Historic sites in Pennsylvania
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2,087 historic sites are published in Pennsylvania. The list below holds the 558 best-documented.
- 1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia
- 72nd PA "Fire Zouave" Baxter(w) / Hesser
- Bradys Bend Iron Furnaces Historical Site
- Buchanan FurnaceNational Register
- 72nd PA "Philadelphia Brigade" Baxter(w) / Hesser
- Fort Loudoun
- Philadelphia Korean War Memorial
- Boal Mansion MuseumBuilt 1809 · National Register
- Centre Furnace
- Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey
- General Galusha Pennypacker Memorial
- Frederick Lauer Monument
- James Beck Round Barn
- Grand View Point Hotel
- Casimir Pulaski Monument
- A Gathering at the CrossroadsBuilt 2020
- James A. Garfield Monument
- Harrisburg Military Post
- Star Gazers' stone
- Fort Ligonier
- Washington Grays Monument
- Grey Towers Castle
- Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's MonumentNational Register
- Fort Venango
- Ole Bull Castle Site
- All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors
- President's House
- Russian Town
- Nuclear Jet Engine Test Site
- AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site24 m
- Chief Justice John Marshall
- Joan of Arc
- Fort Bedford Museum
- Carrie Blast Furnace Number 6 and 7National Register
- Angel of the Resurrection
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Curtin Village at Eagle IronworksNational Register
- Newkirk Monument
- Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Lehigh Canal Chain BridgeNational Register
- Anchor from the U.S.S. Maine
- Oregon Camp
- Aero Memorial
- Great Minquas Path historical marker
- Protection of the Flag MonumentNational Register
- Point of View
- Nuclear Jet Engine Test Site
- Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Abraham LincolnBuilt 1871-09-22
- The Cliffs
- Whipple Dam State ParkNational Register
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution
- Smith Memorial Arch
- Fort Roberdeau
- William Penn Landing Site
- Wyoming MonumentNational Register
- Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial
- Confederate Soldiers and Sailors
- Denison House
- State of Alabama
- Major General John Buford
- Dunlap's Creek Bridge
- Perry Monument
- High Water Mark of the Rebellion
- National Memorial Arch
- Washington Crossed the Delaware
- Washington Crossing Monument
- June 5 Memorial
- Indian Steps MuseumBuilt 1912 · National Register
- State of Pennsylvania Memorial
- Pittsburgh Law Enforcement Memorial
- State of Virginia
- State of Mississippi
- Mill Road Fallen Firefighter’s Memorial
- The "Pioneer" markerBuilt 1948-07-15
- Crown Inn
- Helen B Katz Natural Area
- 28th Division Global War on Terror MonumentBuilt Dedicated May 22, 2016
- NY Auxiliary Monument
- Our Lady of Deliverance Statue/Recreation Area
- 39th NY “Garibaldi Guard” Hildebrandt(w)
- The Hyde Park Foot Bridge
- 74th PA von Hartung(w) / von Mitze(c) / Krauseneck
- US HQ Cavalry Corps 3rd Division Kilpatrick "kill cavalry"
- 59th NY Thoman+ / McFadden
- Fort Armstrong
- Cavalry Corps 1st Div Reserve Brigade position
- 6th PA Cavalry Reg "Rush's Lancers" Haseltine LF marker
- 9th MA Artillery Battery Bigelow(w) / Milton
- 71st PA “California Regiment” Smith
- 5th US Artillery Battery F “Martin’s Battery” Martin
- US HQ 5th Corps Sykes
- 108th Machine Gun Battalion MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 27, 1962
- Yohogania Courthouse
- 99th PA Moore(w) / Fritz
