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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia County, dedicated 1971.

At entrance, S 43rd St. & Kingsessing Ave., West Philadelphia

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Founded in 1821 at historic Carpenters' Hall by prominent apothecaries to improve the standards of pharmacy, the College was incorporated the following year. It is the oldest institution of its kind in the United States.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1777 · A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia COLLBN 011-04-044 (Leiden University Libraries)
1807 · Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Philadelphia And Adjacent Country (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Philadelphia And Adjacent Country, 1826, covering the location of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Philadelphia And Adjacent Country, 1826, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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