National Historic Landmark-Matthew S. Quay House

National Historic Landmark- Matthew Stanley Quay House

From 1874 until his death, this was the residence Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904), a U.S. Senator who was prominent in Republican machine politics.

Republican National Chairman in 1888, Quay organized and managed Benjamin ...

National Historic Landmark-Pulpit Rocks

National Historic Landmark- Pulpit Rocks

Pulpit Rocks is a prime example of the findings of the First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania and the impact of that survey upon the study of the geology of the eastern United States.

This survey, conducted ...

National Historic Landmark-Printzhof

National Historic Landmark- Printzhof

Constructed about 1643 of hewn logs, the Printzhof was the residence of Johan Printz, Governor of New Sweden, the first permanent European settlement in what was to become Pennsylvania. Today, the only visible remains of the settlement ...

National Historic Landmark-Joseph Priestley

National Historic Landmark- Joseph Priestley House

From 1794 until his death, this was the residence of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). Priestley's research in chemistry enabled him to identify oxygen in 1776 and carbon monoxide in 1794. One wing of this frame house ...

National Historic Landmark-Terence Vincent Powderly House

National Historic Landmark-Terence Vincent Powderly House

This was the long-time home of Terence Vincent Powderly (1849-1924), who from 1879 to 1893 was the head of the Knights of Labor, an early national labor organization.

The Knights flourished under his leadership for ...

National Historic Landmark-Edgar Allan Poe House

National Historic Landmark- Edgar Allen Poe House

From 1842 to 1844, this was the home of Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849). Poe wrote some of his best-known short stories in this small brick cottage. In 1978, this became the Edgar Allan Poe ...

National Historic Landmark-Grey Towers-Gifford Pinchot

National Historic Landmark- Gifford Pinchot's House Grey Towers

From 1886 until his death, this chateau-like stone house was the family home of Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946), America's first professionally trained forester. Pinchot helped create the U.S. Forest Service.

Courtesy National Park Service National ...

National Historic Landmark- Philadelphia's Masonic Temple

National Historic Landmark- Philadelphia's Masonic Temple

Dedicated in 1873, this Norman-Romanesque style building contains some of the most beautifully detailed, ornate interiors of any late-Victorian structure in the Nation.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

National Historic Landmark-School of Design for Women

National Historic Landmark- Philadelphia School of Design for Women

From 1880 to 1959, this was the location of the Philadelphia School of Design for Woman, which was the first school of industrial design for women in the United States.

The school ...

National Historic Landmark- Philadephia Savings Fund Society

National Historic Landmark- Philadelphia Savings Fund Society (PSFS) Building

Commissioned in 1932, the PSFS Building is the premier International Style building in the United States.

Philadelphia architect George Howe and Swiss architect William Lescaze designed not only the building and its ...