- Karthaus Furnace
- 29th PA Rickards
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 30, 2012
- Hidden Foundation
- Virigin Mary Statue
- Captain Green Monument
- Charles Vernon Gridley Monument
- Richard Henderson
- David Leech
- 1st DE Harris / Hizard(w) / Smith+ / Dent
- Helen Furnace
- Owl Hollow School
- Hinkson's Corner 1764
- 12th NJ Hill
- Vietnam Era Naval Propeller
- Helena Schaaff Saunders Memorial
- Wild Cat Rock
- 6th PA Reserves "35th PA Volunteer Infantry Regiment" Lt. Col. EntBuilt 1890
- 110th Infantry MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 22, 1955
- Veterans Memorial
- Jackie Wilson
- Washington Revolutionary War Encampment Monument
- Civil War Memorial
- Monument to Six Million Jewish MartyrsBuilt 1964-04-26
- Desegregation of Pennsylvania Schools
- 39th NY “Garibaldi Guard” Hildebrandt(w) marker
- General James A. Beaver Memorial
- 20th ME Chamberlain
- James Cleveland Memorial
- 2nd MA Mudge / Morse
- Mary Behrend Monument
- Concrete Stanchions
- US General John Gibbon
- Lehigh County
- former Jackstown Aquaduct
- Minguannan Indian Town Marker
- US Colonel George Ward 15th MA KIA
- Sherk Bench
- CCC Monument (stone fireplace and chimney)
- Wallace W. Fetzer MemorialBuilt Dedicated 1926
- Clarion County
- US HQ 11th Corps Howard
- Nobleston World War II Memorial
- Gen. Wayne HeadquartersBuilt 1949
- 109th Machine Gun BattalionBuilt Dedicated May 24, 1953
- Graff Memorial
- US HQ 11-3rd Division Schurz
- Camp Letterman
- 11th PA Coulter / Haines(w) / Overmyer
- Path of Honor
- Picture Rocks Veterans Memorial
- Big spring Bulldog
- Bellefonte Governors' MemorialBuilt 1995
- Stewartstown Coal Dock
- Sons of Italy Columbus Garden
- Gettysburg Stone
- Willie Thrower (1930-2002)
- Halfmoon Furnace
- Redbank Coaling Tower
- Greenwood Furnace Stack No. 2Built 1834
- US HQ 1-2nd Division Robinson
- Hobart King Kistler
- Old PRR Reservoir
- State of Georgia
- 108th NY “Rochester Regiment”
- Tower of Voices
- Nellie Bly (1864-1922)
- Shrine to Colonel Theodore D. BoalBuilt Dedicated September 15, 1940
- Granite Crucfix
- 75th PA Mahler+ / Ledig
- John F. Kennedy Memorial
- Union Canal Tunnel
- 2nd US Cavalry Reg Rodenbough
- Lawrence County World War I Memorial
- Tyler Coke Ovens
- General Harry Clay Trexler on his horse "Jack O' Diamonds"
- US 149th PA “1st Reg Bucktail Brigade” Dwight(w) / Glenn
- Union Church
- 103rd Engineers Memorial FountainBuilt Dedicated May 25, 1958
- 103rd Medical Battalion MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 24, 1964
- US 2-1-2nd Brigade NY Irish Brigade KellyBuilt 1888
- Allison Crane Bulldozer Blade
- 1st US Artillery Battery K Graham
- Unitarian Church
- 106th PA Curry
- Bridge
- 6th US Cavalry Regiment hospital marker
- 1st VT Cavalry Preston
- Mine Master's House
- Battle of the Clouds
- Kittanning
- Over the Top
- Bazooka Boogie MonumentBuilt Dedicated May 16, 2010
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
- Revolutionary War Memorial
- Raymong Philip Shafer (1917-2006)
- Baldwin House
- Saluting Soldier Statue
- US Brigadier General Gouverneur K. Warren(w)Built 1888
- Abandoned Mount Gretna Prison Foundations
- Blair Limestone Company Kilns
- 107th Field Artillery MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 16, 1948
- 20th ME Chamberlain
- 83rd PA Woodward
- Marysville Fire Co Dedication Plaque
- 16th ME Tilden(c) / Marston July 1st 1863 pos marker
- 99th PA Moore(w) / Fritz
- Vietnam War Memorial
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
