National Historic Landmarks (NHL) in the Five County Area
NHL's, buildings, structures, sites, and objects of national
significance as designated by the National park service, can be found
on the web at
http://www.nps.gov/crweb1/history/nhl/nhlidx.html
The
general format of each entry is:
Name of site (listed alphabetically)
- Date named an NHL
- Location (County and State)
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
12/29/1962
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HALL
01/12/1965
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
ANDALUSIA
11/13/1966
Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
ANTES (HENRY) HOUSE
04/27/1992
Upper Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
ATHENAEUM
12/08/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
AUGUSTUS LUTHERAN CHURCH
12/24/1967
Trappe Borough, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
BARTRAM (JOHN) HOUSE
10/09/1960
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
BECUNA (USS)
01/14/1986
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
BOATHOUSE ROW
02/27/1987
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
BRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELD
01/20/1961
Chadds Ford, Birmingham Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
BUCK (PEARL S.) HOUSE
01/16/1980
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
CARPENTERS' HALL
04/15/1970
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
CEDARCROFT
11/11/1971
Chester County, Pennsylvania
CHRIST CHURCH
04/15/1970
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
CLIVEDEN
01/20/1961
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
COLONIAL GERMANTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
06/23/1965
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
COPE (EDWARD D.) HOUSE
05/15/1975
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
DELAWARE CANAL
12/08/1976
Northampton And Bucks Counties, Pennsylvania
EAKINS (THOMAS) HOUSE
12/21/1965
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY
06/23/1965
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
ELFRETH'S ALLEY HISTORIC DISTRICT
10/09/1960
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
FAIRMOUNT WATER WORKS
05/11/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
05/04/1987
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
FONTHILL, MERCER MUSEUM, AND MORAVIAN POTTERY AND TILE WORKS
02/04/1985
Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
FORT MIFFLIN
08/29/1970
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
FOUNDER'S HALL, GIRARD COLLEGE
08/04/1969
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
FURNESS LIBRARY, SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
02/04/1985
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
GERMANTOWN (MANHEIM) CRICKET CLUB
02/27/1987
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
GRAEME PARK
10/09/1960
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
GREY TOWERS
02/04/1985
Glenside, (Milford????)Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
HARPER (FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS) HOUSE
12/08/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
HILL-KEITH-PHYSICK HOUSE
01/07/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
HONEY HOLLOW WATERSHED
08/04/1969
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
INSTITUTE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL
06/23/1965
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA (INA) BUILDING
06/02/1978
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
LESLEY (J. PETER) HOUSE
10/12/1994
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
LOGAN (JAMES) HOME
01/12/1965
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
LUKENS HISTORIC DISTRICT
04/19/1994
Coatesville Borough, Chester County, Pennsylvania
M. CAREY THOMAS LIBRARY
07/17/1991
Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
MARSHALL (HUMPHRY) HOUSE
12/23/1987
Marshallton, West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
MEMORIAL HALL
12/08/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
MERION CRICKET CLUB
02/27/1987
Haverford, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
MERION GOLF CLUB
04/27/1992
Ardmore, Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
MILL GROVE
05/05/1989
Audubon, Lower Providence, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
MOTHER BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH
05/30/1974
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
MOUNT PLEASANT
05/30/1974
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
NEW CENTURY GUILD
11/04/1993
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
NEW MARKET
11/13/1966
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
OLYMPIA (USS)
01/29/1964
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
PEALE (CHARLES WILSON) HOUSE
12/21/1965
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
05/15/1975
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL
06/22/1965
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA CITY HALL
12/08/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP
12/22/1977
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY (PSFS) BUILDING
12/08/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL OF DESIGN FOR WOMEN
11/04/1993
Philadelphia, Phiadelphia County, Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA'S MASONIC TEMPLE
02/04/1985
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
POE (EDGAR ALLAN) HOUSE
12/29/1962
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
PRINTZHOF, THE
11/05/1961
Essington, Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
RACE STREET MEETINGHOUSE
11/04/1993
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
READING TERMINAL AND TRAINSHED
12/08/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
REYNOLDS-MORRIS HOUSE
12/24/1967
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
RITTENHOUSETOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
04/27/1992
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
SECOND BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
05/04/1987
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
1704 HOUSE
12/24/1967
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
ST. JAMES-THE-LESS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
02/04/1985
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
02/04/1985
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
SULLY (THOMAS) RESIDENCE
12/21/1965
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
SUMMERSEAT
07/17/1965
Morrisville Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
TANNER (HENRY O.) HOMESITE
05/11/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
UNITED STATES NAVAL ASYLUM
01/07/1976
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
VALLEY FORGE
01/20/1961
Chester And Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania
VON STEUBEN (GENERAL FRIEDRICH) HEADQUARTERS
11/28/1972
Chester County, Pennsylvania
WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
12/14/1990
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
WALNUT STREET THEATRE
12/29/1962
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
WANAMAKER (JOHN) STORE
06/02/1978
Philadelphia, Philadephia County, Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON'S CROSSING (Also in New Jersey)
01/20/1961
Between Titusville, Mercer County, New Jersey And New Hope, Bucks
County,Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS
11/28/1972
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
WAYNESBOROUGH
11/28/1972
Paoli, Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
WEST (BENJAMIN) BIRTHPLACE
12/21/1965
Swarthmore Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
WOODFORD
12/24/1967
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
WOODLANDS
12/24/1967
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
WYCK
12/14/1990
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania