National Historic Landmark · museum · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Memorial Hall

United States historic place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1976
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What it is

Wikipedia · Memorial Hall (Philadelphia)

Memorial Hall is a Beaux-Arts style building in the Centennial District of West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built as the art gallery for the 1876 Centennial Exposition, it is the only major structure from that exhibition to survive. It subsequently housed the Pennsylvania Museum of Industrial Art.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressWest Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA
CountyPhiladelphia County
ListedDec 8, 1976
Reference number76001665
Type of placemuseum, historic building
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 ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressWest Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA
Coordinates39.97936, -75.20920 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitEdgar Allan Poe National Historic Site · 3 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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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 76001665. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.