- 19th IN Williams(w) / Dudley(w) / Lindley(w)
- Blackwell Splash Dam
- 157th NY Brown(w) / Arrowsmith+
- Sundy Place
- Stewartstown Water Cistern
- Shakespeare Memorial
- Saint Mary Statue
- Old Power Station
- 1st RI Light Artillery Battery A “Arnold’s Battery”Built 1886
- Civil War Monument
- 6th PA Cavalry “Rush’s Lancers” Co E & I Haseltine
- The Lower Trail
- Historic Plane
- Concrete Stanchions
- 4th US Artillery Battery G Wilkinson+ / Bancroft
- Joey Giardello Statue
- US 150th PA “2nd Reg Bucktail Brigade” Wister / Huidekoper(w) / Jones
- State of South Carolina
- Island Park
- Farmhouse Ruins
- 5th ME Artillery “Stevens’ Battery” Stevens(w) / Whittier
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Fort Crawford
- Clinton County Civil War Monument
- Michael E. Weston Memorial
- WW1, WW1, Korean War
- 20th IN Wheeler+ / Taylor(w) / Gilbreath
- Simon B. Elliott Monument
- Miller School
- Father Walter J. Ciszek Birthplace and Boyhood Home
- 58th NY “Polish Legion” Otto(w) / Koenig
- World War One Memorial
- US 5th ME Artillery “Stevens’ Battery” Stevens(w) / Whittier
- 15th NY Light Artillery Battery Hart(w) / Knox(w)
- 69th PA O’Kane+ / Tschudy+ / Duffy(w) / Davis
- The Purple Heart
- Anderson Family Burial Ground
- Recreated coal mine
- US George Sandoe killed June 26th 1863 marker
- Gifford Dam
- Longwood School RuinsBuilt 1857
- 2nd US Artillery Battery D Wiliston
- World War 2 Memorial
- Fort Necessity
- Camp Letterman
- Fort Machault
- Old Forge War Memorial
- Site of Strickler's Drug Store, Home of the Banana Split
- 109th Infantry MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 23, 1954
- foundation
- US 28th PA Flynn
- Fort McClure House
- Camp Michaux
- Lehigh Valley Workers Memorial
- TIme Capsule
- Homestead LabyrinthBuilt 2009
- US HQ 3-1-2nd Brigade Hobart Ward(w) / Berdan
- former Phillips Sand Co. (2 plants)
- 88th PA Whiteside
- Brady's Bend Works
- Erie Extension Canal
- Taylor Field Memorial
- Kier Refinery Historic Marker
- Parker's Landing Petroglyphs
- 119th NY Lockman(w) / Lloyd
- Lt. Michael P. Murphy Penn State Veterans PlazaBuilt 2011
- WV Art “Pierpont Battery C” Hill
- US HQ 11-2-1st Brigade Coster
- 121st PA Alexander Biddle / Chapman Biddle
- United States Regulars
- Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014)
- 1st OH Light Art Bat I “Dilger’s Battery” Dilger
- 61st PA Smith
- Admiral Christopher Columbus
- Blue Star Memorial Highway
- Meniolagomeka MemorialBuilt 1901
- Rittenhouse Farm
- Fishbasket Indian Town
- The Doughboy
- Tryon Lewis Sawmill
- 1st US Artillery Battery H Eakin(w) / Mason
- Larry Holmes StatueBuilt December 13, 2015
- US Captain Henry Fuller
- US HQ Cavalry Corps 3-1st Brigade Farnsworth+ / Richmond
- Major Thomas B. Anderson MemorialBuilt Dedicated October 4, 1925
- US 16th PA Cavalry Robison
- MI 1st, 5th, 6th & 7th MI Vol Cavalry Regs Custer
- The Wilson Bulldog
- 61st OH McGroarty
- US General James Wadsworth
- 109th Infantry Field Artillery Memorial
- Headquarters Troop MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 23, 1954
- Clymer Bench
- Heroes’ Ground
- Kittanning
- Portland Cement
- Fort McIntosh
- Old State Line Historical Marker
- American Merchant Marine MemorialBuilt 2005-06-11
- Stone Crusher
- Philipsburg
- CS Chesapeake MD Artillery "Brown’s Battery"
- Borough Establishment
- 2nd US Artillery Battery B & L Heaton
- Benjamin Franklin (on a bench)Built 1987
- Edelman Bench
- Shippensburg University Coordinates
- 147th PA Pardee
- Coke Ovens
- Signal Corps U.S.A.
