Walter Pierce Park
Roads to Diversity Adams Morgan Heritage Trail Walter Pierce Park The Rock Creek Valley, once home to Native Americans, had attracted European settlers by 1703. Before John Quincy Adams...
Mathew Carey (1760-1839)
An Irish Catholic who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1784, Carey was a prominent printer and publisher and prolific writer. He was an influential political economist and nationalist, promoting...
- philadelphia
- irish
- immigration
- printer
Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)
An influential American composer, lyricist, and translator who brought vernacular to musical theater was born here. Works include the ground- breaking The Cradle Will Rock and an adaptation of The...
- music
- philadelphia
A.M.E. Book Concern
Here in 1836 a church related company began printing hymnals, religious materials, and works by Black authors of the period. In 1847 The Christian Recorder was published here. Bishop Benjamin...
- philadelphia
- churches
- black history
Pennsylvania Hospital
This is the first hospital in the U.S. Chartered by Colonial Assembly in 1751 for "relief of the sick poor." Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond were its chief founders. First building,...
- philadelphia
- hospital
- medicine
The German Society of Philadelphia
The oldest German American organization in the US was founded Dec. 26, 1764, in Philadelphia to provide legal aid, welfare, and language support to German immigrants. Its library, containing...
- immigration
- philadelphia
- german
- library
Frank Furness
A nationally influential architect, his forceful designs and bold use of industrial materials helped shape American modernism. His works include the Pa. Academy of Fine Arts and U. of...
- philadelphia
- architecture
Sir Christopher Wren
Submitted by @simontillo
- 1502
- st. paul's cathedral
- catherine of aragon
AIDS Library of Philadelphia
Submitted by Eli Anders (@elioanders)
- aids
- lgbtq
- philadelphia
East Boston Greenway
Submitted by @Ritterton