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Philadelphia (and environs)

Buildings, Landmarks, and Neighborhoods

National Historic Landmarks

• Church of the Advocate, a historic church in North Philadelphia
• Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House), a historic mansion in Germantown
• Church of St. James the Less‎, historic church
• John Johnson House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), a historic mansion in Germantown
• Kuerner Farm, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
• New Market (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), a colonial-era market
• Stenton (mansion), colonial country estate of James Logan
• Woodford (mansion), a historic mansion in Fairmount Park
• Wyck House, a historic mansion in Germantown

National Historic Landmark Districts

• Bryn Athyn Historic District
• Colonial Germantown Historic District
• Friends Hospital, Philadelphia landmark

Others on the National Register of Historic Places

Bridges

• Adams Avenue Bridge, built in 1901
• Frankford Avenue Bridge, historic landmark in Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Holme Avenue Bridge, over Wooden Bridge Run
• Thomas Mill Covered Bridge
• Ridge Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia, over Wissahickon Creek
• Wissahickon Memorial Bridge

Churches

• Arch Street Friends Meeting House
• Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
• Southampton Baptist Church and Cemetery, Southampton, Pennsylvania

Homes

• Anglecot, designed by Wilson Eyre
• Daniel Billmeyer House
• Michael Billmeyer House
• Conyngham-Hacker House, historic home in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Deshler-Morris House, where President George Washington twice resided
• Glen Foerd at Torresdale, historic mansion in Torresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Wissahickon (house)
• Grumblethorpe, historic home in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Howell House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), historic home in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Dr. Joseph Leidy House
• Ebenezer Maxwell House, historic home in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• John Ruan House, historic home in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Ryerss Mansion, historic home in Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Upsala (mansion), historic mansion in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Wissahickon (house)
• Wynnestay

Cemeteries

• Fair Hill Burial Ground, Philadelphia
• Slate Hill Cemetery, Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Other buildings

• 1616 Walnut Street Building, art deco high rise
• 1900 Rittenhouse Square Apartments
• 26th District Police and Patrol Station
• Albion Carpet Mill
• Oliver H. Bair Funeral Home
• Belgravia Hotel
• Board of Education Building (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Bridesburg School
• Brownhill & Kramer Hosiery Mill
• Carl Mackley Houses
• Centennial National Bank
• Chateau Crillon Apartment House
• Concord School House (Philadelphia)
• Drake Hotel (Philadelphia)
• Estey Hall (Philadelphia)
• Green Tree Tavern, oldest operating tavern in Philadelphia
• Land Title Building, early skyscraper
• Stover Mill, historic mill in suburban Erwinna, Pennsylvania
• Sun Oil Building, art deco high rise
• Tacony Music Hall
• The Touraine, historic hotel
• United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• The Warwick, historic hotel

Historic districts

• Awbury Historic District
• Broad Street Historic District (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Druim Moir Historic District
• Fallsington Historic District, Fallsington, Pennsylvania
• Frankford Arsenal, defunct U.S. Army facility
• Greenbelt Knoll, historic racially integrated neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia
• Head House Square
• North Broad Street Mansion District
• Sansom Row, a row of historic houses in University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Tulpehocken Station Historic District
• University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District

Cemeteries

• Cedar Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Eden Cemetery (Collingdale, Pennsylvania)
• Greenwood Cemetery (Philadelphia)
• Har Nebo Cemetery, Jewish cemetery in Oxford Circle
• Magnolia Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Bridges

• Falls Bridge across the Schuylkill River
• Fisher's Lane Bridge across Frankford Creek
• Strawberry Mansion Bridge, across the Schuylkill River
• Twin Bridges (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), across the Schuylkill River

Churches

• All Saints' Episcopal Church (Philadelphia)
• Frankford Friends Meeting House, the oldest surviving Quaker meetinghouse in Philadelphia
• St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)
• Old Trinity Church, one of the oldest churches in Philadelphia

Others

• Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia), a historic building in Fairmount Park
• Biles Island, in the Delaware River near Trenton, New Jersey
• Bloody Run (Poquessing Creek), tributary of Poquessing Creek
• Comly Rich House, the first home in the U.S. financed by a mortgage
• Crestmont Farms, a neighborhood in Philadelphia
• Frankford Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River
• North American Building, once the tallest building in Philadelphia
• Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct, across the Schuylkill River
• Rodin Museum, Philadelphia landmark
• The St. James, tallest residential tower in Philadelphia

Food

• Cuisine of Philadelphia (well, I broke it out of the Philadelphia article)
• Turtle soup, a Philadelphia delicacy (snapper soup)