- 112th Machine Gun Battalion MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 21, 1954
- Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
- Vietnam Veterans of Westmoreland Co. Memorial
- Christopher Rizzuto Bench
- 9th MA Artillery Battery Bigelow(w) / Milton
- John Henry Simler House
- US HQ 5-1-3rd Brigade Strong Vincent+ / Rice
- Bishop James M Thoburn
- 14th CT Ellis
- 6th US Cavalry Regiment Starr
- Shousetown Boatyard
- Army of the Potomac Medical Department
- Korean Call Up MonumentBuilt Dedicated May 16, 2010
- Buchanan Furnace
- Crystal Springs Inn
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works
- In Memory of General John Armstrong
- Delaware Cemetery Veterans Memorial
- Casimir Sienkiewicz (1892-1974)
- Lieutenant Colonel James A. Shannon MemorialBuilt Dedicated September 15, 1926
- James MillsBuilt 2024-04-10
- THE SMITH TRACT NATURAL LAND'S "MENG PRESERVE"-STONE HILL GREENWAY
- Phillipston Turntable
- Lime Hill Marker
- US General John C. Robinson
- US 149th PA Co D “1st Reg Bucktail Brigade” Dwight(w) / Glenn
- US HQ 11-1st Division Barlow(w) / Ames
- Civil War Memorial
- 76th NY “Courtland County Regiment” Glover+ / Cook
- 5th WI Allen
- Leechburg High School Building
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument
- Meadville
- Tank
- Old Centre Hall Pennsylvania Railroad Depot
- Continental TreasuryBuilt 1924
- MA Regiments markers
- Presston Veterans Memorial
- Oliver Rosenberg Memorial Pavilion
- Madison MS Artillery “Ward’s Battery”
- CS Kershaw SC Brigade
- Christopher Columbus MonumentBuilt 1892
- Jackattack Monument
- Pequea Magnetic Iron Mining Company
- Old Toboggan Run Rocks
- big spring bulldog 2
- 54th NY “Hiram Barney Rifles” Kovacs+ / Both marker
- Battlefield Cross
- USAir Flight 427 Memorial
- 9th MA Artillery Battery Bigelow(w) / Milton
- 1st Lieutenant Henry Lami Memorial
- Curwensville Dam
- Alnwick Grove
- The Siberian Iron Works
- Michael A. Musmanno (1897-1968)
- Crawford County
- Ambridge Honor Roll
- Bridge Dedication
- The Leechburg Cemetery
- Reading Police Memorial
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Veterans Memorial
- Saint Filumena Shrine
- King of Prussia Volunteer Fire Company 9/11 Memorial
- General Asher Miner MemorialBuilt Dedicated September 9, 1924
- US General John Sedgwick
- World War Memorial US Army and Navy & Polish Army
- President Pumping Engine
- US 149th Pennsylvania “1st Reg Bucktail Brigade” Dwight(w) / Glenn
- bigspring bulldog 3
- Memorial Auditorium
- Horse-Shoe Trail Eastern Terminus
- Pioneer Short-Wave Station
- Eusebius Barnard (1802-1865)
- Joe Namath, Beaver Falls Hall of Famer
- McKees Rocks Mound
- Diamondtown Veterans Memorial
- 20th ME Co B Morrill
- 28th Signal BattalionBuilt Dedicated May 15, 2009
- 1st PA Light Artillery Battery B “Cooper’s Battery” CooperBuilt 1889
- Dr. J. L. Hoffman Memorial
- Pine Grove Mills Rail Station
- Coke Ovens
- Grave of Etna Bittenbender
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
- Robert's Torpedo
- The McKee Mansion
- 43rd NC Kenan(w) / Lewis
- Kinzua Town Historical Location
- 9/11 Memorial
- Negley Memorial
- 26th PA Emergency Regt Jennings
- Neshaminy Falls Park
- Armstrong County
- Weedon's Brigade Memorial
- 108th Field Artillery MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 24, 1953
- 76th NY “Courtland County Regiment” Glover+ / Cook
- Birthplace of the Direct Primary
- Central Library
- Sheppard-Meyers Reservoir Dedication Plaque
- Historical Price sawmill dam?
- Beacon Sign
- Trestle Bridge ruins
- 54th NY “Hiram Barney Rifles” Kovacs+ / Both marker
- Creveling Lakes
- James V. Dearing
- Rural Electrification
- Stephen Vincent Benet
- 157th NY Brown(w) marker
- Veteran Monmument
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial
- Mexican War Monument
- St. Patrick's Church
- Rural Electrification
- Henrys Tannery
- Maine Regiment Memorial
- US HQ 1st Brigade Artillery Res McGilvery
- Bridge 40.39
- D. Leech & Company ⎯⎯⎯ Western Transportation Company
- US 21st PA Cavalry Co B Bingham
- Symbol of ProgressBuilt 1967
- Stewartstown R.R.
