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Various Authors . A guide book of art, architecture, and historic interests in Pennsylvania
A guide book of art, architecture, and historic interests in Pennsylvania
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
MAPS
PHILADELPHIA HISTORIC FIRSTS
I. THE COMMOMWEALTH, OR STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA (PENN’S WOODS)
COLONIAL PHILADELPHIA, WALK NO. 1
COLONIAL WALK NO. 2
NOTABLE ARCHITECTURE
ART COLLECTIONS AND ART SCHOOLS
ARMY AND NAVY
HISTORIC BURIAL GROUNDS
OTHER NOTABLE BURIAL GROUNDS
HISTORIC CHURCHES IN PHILADELPHIA
FAIRMOUNT PARK
OTHER SQUARES AND PARKS
HISTORIC INSTITUTIONS OF PHILADELPHIA
LIBRARIES
HISTORIC MEDICAL COLLEGES, HOSPITALS, AND DISPENSARIES
HISTORIC MUSICAL INTERESTS OF PHILADELPHIA
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND OTHER HISTORIC SCHOOLS
OTHER PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST
HISTORIC GERMANTOWN
INTERESTING PLACES WEST, NOT ON GERMANTOWN AVENUE
PLACES OF INTEREST EAST
II. BUCKS COUNTY
III. CHESTER COUNTY
IV. LANCASTER COUNTY
V. YORK COUNTY
VI. CUMBERLAND COUNTY
VII. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
VIII. BERKS COUNTY
IX. BEDFORD COUNTY
X. NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
XI. WESTMORELAND COUNTY
XII. WASHINGTON COUNTY
XIII. FAYETTE COUNTY
XIV. FRANKLIN COUNTY
XV. MONTGOMERY COUNTY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUTOMOBILE TRIP TO VALLEY FORGE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUTOMOBILE TRIP ON OLD YORK ROAD, TO DOYLESTOWN, BUCKS COUNTY, LEADING TO CENTER BRIDGE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUTOMOBILE TRIP FROM CHESTNUT HILL TO CAMP HILL AND FORT WASHINGTON
XVI. DAUPHIN COUNTY
XVII. LUZERNE COUNTY
XVIII. HUNTINGDON COUNTY
XIX. ALLEGHENY COUNTY
XX. MIFFLIN COUNTY
XXI. DELAWARE COUNTY
XXII. LYCOMING COUNTY
XXIII. SOMERSET COUNTY
XXIV. GREENE COUNTY
XXV. WAYNE COUNTY
XXVI. ADAMS COUNTY
XXVII. CENTER COUNTY
XXVIII. BEAVER COUNTY
XXIX. CRAWFORD COUNTY
XXX. ERIE COUNTY
XXXI. VENANGO COUNTY
XXXII. WARREN COUNTY
XXXIII. BUTLER COUNTY
XXXIV. MERCER COUNTY
XXXV. ARMSTRONG COUNTY
XXXVI. INDIANA COUNTY
XXXVII. CAMBRIA COUNTY
XXXVIII. CLEARFIELD COUNTY
XXXIX. TIOGA COUNTY
XL. McKEAN COUNTY
XLI. POTTER COUNTY
XLII. JEFFERSON COUNTY
XLIII. SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY
XLIV. BRADFORD COUNTY
XLV. SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
XLVI. LEHIGH COUNTY
XLVII. LEBANON COUNTY
XLVIII. UNION COUNTY
XLIX. COLUMBIA COUNTY
L. PIKE COUNTY
LI. PERRY COUNTY
JUNIATA COUNTY. LII
LIII. MONROE COUNTY
LIV. CLARION COUNTY
LV. CLINTON COUNTY
LVI. WYOMING COUNTY
LVII. CARBON COUNTY
LVIII. ELK COUNTY
LIX. BLAIR COUNTY
LX. SULLIVAN COUNTY
LXI. FOREST COUNTY
LXII. LAWRENCE COUNTY
LXIII. FULTON COUNTY
LXIV. MONTOUR COUNTY
LXV. SNYDER COUNTY
LXVI. CAMERON COUNTY
LXVII. LACKAWANNA COUNTY
BOOKS USED AS REFERENCE, AND CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES
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