Pennsylvania_Hospital,_Eighth_and_Ninth,_Pine_and_Spruce_Streets,_Philadelphia,_Philadelphia_County,_PA_HABS_PA,51-PHILA,39-_(sheet_4_of_19).tif

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HABS PA,51-PHILA,39- (sheet 4 of 19) - Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth and Ninth, Pine and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Title	HABS PA,51-PHILA,39- (sheet 4 of 19) - Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth and Ninth, Pine and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Depicted place	Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia
Date	Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions	19 x 24 in. (B size)
Current location	Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number	HABS PA,51-PHILA,39- (sheet 4 of 19)
Credit line	This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) . These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing .
Notes	Significance: Founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond, Pennsylvania Hospital if the earliest established hospital in the United States with the country's oldest surgical amphitheater. It is a notable architectural complex whose center building is an outstanding example of American Adamesque architecture and whose plan influenced later hospital design. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-253 Survey number: HABS PA-1123
References	This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America . Its reference number is 66000688 .
Source	https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1040.sheet.00004a
Permission ( Reusing this file )	Public domain Public domain false false This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.

Object location	39° 57′ 07.99″ N, 75° 09′ 51.01″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	39.952220; -75.164170

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Pennsylvania Hospital

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Philadelphia

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39°57'7.99"N, 75°9'51.01"W

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39°57'7.99"N, 75°9'51.01"W