List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania
This article provides a List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania. There are 166 in the state. Listed in the tables below are the 99 NHLs outside Philadelphia. For the 67 within Philadelphia, see List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia.
Three of these sites are shared with other states and are credited by the National Park Service as being located in those other states: the Delaware and Hudson Canal (centered in New York but extending into Pennsylvania); the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey (on the Ohio–Pennsylvania border); and the Minisink Archeological Site, on the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border.
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National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania (excluding Philadelphia)
Following are National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania, but outside Philadelphia. For consistency, the National Historic Landmark name is used to label each one.
[1] | Landmark name | Image | Date designated[2] | Location | County | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1762 Waterworks |
(#72001142) |
Bethlehem Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Northampton | The oldest municipal waterworks in the nation. | |
2 | Edward G. Acheson House |
(#76001679) |
Monongahela 908 Main St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Washington | Home of self-taught inventor-engineer Edward G. Acheson, where in 1891 he invented carborundum. | |
3 | Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail |
(#73001586) |
Pittsburgh 436 Grant Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | Spectacular jail and courthouse designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson in a Romanesque style. | |
4 | Allegheny Portage Railroad of the Pennsylvania Canal |
(#66000648) |
Johnstown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Blair | Railroad that transported canalboats over the Allegheny Mountains, between the eastern and western sections of the Pennsylvania Canal; regarded as a technological marvel. | |
5 | Andalusia |
(#66000649) |
Andalusia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bucks | Greek Revival residence of Nicholas Biddle, head of the Second Bank of the United States. | |
6 | Henry Antes House |
(#75001657) |
Pottstown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | Headquarters of George Washington, September 23 to 26, 1777.[3] | |
7 | Augustus Lutheran Church |
(#67000019) |
Trappe Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | ||
8 | Bedford Springs Hotel Historic District |
(#84001413) |
Bedford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bedford | ||
9 | Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey |
(#66000606) |
Ohioville, PA and East Liverpool, OH Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Beaver, PA and Columbiana, OH | ||
10 | Beth Sholom Synagogue |
(#07000430) |
Elkins Park 8231 Old York Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | Frank Lloyd Wright designed it. The American Institute of Architects and National Trust for Historic Preservation commented upon it. | |
11 | Bomberger's Distillery |
(#75001649) |
Newmanstown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lebanon | ||
12 | Bost Building |
(#99000627) |
Homestead 621–623 East 8th Avenue Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | Headquarters of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers during the Homestead Strike. | |
13 | Braddock Carnegie Library |
(#73001585) |
Braddock Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | First Carnegie library built in the United States. | |
14 | David Bradford House |
(#73001668) |
Washington 175 S. Main St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Washington | A home of David Bradford. | |
15 | Brandywine Battlefield |
(#66000660) |
Chadds Ford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Delaware | Site of the 1777 Battle of Brandywine. | |
16 | William Brinton 1704 House |
(#67000018) |
Dilworthtown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Delaware | ||
17 | Bryn Athyn Historic District |
|
(#08001087) |
Bryn Athyn Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | |
18 | James Buchanan House (Wheatland) |
|
(#66000669) |
Lancaster Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lancaster | Home of James Buchanan while he was President and in his final years. |
19 | Pearl S. Buck House |
(#74001755) |
Perkasie 520 Dublin Rd. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bucks | A home of author Pearl S. Buck. | |
20 | Buckingham Friends Meeting House |
(#97000291) |
Buckingham Township 5684 Lower York Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bucks | Associated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). | |
21 | Bushy Run Battlefield |
(#66000696) |
Harrison City 2 miles E. of Harrison City on Pa. Rte. 993 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Westmoreland | Site of the Battle of Bushy Run during Pontiac's Rebellion. | |
22 | Cambria Iron Company |
(#89001101) |
Johnstown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Cambria | ||
