National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia facts for kids

Location of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are more than 500 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks.

Number of listings by district

The properties are distributed across all of Philadelphia's 12 planning districts. East/West Oak Lane, Olney, Upper North and Lower North are included as North Philadelphia. Kensington, Near Northeast and Far Northeast are part of Northeast Philadelphia. Roxborough/Manayunk and Germantown/Chestnut Hill are a part of Northwest Philadelphia.

Furness Library, West Philadelphia

Merchants' Exchange Building, Center City

	District	# of Sites
1	Center City	146
2	North	155
3	Northeast	58
4	Northwest	72
5	South	59
6	Southwest	12
7	West	62
(Duplicates):		(5)
Total:		559

Philadelphia districts (clickable)

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Merchants' Exchange Building, Center City

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