Penn and Front Sts., Chester, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Delaware.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 11, 1971. NRIS 71000703.
1 contributing site. 1 contributing object.
The monument at the William Penn Landing Site in Chester, Pennsylvania marks the spot of the first landing of William Penn on the territory of Pennsylvania, on October 28 or 29, 1682 (O.S.). Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, landed in the only town in the province, then known as Upland.
The monument at the site was designed by John Struthers, erected on November 8 and dedicated November 9, 1882 (N.S.) The landing site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995031