23 | Simon Cameron House |
(#73001620) |
Harrisburg 219 S. Front St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Dauphin | A home of Simon Cameron who had some association under Abraham Lincoln. | |
24 | Carlisle Indian School |
(#66000658) |
Carlisle Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Cumberland | Associated with Native American education. Athlete Jim Thorpe attended. | |
25 | Carrie Blast Furnaces 6 and 7 |
(#06001070) |
Rankin, Munhall, and Swissvale boroughs Northern side of the Monongahela River, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the Rankin Bridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | The only 2 surviving pre-World War II blast furnaces in the Pittsburgh area. | |
26 | Cedarcroft |
(#71000693) |
Kennett Square Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Chester | ||
27 | Chatham Village |
(#98001372) |
Pittsburgh Roughly bounded by Virginia Avenue, Bigham Street, Woodruff Street, Saw Mill Run Boulevard, and Olympia Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | ||
28 | Cornwall Iron Furnace |
(#66000671) |
Cornwall Rexmont Rd. & Boyd St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lebanon | ||
29 | Delaware Canal |
|
(#74001756) |
Easton to Bristol Easton to Bristol along the Delaware River Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bucks and Northampton |
Transported anthracite coal. |
30 | Delaware and Hudson Canal |
|
(#68000051) |
Lackawaxen, PA, Honesdale, PA, Kingston, NY, Rosendale, NY, Ellenville, NY, and Port Jervis, NY Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Pike, PA, Wayne, PA, Orange, NY, Sullivan, NY, and Ulster, NY | |
31 | Drake Oil Well |
(#66000695) |
Titusville Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Venango | Edwin L. Drake struck oil here, the site of the world's first successful oil well. | |
32 | East Broad Top Railroad |
(#66000666) |
Rockhill Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Huntingdon | ||
33 | Dwight D. Eisenhower Farmstead |
(#67000017) |
Gettysburg Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Adams | A home of Dwight Eisenhower. | |
34 | Emmanuel Episcopal Church |
(#74001737) |
Pittsburgh North and Allegheny Avenues Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | ||
35 | Ephrata Cloister |
|
(#67000026) |
Ephrata Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lancaster | |
36 | Wharton Esherick House and Studio |
(#73001615) |
Malvern 1520 Horseshoe Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Chester | A studio of Wharton Esherick who participated in the Arts and Crafts Movement. | |
37 | David Espy House |
(#74001750) |
Bedford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bedford | Associated with Whiskey Rebellion and David Espy. | |
38 | Fallingwater |
(#74001781) |
Mill Run Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Fayette | Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. | |
39 | Fonthill, Mercer Museum and Moravian Pottery and Tile Works |
|
(#85002366) |
Doylestown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bucks | Three sites associated with Henry Chapman Mercer. |
40 | Forks of the Ohio |
(#66000643) |
Pittsburgh Point Park Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | Associated with French and Indian War. | |
41 | Fulton Opera House |
(#69000156) |
Lancaster 12–14 N. Prince St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lancaster | Named for Robert Fulton, it is one of the oldest continuously-operated theaters. | |
42 | Robert Fulton Birthplace |
|
(#66000670) |
Quarryville 8 mi. south of Quarryville on U.S. Route 22 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lancaster | Also associated with Robert Fulton. |
43 | Albert Gallatin House |
|
(#66000663) |
Point Marion Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Fayette | A home of Albert Gallatin. |
44 | Gemeinhaus-Lewis David de Schweinitz Residence |
(#75001658) |
Bethlehem Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Northampton | A home of botanist Lewis David de Schweinitz. | |
45 | Graeme Park |
(#66000672) |
Horsham Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | ||
46 | Grey Towers |
(#80003578) |
Glenside Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | Designed by Horace Trumbauer. Now part of Arcadia University. | |
47 | Gruber Wagon Works |
(#72001092) |
Reading Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Berks | Located in what is now Tulpehocken Creek Park. | |
48 | Historic Moravian Bethlehem Historic District |
|
(#12001016) |
Bethlehem Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Northampton | |
49 | I. N. and Bernardine Hagan House |
(#00000708) |
Chalk Hill Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Fayette | A higher end Usonian house of those designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. | |
50 | Harmony Historic District |
(#73002139) |
Harmony Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Butler | Associated with Harmony Society and George Rapp. | |
51 | Harrisburg Station and Trainshed |
(#75001638) |
Harrisburg Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Dauphin | Pennsylvania Railroad station with sheds using truss system patented by Albert Fink. | |
