National Historic Landmark · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

A listed building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1805 in the Renaissance Revival architecture style. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressSW corner of Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia, PA
CountyPhiladelphia County
ListedMay 27, 1971
Reference number71000731
Built1805
ArchitectFrank Furness
StyleRenaissance Revival architecture, Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

StreetSW corner of Broad and Cherry Sts.
Coordinates39.95555, -75.16347 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000731. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.