Sports

• Bert Bell Award, presented to the Professional Football Player of the Year
• Maxwell Football Club, presenters of the Maxwell Award for College Player of the Year in American football
• Penn Relays, one of the largest track meets in the world
• Philadelphia Quakers (AFL), a defunct American football team

People

The Penn family

• Granville Penn, youngest son of Thomas Penn, grandson of William Penn
• John Penn (writer), oldest son of Thomas Penn, grandson of William Penn
• Richard Penn, Sr., son of William Penn, governor of Pennsylvania
• Springett Penn (I), the second son of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania
• Springett Penn (II), son of William Penn, Jr. and a grandson and heir of William Penn
• William Penn, Jr., son of William Penn

Mayors of Philadelphia

• John Barclay (mayor), American soldier and jurist, Philadelphia mayor (1791)
• James Nelson Barker, American soldier, playwright, Philadelphia mayor
• John Barker (Philadelphia), Philadelphia mayor (1808–1810, 1812–1813) and major general
• Rudolph Blankenburg, Philadelphia mayor (1912–1916)
• George Connell (mayor), Philadelphia mayor (1939–1940)
• Jacob Duché, Sr., colonial Philadelphia mayor (1761–62)
• Edwin Henry Fitler, Philadelphia mayor (1887–91)
• John Geyer, Philadelphia mayor (1813–1814)
• Thomas Griffitts, colonial Philadelphia mayor
• James Hamilton, Mayor of Colonial Philadelphia and Lieutenant-Governor of Pennsylvania
• Henry Harrison (mayor), colonial mayor of Philadelphia
• Richard Hill (politician), mayor of (colonial) Philadelphia
• John Inskeep, two-time mayor of Philadelphia
• Joel Jones (mayor), mayor of Philadelphia, first president of Girard College
• Michael Keppele, mayor of Philadelphia
• Matthew Lawler, four-term mayor of Philadelphia
• Thomas Lawrence, five-time colonial mayor of Philadelphia
• Peter McCall (mayor), mayor of Philadelphia (1844–1845)
• Humphrey Morrey, first mayor of (colonial) Philadelphia
• Anthony Morris (I), early colonial mayor of Philadelphia
• Anthony Morris (II), his son, later colonial mayor of Philadelphia
• Isaac Norris (mayor), merchant, colonial mayor of Philadelphia
• Clement Plumsted, colonial Philadelphia mayor
• William Plumsted, colonial Philadelphia mayor
• Samuel Powel, colonial and post-colonial Philadelphia mayor
• Samuel Preston (mayor), colonial Philadelphia mayor
• Edward Roberts (mayor), colonial mayor of Philadelphia
• Bernard Samuel, Philadelphia mayor (1941–52)
• John Morin Scott (mayor), Philadelphia mayor (1841–1844)
• Edward Shippen, III, colonial mayor of Philadelphia
• Benjamin Shoemaker, colonial Philadelphia mayor
• Nathan Stanbury, colonial Philadelphia mayor
• Robert Strettell, colonial Philadelphia mayor
• John Swift (American), three-time Philadelphia mayor
• Robert Wharton (Philadelphia), longest-serving Philadelphia mayor
• Samuel Davis Wilson, mayor of Philadelphia

Other politicos

• Edward Burd, Revolutionary officer in Pennsylvania and a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• Reynell Coates, Native American Party candidate for Vice President of the United States
• William Coleman (judge), judge in colonial Philadelphia, member of Franklin's Junto
• William Crispin, Wm. Penn's first choice as Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania
• Israel Wilson Durham, Philadelphia political leader, president and principal owner of the Phillies
• John Evans (Pennsylvania governor), lieutenant governor of colonial Pennsylvania
• Tench Francis (Sr.), colonial American lawyer and jurist
• Charles Gookin, a deputy governor of colonial Pennsylvania
• George Gray (Pennsylvanian), speaker of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
• John Guest (jurist), chief justice of the provincial Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• Thomas Hopkinson, colonial American lawyer and jurist
• Virginia Knauer, Philadelphia politician
• Jeremiah Langhorne, early settler of Bucks County, chief justice of the provincial Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• David Lloyd (judge), a colonial Pennsylvania jurist
• Thomas Lloyd (lieutenant governor), a colonial Pennsylvania politician
• Isaac Norris (statesman), son of Isaac Norris (mayor) above, speaker of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
• John Ross (representative), Pennsylvanian representative to the United States Congress
• Thomas Ross (Pennsylvania politician), son of John Ross above, Pennsylvanian representative to the United States Congress
• Edward Shippen, IV, prominent figure in colonial and post-revolutionary Philadelphia
• James Tilghman, prominent figure in colonial Maryland and Philadelphia
• Joseph Turner (loyalist), prominent figure in colonial Philadelphia
• Roberts Vaux, jurist, abolitionist, and philanthropist

