Fox Chase Farm is one of two working farms in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formerly owned by the Wistar family, the farm is located on Pine Road in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia on the border with Montgomery County. The farm gradually became surrounded by the city's residential neighborhoods and was purchased by the city in 1975. It is now run as an educational farm by the School District of Philadelphia.
Solomon House is an 1887 brick-and-brownstone building at 17th and Moravian Streets in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was designed by the architectural firm of Furness & Evans, headed by Frank Furness, Philadelphia's leading architect in the last quarter of the 19th century. It was built as the southernmost of a row of five city houses by developer Joseph Solomon and contractor B. Ketcham. It became Solomon's own house, and is the only one of the five still standing.
John E. Weidenboerner House is a historic home located at St. Mary's in Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1881 in the Italianate style. It is located within the St. Marys Historic District.
St. Marys Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Marys in Elk County, Pennsylvania. It includes 399 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, one contributing structure, and five contributing objects. It encompasses the historic central business district, adjacent residential district, and St. Joseph's Convent. Also located in the district are several historic churches. The oldest building in the district is a stone structure built about 1845. The earliest section is oriented around the "Diamond." Located within the district is the separately listed John E. Weidenboerner House. Also located in the district are two buildings designed by architect William P. Ginther; the Sacred Heart Church (1906-1907) and the addition to St. Joseph's Convent (1907).
The Sackville House was a historic building in East Washington, Pennsylvania. It was located at 309 East Wheeling Street in Washington, Pennsylvania before it was demolished in 1980.
The Gettysburg Armory is a former National Guard armory located at Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The 61x96 ft Art Deco facility was constructed as a $43,331 Works Projects Administration project for the local National Guard unit. The two-story building housed a garage and repair shop for military vehicles, a classroom, administrative space, and a drill hall. From the beginning, the Armory was used not only by the National Guard, but also by the local community, for sporting events and community meetings. In 1944, the Gettysburg Armory was used as a temporary German Prisoner of War camp while the official camp was being constructed on the Gettysburg Battlefield. Later the building was designated as a public fallout shelter by the National Fallout Shelter Survey.
Nathan Harvey House is a historic home located at Mill Hall in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1804, and is a two-story, rectangular stone dwelling, seven bays wide. It has a gable roof and exemplifies Georgian style design characteristics. It features a full-width front porch. It was built by Mill Hall's first settler and founding father Nathan Harvey.
"Breezedale", also known as Sutton-Elkin House, is a historic home located on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania at Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1865 and 1868, and has a 2 1/2-story, brick main building, 20 feet by 30 feet, in a Late Victorian-Italianate-style. Attached to the main section are a 12 feet by 18 feet wood addition, and two brick extensions. It features a classic portico and cupola. The building has been used as a dormitory and for classroom space, since being a part of the University after 1915. It is now home to Breezedale Alumni Center.
John B. McCormick House is a historic home located at South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built between 1817 and 1829, and is a 2 1/2-story, three bay, stone building with a gable roof and massive gable chimney. It was expanded between 1905 and 1905 by John B. McCormick. At that time, a large, two story hip and gable roofed addition was built on the rear. Attached to that is a one-story, shed roofed addition with a parapet. The original house was modified with the addition of a three-story stone tower, porch with Doric order supporting columns, and dormers.
Saint Paul Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. St. Paul's parish was established in 1834. When the diocese was established in 1843 St. Paul's Church was chosen as the cathedral. The first two St. Paul Cathedrals were located on Grant Street downtown. As the downtown area was claimed by industries, the residential areas shifted to other areas of the city. St. Paul's property was sold to the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. The present Gothic Revival structure was designed by Egan and Prindeville of Chicago and completed in 1906. They used Cologne Cathedral as their inspiration. Philadelphia contractor Thomas Reilly built the new cathedral in the Oakland neighborhood. The pipe organ was provided by Andrew Carnegie. The cathedral serves the spiritual needs of approximately 3,000 worshipers. It became a contributing property in the Schenley Farms Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Joseph J. Oller House is a historic home located at Waynesboro in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1891–1892, and is a 2 1/-2-story, 17 room brick dwelling in the Queen Anne-style. A two-story addition was built in 1910. The house features a multi-gabled slate roof and a projecting round bay topped by a tower and conical roof. Also on the property is a one-story, wood-frame carriage house and two-story, wood-frame stable. The property is headquarters of the Waynesboro Historical Society.
Edward Davies House is a historic home located at Caernarvon Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1805, and is a 2 1/2-story, "T"-shaped stone dwelling with a gable roof in the Federal style. It has three sections: the two bay eastern section that was originally Davies shop; the three bay western section that was originally his dwelling; and the rear "Old Kitchen" section.
Kirks Mills Historic District is a national historic district located at Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 12 contributing buildings in the village of Kirks Mills. They are Jacob Kirk's Mansion House, Brick Mill / Kirk's Mill, the brick miller's house, stone and log barn converted to a residence in 1975, Joseph Reynold's House (1825), Eastland Friend's Meeting and Tenant House, Ephriam B. Lynch House (1880s), Harry Reynolds House, Manuel Reynolds House, Eastland School House (1838), and Log House. The Jacob Kirk's Mansion House is a three-story, brick dwelling with a two-story ell. It features a full porch on the front and right sides. Kirk's Mill is a 2 1⁄2-story brick building with a slate gable roof. It was remodeled to a residence about 1940.
Lacawac is a historic estate located in Paupack Township and Salem Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1903, as a summer estate of Congressman William Connell (1827-1909). Six of the eight buildings remain. They are the main house, barn, spring house, pump house, Coachman's Cabin, and ice house. The buildings are in an Adirondack Great Camp style. The main house is a 2 1⁄2-story frame dwelling with a cross gable roof. It features two-story porches and the interior is paneled in southern yellow pine.
Bache-Martin Elementary School is a preK–8 school located in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia. The school campus comprises two distinct buildings along 22nd Street, both of which were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
William W. Bodine High School for International Affairs is an historic high school located in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.
The Marian Anderson House is a historic home located in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built circa 1870 in the same neighborhood where opera singer and civil rights advocate Marian Anderson was born 27 years later, this two-story, brick rowhouse dwelling was designed in the Italianate style. Purchased by Anderson in 1924, the same year she became the first African-American concert artist to record spirituals for a major American recording company, she continued to reside here until 1943.
Mill Tract Farm, also known as the George Boone Homestead, is a historic house and farm complex located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The original section of the house was built about 1750, with a western addition built about 1790 and rear additions completed between 1790 and 1820. It is a two-story, five-bay, L-shaped fieldstone dwelling in the Georgian style. Also on the property are a 2 1⁄2-story, stone grist mill ; early-19th-century, 2 1⁄2-story, fieldstone tenant house; large, late-18th-century stone-and-frame barn; stone pig pen; and two-story, stone horse barn. The grist mill was purportedly built by George Boone, III, grandfather of frontiersman Daniel Boone, who received the original land grant.
Chester County Historical Society (CCHS) is a non-profit historical society, founded in 1893, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting the history of Chester County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area. The Historical Society is located at 225 North High Street in downtown West Chester.