- 28th Division MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 23, 1953
- Brigadier General Edward Sigerfoos MemorialBuilt Dedicated September 9, 1924
- Limekilns
- 107th OH Meyer(w) / Lutz
- Korea Vietnam MemorialBuilt 2005-04-30
- Gold Star Mothers Memorial Honor Roll
- Culm Dump
- Fanny Sellins
- US Captain Jedediah Chapman
- Sto-Rox Bicentennial
- US General Samuel Crawford
- Vandergrift
- 155 MM. Howitzer
- US HQ 11th Corps Howard
- Allegheny College
- US General Francis C. Barlow
- John B. KellyBuilt 1965
- 5th US Cavalry Regiment Mason
- US HQ 1-2-1st Brigade Paul(w) / Leonard(w) / Root(w) / Coulter(w) / Lyle
- Birthplace of First Aid
- Clearfield Bison
- US HQ 1st Regular Brigade Artillery Reserve Ransom
- Michael Horrocks 9/11 Memorial
- 2nd US Artillery Battery M Pennington
- William F. Shanaman Monument
- In honor of World War 1917-1919
- 29th OH Stevens(w) / Hayes
- Ashland VA Artillery “Woolfolk Battery”
- General Harry C. TrexlerBuilt 1954
- City Fountain monument
- Great Republic Monument
- Ashville Monumnet
- State of Texas
- Veterans of Upper Bern Township Memorial
- Hammermill Three Sister Stacks
- Michael Sexton Eagle Scout Project
- 9/11 Memorial
- 1980 Flood Memorial
- 82nd OH Robinson(w) / Thomson
- World War 2 Memorial
- Pennsylvania Canal (Western Division)
- Veteran's Memorial
- Martin Luther King Jr.Built 2010-11-23
- 9-11 Memorial
- Blanket Hill
- Dewees House Marker
- General Wayne Statue
- 109th Field Artillery Train Wreck MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 23, 1971
- Tom Thwaites Monument
- Palmerton Area Veteran's Memorial
- Bicentennial Plaza Dedication
- Lincoln Address Memorial
- US Colonel Charles F. Taylor
- Triangle
- Brady's Bend
- World War II Memorial
- US HQ Cavalry Corps 1st Divivision Reserves Brigade Merritt
- 1st US Cavalry Reg Lord
- Barclay SquareBuilt 1979
- 111th Infantry MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 22, 1955
- Asbury Church
- Roslyn Place
- VFW Post 389 Veterans Memorial
- 106th PA Curry
- Monroe Furnace
- 26th PA Emergency Regt Jennings marker
- Bodo Otto Memorial
- Eddie Adams (1933-2004)
- Leechburg Keystone Marker
- 112th Infantry MemorialBuilt Dedicated May 27, 1956
- US 2-3-3 Willard’s Brigade - Colonel George Willard KIA
- Revolutionary War Soldier's Grave Marker
- North Franklin Colliery
- 6th PA Cavalry Reg "Rush's Lancers" Haseltine
- Lawrence County Spanish–American War Memorial
- 150th Pennsylvania “2nd Reg Bucktail Brigade” Wister / Huidekoper(w) / Jones
- Shawmont "Roll of Honor" War Memorial
- 1909 McKee's Rocks Strike
- US General Alexander Webb
- World War II Memory WallBuilt Dedicated September 14, 1997
- General Philip H. Sheridan MonumentBuilt 1910
- A Tribute to Anthracite Coal MinersBuilt 2001-09
- 16th ME Tilden(c) / Marston
- Red Caboose Museum
- US Stephen Weed+ & Charles Hazlett+
- 5th US Artillery Watson's Battery I"
- 28th PA Flynn
- Beaver Korean War Memorial
- Michaella Marie Wolfe (1992-2007)
- Halehurst
- US Lt. Col. John NicholsonBuilt 1925
- 19th ME Heath(w) / CunninghamBuilt 1889
- Huntingdon Furnace
- 157th NY Brown(w) / Arrowsmith+
- PERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL WALL
- Jim Thorpe Monument
- Owen's Garden
- 10th NY Cavalry “Porter Guard” Avery
- 2nd US Artillery Battery B & L Heaton
- Amherst VA Artillery "Kirkpatrick Battery”
- Old Forge Wall of Honor
- Taylor Cub Monument
- Civil War MonumentBuilt 1898 · 13.8 m
- Railroad Bumper
- St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church
- Rosicrucian Pyramid
- 153th PA Freuauff
- U.S. Military Veterans Memorial
- Kittanning or Attiqué Indian Town
- US HQ 2-2-2nd Brigade Webb(w)
- US HQ 11-3-2nd Brigade Krzyzanowski
- Foxburg Golf Course
- John Mitchell MonumentBuilt 1924
- West Bethlehem World War II Memorial
- World War I Officers Memory Wall
- Liberty Tree
- Nittany Lion Shrine
- George Washington MonumentBuilt 1893
- Bishop White Statue
- Ed "Shovels" Kobesky Memorial
- Wallenpaupack Lake Estates 9/11 Memorial
- Statue of Liberty