Sports figures

Frankford Yellow Jackets

• Bull Behman, player and coach of Frankford Yellow Jackets
• Punk Berryman, All-American football player and coach of Frankford Yellow Jackets
• George Gibson (American football), All-American football player and coach of Frankford Yellow Jackets
• Herb Joesting, All-American football player and coach of Frankford Yellow Jackets

Philadelphia Eagles

• Irv Cross, Eagles defensive back and football commentator/analyst
• Baptiste Manzini, Philadelphia Eagles football player
• Pete Retzlaff, Philadelphia Eagles football player
• Jerry Sisemore, Philadelphia Eagles football player
• Stan Walters, Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle
• Jerry Wolman, developer and one-time owner of the Philadelphia Eagles
• Tom Woodeshick, Philadelphia Eagles running back of the 1960s
• Lud Wray, co-founder and first head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Phillies and Athletics

• Bart Cantz, major league catcher, born and died in Philadelphia
• John Coleman (outfielder/pitcher), pitcher for Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)
• Dutch Schesler, pitched in 17 games in 1931 for the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia 76ers

• Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr., educator, sportsman, philanthropist, owner of the Philadelphia 76ers
• Irv Kosloff, businessman and sportsman, owner of the Philadelphia 76ers

Others

• Wallace Triplett, Cheltenham High grad, first African-American draftee to play in NFL (1949)
• Harry Vail, rowing coach (broken out of Dad Vail Regatta)

Artists

• David Bustill Bowser, African American painter
• Charles Durang, early American professional dancer
• Henry Schell Hagert, lawyer, writer, and poet
• Frederick James (artist) (1845–1907), artist
• George Kelly, dramaturge
• Clarence Kohlmann, keyboardist and composer
• Anna Claypoole Peale, painter
• Ben Solowey, artist
• Philip Fishbourne Wharton, artist
• Matthew Henry Wilson, portraitist

Organizations

• First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, oldest American military organization
• Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, early Irish-American social organization
• Pennsylvania Prison Society, advocacy group
• Schuylkill Fishing Company, the oldest social club in the English-speaking world

Military

• Sylvester Bonnaffon, Jr., Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Thomas Cripps, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• William Adolphus Crouse, Spanish-American War Medal of Honor recipient
• Edward W. Heston, figure in the American Revolution
• John C. Hunterson, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Samuel Morris (merchant), American Revolutionary
• Samuel Morris (soldier), American Revolutionary soldier, first Captain of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry
• George Crawford Platt, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Thomas Francis Prendergast, Medal of Honor recipient
• John Ross (American patriot), figure in the American Revolution
• Anthony Taylor (Medal of Honor recipient), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient

Others

• William Pope Barney, architect
• Owen Biddle Jr., Quaker carpenter and builder
• Sarah Mapps Douglass, African-American educator and abolitionist
• Edwin Forrest Durang, architect
• Francis Ferdinand Durang, Sr., architect
• Tench Francis (Jr.), American merchant and financier
• William Temple Franklin, grandson of Benjamin Franklin
• David Franks (loyalist), prominent loyalist during the American Revolution
• Rebecca Franks, daughter of David Franks, prominent loyalist during the American Revolution
• Agnes Irwin (educator), Philadelphia educator
• Thones Kunders, in whose house the first declaration against slavery in the New World was signed
• Christopher Marshall (revolutionary), diarist of the American Revolution
• William Shippen, Jr., early Philadelphia physician
• Casimir Sienkiewicz, first chairman of SEPTA
• William Moseley Swain, founder of the Philadelphia Public Ledger
• Joseph Wharton (1707–1776), early Philadelphia merchant, owner of "Walnut Grove", site of the Mischianza
• John T. Windrim, architect
• William Yardley, early settler of Bucks County, namesake of Yardley, Pennsylvania

Events

• The Mischianza, an elaborate fête given in honor of British General Sir William Howe in Philadelphia on May 18, 1778.

