National Historic Landmark-East Broad Top Railroad

National Historic Landmark- East Broad Top Railroad

East Broad Top Railroad is a rare surviving example of the once common small gauge railroad companies that served the mining and lumbering industries throughout the nation from the late 19th century to the ...

National Historic Landmark-Thomas Eakins House

National Historic Landmark-Thomas Eakins House

Noted American painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) lived in this mid-19th century 4-story townhouse almost his entire life.

His unrelentingly realistic, often uncomplimentary portraits eschew surface expression to focus on inner truth and character.

Walt ...

National Historic Landmark-Drake Oil Well

National Historic Landmark- Drake Oil Well

On August 27, 1859, Edwin L. Drake (1819-1880) struck oil here, the site of the world's first successful oil well.

Its establishment resulted in an oil boom that made the region the oil center of the ...

National Historic Landmark-Cornwall Iron Furnace

National Historic Landmark- Delaware Canal

The primary significance of this Landmark is the integrity of the canal itself and the ambience of its environment.

While most of the 19th century canals in the United States have disappeared, the Delaware Canal remains ...

National Historic Landmark-Cornwall Iron Furnace

National Historic Landmark- Cornwall Iron Furnace

Cornwall Iron Furnace consists of three interrelated elements: the furnace and its associated buildings, the open pit mine, and a workers housing village.

Taken together, these three components exemplify the type of charcoal furnaces that ...

National Historic Landmark-Edward Drinker Cope House

National Historic Landmark-Edward Drinker Cope House

From 1880 until his death, this was the residence of Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897), one of America's most prolific and creative 19th-century geologists and paleontologists.

He wrote some 1,300 titles, and his entry in the ...

National Historic Landmark-John Coltrane House

National Historic Landmark- John Coltrane House

This house was the home of tenor saxophonist and American jazz pioneer John Coltrane from 1952 until his death in 1967, including the critical years during which he developed his characteristic musical language.

A musician ...

National Historic Landmark-Colonial Germantown

National Historic Landmark- Colonial Germantown Historic District

Founded in 1683 by Germans fleeing religious persecution who were invited to Pennsylvania by William Penn.

The district exemplifies the successful settlement of a non-British group in one of the 13 original British colonies.

Courtesy ...

National Historic Landmark-Cliveden

National Historic Landmark-Cliveden

Completed in 1767, this Georgian-style house with handsome pediments, cornices, and a fine doorway was the home of Benjamin Chew, Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

It is the most important surviving landmark of the Battle of Germantown (October 4, ...

National Historic Landmark-Church of the Advocate

National Historic Landmark- Church of the Advocate

The Church of the Advocate (1887-1897) is a landmark in the religious, social and architectural history of the United States.

Built as a private bequest and intended to serve as the Episcopal Cathedral of ...