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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20S1_archeology_Philadelphia-PA.html
In 2010, archeologists excavated this eastern portion of Logan Square, now called Sister Cities Park, in preparation for its renovation. In doing so, approximately 60 remnants of graves were uncovered, thought to be remnants from the early 19th ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20S0_kopernik_Philadelphia-PA.html
Polish astronomer Mikolaj Kopernik, known to English speakers as Nikolaus Copernicus, was the first to propose the earth revolves around the sun. In the 1500's when the earth was thought to be the center of the universe, this was a revolutionary i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20PY_the-heart-of-the-parkway_Philadelphia-PA.html
Swann Fountain sits halfway between City Hall and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It was built to honor Dr. Wilson Cary Swann and is a focal point of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Swann was a 19th-century doctor who founded the Philadelphia Fount…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20NL_aero-memorial_Philadelphia-PA.html
Shaped like a celestial sphere, this gilded bronze sculpture is dedicated to Pennsylvania aviators who died in World War I. The outer structure suggests as astronomical instrument, and the figures illustrate signs of the zodiac. Sculptor Paul Mans…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KL_the-franklin-national-memoral_Philadelphia-PA.html
Benjamin Franklin once wrote: "if you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing."
Over the course of his remarkable life, Franklin did both. He was a succes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KD_secretary-of-the-treasurys-office-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
During the 1790s, when Philadelphia was the capital of the United States, a large two-story brick building on this site housed the office of the Secretary of the Treasury.Alexander Hamilton, the first Treasury Secretary, presided over the largest …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KC_auditors-office-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
During the 1790s, when Philadelphia was the capital of the United States, the Auditor of the United States rented a house on this site for his office.The Auditor, a member of the well-developed hierarchy of the Treasury Department, carefully check…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20J9_parkway-museums-district_Philadelphia-PA.html
1) Boathouse Row
This picturesque collection of historic buildings comprises an important center of the United States' rowing community. The boathouse shelters the sculls (boats) of local clubs, high school and college programs. The "Schuyk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20J8_a-grand-cultural-boulevard_Philadelphia-PA.html
The architect who drafted the Parkway plan in 1897 envisioned a grand boulevard like the Champs-Elysses in Paris and those of the 1893 Chicago's World Fair in Chicago. Here, a constellation of art schools and museums would become the city's cultur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20I9_the-gates-of-hell_Philadelphia-PA.html
Modeled in clay 1880-1917; cast in bronze 1926-28
In 1880 Rodin was commissioned to create a set of bronze door for a new museum in Paris. Inspired by The Divine Comedy, written by Dante Alghieri (Italian, c. 1265-1321), Rodin planned to decorat…