American music

American rock and roll

• Clear Light, 1960s psychedelic rock band
• H. P. Lovecraft (band)
• Modern Times, an album by Jefferson Starship
• Red Octopus, 1975 album by Jefferson Starship
• SVT (rock band)

Other

• American Conservatory of Music, near Chicago
• Harvey Cohen, American composer and orchestrator
• Michael Colgrass, Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and percussionist
• Ferdinand Durang, American actor, first to publicly sing the "Star-Spangled Banner"
• Janet Fairbank, American operatic singer
• Gail Kubik, American composer
• Wayne Peterson, Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and pianist
• Lewis Redner, composed "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
• Yacht Club Boys, popular singing quartet of the 1920s and 1930s

American sports

• Dial Award, presented annually to the top high-school scholar-athlete in the U.S.
• Paul Governali, All-American and professional football player
• Iron Liege, 1957 Kentucky Derby winner
• Century Milstead, professional American football player
• Poughkeepsie Regatta
• Bob Reifsnyder, All-American football player
• George Taliaferro, first African-American drafted by the NFL (1949)
• Kevin Willhite, played three games for the Green Bay Packers

American militaria

• Air Force Armament Museum, near Eglin AFB, Florida
• Fort Augusta, an early American stronghold in Pennsylvania
• James Burd, colonial American soldier
• Thomas P. Gere, Union Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient
• USS John Penn (APA-23), a US naval ship
• Edmund Zalinski, Polish-born American soldier, military engineer, and inventor

American writers

• Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author
• Owen Davis, American dramaturge
• Maud Howe Elliott, Pulitzer Prize-winning American author
• Martin Flavin, American dramaturge and screenwriter
• Hatcher Hughes, American playwright
• Marquis James, American writer
• Josephine Winslow Johnson, American novelist
• Joseph Kramm, Pulitzer Prize-winning American dramaturge
• Marion Mainwaring, American author
• Caroline Pafford Miller, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
• Julia Peterkin, American author
• Clements Ripley, American writer and screenwriter
• Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American novelist
• William W. Warner, American biologist and author
• Margaret Wilson (writer), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Other Americans

Actors

• Charles Adler (stage actor)
• Penelope Allen, American actress
• Eric Wollencott Barnes, American educator, diplomat, actor, and author
• Ivah Wills Coburn, American actress and theater producer
• Owen Davis, Jr., American actor
• Johnny DiCarsano, American actor
• John Durang, early American dancer and actor
• J. J. Johnston, American actor and writer
• James V. Kern (1909–1966), American singer, songwriter, screenwriter, actor, and director
• Frances Upton, American actor and comedienne
• Lisa Waltz, American actor

Artists

• John Elliott (artist), American painter
• Sylvia Shaw Judson, Illinois sculptor
• Matthew Henry Wilson, British-American painter

Politicos

• John C. Bell, Jr., Penna. governor
• Thomas Bladen, colonial governor of Maryland

Others

• Tyler Dennett, American educator and historian
• Rollin Kirby, American political cartoonist
• Patriotic Order Sons of America
• Paul J. Pelz, German-American architect
• William H. Ranlett, American architect
• Hildegard Stücklen, German-American physicist
• John Peter Toohey, American publicist, member of the Algonquin Round Table

Cemeteries on NRHP

• Chestnut Ridge and Schellsburg Union Church and Cemetery, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
• Greenwood Cemetery (Hillsdale, Missouri)
• Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site, West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
• Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)
• Magnolia Cemetery (Greenwood, South Carolina)
• Magnolia Cemetery (Hartsville, South Carolina)
• Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela City, Pennsylvania
• Old Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina
• Providence Quaker Cemetery and Chapel, Perryopolis, Pennsylvania
• St. Paul's Union Church and Cemetery, Ringtown, Pennsylvania

Other NRHP sites

• Allenwood River Bridge
• Brattonsville Historic District, South Carolina
• St. Louis, Besancon, Historic District, New Haven, Indiana

Others

• Estrella Archs, Spanish fashion designer
• Argyrol, an early antimicrobial medication
• Blücher (steamship), a steamship built in 1902 by Blohm + Voss
• Corliss Steam Engine, a steam engine fitted with Corliss valves
• Inès de La Fressange, French model and designer
• Gum Stump, Pennsylvania, an inhabited place
• Henry Hamilton (playwright), English playwright
• Augustus Harris, London impresario
• It Ain't Easy, a 1972 American film
• Urjo Kareda, Canadian dramaturge
• Musée de l'Armée, museum in Paris
• Oscar Natzka, operatic basso profundo from New Zealand
• Pascale Pellegrin, a minor French actress (since deleted, altho she has a French Wikipedia article and an entry at IMDb)
• Raymond Pellegrin, French actor
• Cecil Raleigh, English actor and playwright
• Effie Adelaide Rowlands, English novelist
• John Stanwix, British soldier
• Tom Tidler's Ground, a children's game