52 | Milton S. Hershey Mansion |
(#78002388) |
Hershey Mansion Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Dauphin | A home of Milton Snavely Hershey. | |
53 | Honey Hollow Watershed |
(#69000155) |
New Hope Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bucks | ||
54 | Horseshoe Curve |
|
(#66000647) |
Altoona Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Blair | A horseshoe-shaped railroad track |
55 | Kennywood Park |
(#87000824) |
West Mifflin 4800 Kennywood Boulevard Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | From trolley park era, One of America's first amusement parks. | |
56 | Leap-The-Dips |
(#91000229) |
Altoona 700 Park Ave. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Blair | The first rollercoaster still standing in the United States. | |
57 | F. Julius Lemoyne House |
|
(#97001271) |
Washington 49 E. Maiden St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Washington | A home of F. Julius LeMoyne, involved with the Underground Railroad |
58 | Lightfoot Mill |
(#73001616) |
Chester Springs Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Chester | See also Oliver Evans. | |
59 | Lukens Historic District |
(#94001186) |
Coatesville 50, 53, 76 & 102 S. First St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Chester | Associated with Rebecca Lukens and Brandywine Ironworks (later Lukens Steel Company). | |
60 | Humphry Marshall House |
(#87002596) |
Marshallton 1407 S. Strasburg Rd./PA Rte. 162 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Chester | A home of Humphry Marshall. | |
61 | Meadowcroft Rockshelter |
(#78002480) |
West of Avella Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Washington | Archaeological site associated with Native Americans. | |
62 | Isaac Meason House |
(#71000707) |
Mount Braddock Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Fayette | A home of Isaac Meason. | |
63 | Merion Cricket Club |
(#87000759) |
Haverford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | From when cricket competed with baseball for American attention. | |
64 | Merion Friends Meeting House |
(#98001194) |
Merion Station Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | ||
65 | Merion Golf Club |
(#89002085) |
Ardmore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Delaware | Associated with Bobby Jones, who won the Grand Slam of Golf here in 1930. Host of many U.S. Opens. | |
66 | Mill Grove |
(#72001138) |
Audubon Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | A home of John James Audubon. | |
67 | Minisink Archeological Site |
(#93000608) |
Bushkill Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Pike | Prehistoric native site; extends into New Jersey. | |
68 | George Nakashima Woodworker Complex |
(#08000782) |
Solebury Township Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bucks | Art studio and home of woodworker George Nakashima | |
69 | Old Economy |
(#66000644) |
Ambridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Beaver | Associated with Harmony Society and George Rapp. | |
70 | Old West, Dickinson College |
(#66000659) |
Carlisle Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Cumberland | Designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe, part of Dickinson College which was founded by Benjamin Rush. James Buchanan, later president, lived here. | |
71 | Asa Packer Mansion |
(#74001765) |
Jim Thorpe Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carbon | Designed by Samuel Sloan, home of Asa Packer, founder of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Lehigh University. | |
72 | Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex |
(#77001162) |
Harrisburg Bounded by 3rd and 7th, North and Walnut Streets Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Dauphin | Includes the Pennsylvania State Capitol, North and South Office Buildings, Finance Building, Forum Building, State Street Bridge and Ryan Legislative Office Building. Originally listed with only the capitol, expanded in 2013 to encompass surrounding buildings. | |
73 | Gifford Pinchot House |
(#66000694) |
Milford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Pike | Home of Gifford Pinchot, first head of the U.S. Forest Service and two-time state governor. | |
74 | Terence V. Powderly House |
(#66000667) |
Scranton Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lackawanna | Longtime home of Terence Vincent Powderly, a Knights of Labor leader. | |
75 | Joseph Priestley House |
(#66000673) |
Northumberland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Northumberland | Stately home of chemist Joseph Priestley, who, disenchanted with England moved here in 1794 and continued his ground-breaking research. | |
76 | The Printzhof |
(#66000661) |
Essington Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Delaware | A home of Johan Printz. | |
77 | Pulpit Rocks |
(#93001614) |
Huntingdon Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Huntingdon | ||
78 | Matthew S. Quay House |
(#75001615) |
Beaver Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Beaver | A home of Matthew Stanley Quay, a Republican National Chairman who was campaign manager for Benjamin Harrison's successful presidential campaign. | |
