The Philadelphia Zoo

The Philadelphia Zoo is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1996.

3400 W Girard Ave. at zoo entrance, Philadelphia

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"America's First Zoo." Chartered 1859 as the Zoological Society of Philadelphia. A wildlife refuge and a zoological garden, the zoo has long been committed to fulfilling its public mission: conservation, research, education, recreation.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1868 · Map of farms and lots embraced within the limits of Fairmount Park as appropriated for… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Philadelphia County, City. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1880 · Philadelphia, Camden. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1884 · Philadelphia, Camden. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering the location of The Philadelphia Zoo, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, 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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