National Historic Landmark-First Bank of the United States

National Historical Landmark-The First Bank of the United States

The proposal to charter this institution provoked the first great debate over strict as opposed to expansive interpretation of the Constitution.

The Congress and President Washington, by following Alexander Hamilton's proposal and chartering ...

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 ...

National Historic Landmark-The Bryn Athyn Historic District

National Historical Landmark- The Bryn Athyn Historic District

The Bryn Athyn Historic District comprises an exceptional and enduring essay of the American Arts and Crafts Movement embodied in three family residences of the John Pitcairn family and the Bryn Athyn Cathedral ...

National Historic Landmark-Augustus Lutheran Church

National Historical Landmark-Augustus Lutheran Church

Dedicated in September 1745, this plain sandstone structure with a polygonal apse and gambrel roof, exemplifies regional and church architecture typical of the 18th-century German settlers of Pennsylvania.

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National Historic Landmark-Athenaeum

National Historical Landmark- Athenaeum

Completed in 1847, this is one of the first Italian-style palazzo designs in America.

Architect John Notman (1810-1865) designed this structure; his design was the winner in a competition in which Strickland, Haviland, and Walter all took ...

National Historic Landmark-The Elms

National Historic Landmark- The Elms

The Elms, the Edward J. Berwind estate, is significant for its architectural and landscape design of the Classical Revival Style in the period from 1900 through the 1920s.

In addition, Edward J. Berwind was a leading ...

National Historic Landmark-The Breakers

National Historic Landmark-The Breakers

The Breakers is the architectural and social archetype of the Guilded Age, a period when members of the Vanderbilt family were the merchant princes of American life through their prominence in the world of finance, as patrons ...

National Historic Landmark-Parish House of the Circular Church

National Historic Landmark- Parish House of the Circular Congregational Church

Built about 1806, this small Greek Revival temple with graceful twin stairways and notable wrought-iron railings is a good example of Mills' ability to design a temple-style building that is ...

National Historic Landmark-Church of the Holy Cross

National Historic Landmark- Church of the Holy Cross

Built in 1850, this structure was designed to resemble an Old World Parish Church.

The Gothic Revival cruciform-design church features walls of yellow pise de terre and a high-pitched roof of red ...

National Historic Landmark-Bethesda Presbyterian Church

National Historic Landmark- Bethesda Presbyterian Church

Dedicated in 1822, this is one of the few churches designed by Robert Mills (1781-1855) remaining in America. Its neo-classical temple form represents Mills' work as a maturing architect influenced by Jeffersonian classicism.

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