Pennsylvania Hall

Pennsylvania Hall is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1992.

N 6th St. south of Race St., Philadelphia

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Built on this site in 1838 by the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society as a meeting place for abolitionists, this hall was burned to the ground by anti-Black rioters three days after it was first opened.

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1826 · Philadelphia And Adjacent Country (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1836 · Philadelphia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Philadelphia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1842 · Philadelphia and Environs (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Philadelphia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Philadelphia, 1836, covering the location of Pennsylvania Hall, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Philadelphia, 1836, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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