23]
- T
- Teachers' Institute of Philadelphia [3]
- Theological Seminary (Mount Airy) [3]
- Theological Seminary Reformed Presbyterian Church [2]
- Theological Seminary St. Charles of Boromeo [2]
- Three Monthly Meetings of Friends [29]
- U
- Union Circulating Library [25]
- Union League Library [3]
- United States Mint [2]
- United States Naval Home [3]
- United States Navy Yard [2]
- Universal Peace Union [3]
- University of Pennsylvania [2] [3]
- Furness Library
- Law Department [2]
- Medical Department [2]
- W
- Wagner Free Institute of Science [2] [3]
- Walnut St. Female Seminary [2]
- West Philadelphia Institute [2] [3]
- Western Library Association of Philadelphia (est.1854) [23]
- Wills Hospital [2]
- Wilson's Circulating Library, South 11th St. [26]
- Wistar Medical College [2]
- Women's Christian Association [29] [30]
- Women's Hospital [29]
- Y
- YMCA Philadelphia [2]
- Young Men's Institute [2]