79 | St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Jim Thorpe) |
(#77001135) |
Jim Thorpe Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carbon | ||
80 | Searights Tollhouse, National Road |
(#66000665) |
Uniontown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Fayette | Tollhouses built in 1835 as part of the National Road. | |
81 | Schaeffer House |
(#11000630) |
Schaefferstown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lebanon | Possibly the only remaining German Weinbauernhaus in America, combining a residence with the production of alcohol.[4] | |
82 | Smithfield Street Bridge |
|
(#74001745) |
Pittsburgh Smithfield Street at the Monongahela River Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | A truss bridge built between 1881 and 1883. |
83 | Staple Bend Tunnel |
(#94001187) |
Conemaugh Township Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Cambria | The first railroad tunnel in the United States. Regarded as an engineering marvel. | |
84 | Stiegel-Coleman House |
(#66000668) |
Brickerville Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lancaster | House built in parts by owner William Stiegel and then by Robert Coleman. | |
85 | Summerseat |
(#71000685) |
Morrisville Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bucks | A home of George Clymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. | |
86 | George Taylor House |
(#71000709) |
Catasauqua Lehigh & Poplar Sts. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lehigh | A home of George Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. | |
87 | M. Carey Thomas Library |
(#91002052) |
Bryn Mawr Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | An architecturally significant building on Bryn Mawr College campus. | |
88 | Union Canal Tunnel |
(#74001792) |
Lebanon Tunnel Hill Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lebanon | ||
89 | Valley Forge |
(#66000657) |
Valley Forge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Chester and Montgomery | ||
90 | Gen. Friedrich Von Steuben Headquarters |
(#72001108) |
Valley Forge National Historical Park Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Chester | Headquarters of drillmaster Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben who had served Frederick the Great. Now part of Valley Forge National Historical Park. | |
91 | Washington's Crossing |
(#66000650) |
Yardley, PA and Titusville, NJ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bucks, PA and Mercer County, NJ | Where George Washington crossed the Delaware River to surprise-attack the British at Trenton in 1776. | |
92 | Washington's Headquarters |
(#73001655) |
Valley Forge National Historical Park Valley Creek Rd., near junction of PA 252 & 23 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | Part of Valley Forge National Historical Park. | |
93 | Waynesborough |
(#73001603) |
Paoli Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Chester | Home of General Anthony Wayne. | |
94 | Conrad Weiser House |
(#66000646) |
Womelsdorf Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Berks | A home of Johann Conrad Weiser, who enlisted the Iroquois on the British side of the French and Indian War. | |
95 | Benjamin West Birthplace |
|
(#66000662) |
Swarthmore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Delaware | Birthplace of Benjamin West who supported artists including Gilbert Stuart and Charles Willson Peale. On campus of Swarthmore College. |
96 | Woodmont |
(#98001192) |
Gladwyne 1622 Spring Mill Rd. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | Designed by William Lightfoot Price for industrialist Alan Wood, Jr.. Father Divine also lived here. | |
97 | Woodville |
(#74001733) |
Heidelberg South of Heidelberg on Pennsylvania Route 50 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegheny | Home of John Neville, tax collector during the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. | |
98 | Andrew Wyeth Studio and Kuerner Farm |
(#11000564) |
Chadds Ford Township Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Delaware | The Kuerner Farm was the inspiration for more than 1,000 Wyeth paintings over a 64-year period. Listing expanded (and renamed) in 2014 to include the studio of Andrew Wyeth. | |
99 | N. C. Wyeth House and Studio |
(#97001680) |
Chadds Ford Township Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Delaware | Home and studio of painter N.C. Wyeth and family. Managed by the Brandywine River Museum. |
See also
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- National Register of Historic Places listings in Pennsylvania
- List of National Historic Landmarks by state
- List of National Historic Sites in United States
- List of Pennsylvania state historical markers
References
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- Pennsylvania's Cultural Resources Geographic Information System
- Listings at NationalRegisterofHistoricalPlaces.com
- ↑ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ↑ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ↑ General Orders, 23 September 1777 from the National Archives.
- ↑ http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/AMERICAS-GREAT-OUTDOORS-Secretary-Salazar-Designates-Four-National-Historic-Landmarks.cfm NHL announcement