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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

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

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

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 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

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