National Historic Landmark · art museum · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built 1805 by Frank Furness. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1805Listed 1971Renaissance Revival architectureFrank Furness
Art in America; a critical and historical sketch (1880) (14759919536)Catherine Ann Drinker (Janvier), Blessed are the Meek, 1871, three-color lithograph, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsCatherine Ann Drinker (Janvier), Old-fashioned Music, 1880, pen, ink and pencil, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsDead Man Revived by Touching the Bones of the Prophet Elijah - Washington Allston (14779021171)
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 5 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1805, it is the longest continuously operating art museum and art school in the United States.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressSW corner of Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia, PA
CountyPhiladelphia County
ListedMay 27, 1971
Reference number71000731
Built1805
ArchitectFrank Furness
Type of placeart museum, art academy, private not-for-profit educational institution
StyleRenaissance Revival architecture, Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada
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
AddressSW corner of Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia, PA
Websitepafa.org ↗
Coordinates39.95555, -75.16347 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitEdgar Allan Poe National Historic Site · 1 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

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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 71000731. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.