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  2. Philadelphia History Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia History Museum was a public history museum located in Center City, Philadelphia from 1938 until 2018. From 1938 until 2010, the museum was known as the Atwater Kent Museum. The museum occupied architect John Haviland 's landmark Greek Revival structure built in 1824–1826 for the Franklin Institute. [2]

  3. List of museums in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Focuses on Swedish contributions to history, art, architecture, music, science and technology. Arthur Ross Gallery. West Philadelphia. Art. Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania. Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Center City. Art. Museum of American fine and decorative arts, exhibits about architecture and design history.

  4. List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    39°58′28″N 75°09′33″W  /  39.9744°N 75.1592°W  / 39.9744; -75.1592  (Philadelphia School of Design for Women) Cabot. Edwin Forrest House, first home of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, founded in 1848 by Sarah Peter, the only women's art and design college in the nation. 47. Edgar Allan Poe House.

  5. Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.phila.gov. Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania [11] and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley, also known as the Philadelphia metropolitan ...

  6. Independence Hall - Wikipedia

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    Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were both debated and ratified. Location. 520 Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Coordinates. 39°56′56″N 75°9′0″W  /  39.94889°N 75.15000°W  / 39.94889; -75.15000. Architect.

  7. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    History of Philadelphia. A 1752 map of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia was founded and incorporated in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and ...

  8. Timeline of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Free Library of Philadelphia and Geographical Club of Philadelphia established. [57] ... 1941 – Philadelphia History Museum dedicated; 1943 – September 6: ...

  9. Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    December 29, 1962. The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site is a preserved home once rented by American author Edgar Allan Poe, located at 532 N. 7th Street, in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though Poe lived in many houses over several years in Philadelphia (1838 to 1844), it is the only one which still ...

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