{"nrhp_refnum":"71000703","name":"Penn, William, Landing Site","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Penn and Front Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chester","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.84343031100008,"lon":-75.36103229099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-03-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A memorial stone marking the spot in Chester, Pennsylvania, where William Penn landed in late October 1682. The granite marker, erected in 1882, measures 5 feet high and 3 feet by 2 feet at the base.","why_significant":"The site is associated with Penn's arrival in Pennsylvania and with the location of Robert Wade's log house, where Penn spent his first night in the colony. The document also links the house to an early Quaker meeting held there in 1676.","narrative":"Along the Delaware River in Chester, a granite memorial stone marks the place where William Penn came ashore on October 28 and 29, 1682. Erected in 1882 and designed by John Struthers of Philadelphia, the marker stands about five feet high and carries a marble tablet bearing Penn's coat of arms and an inscription recording the landing. Penn arrived aboard the ship Welcome, and a passenger, Evan Oliver, recorded the arrival at Upland, later renamed Chester. The site also includes the location of Robert Wade's log house, bought from one of Governor Printz's daughters. Wade's home is connected to the first Quaker meeting in Pennsylvania, reportedly held there in 1676, and Penn spent his first night in the colony in the house. The place is important for linking the colony's founding to its early religious community.","period_of_significance":"17th Century","architect_builder":"John Struthers of Philadelphia (designer of the memorial)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.373292-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/71000703.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000703/c0074193d3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000703/c0074193d3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penn_Landing_Stone_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penn_Landing_Stone_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995031","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn_Landing_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8016760"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/penn-william-landing-site-71000703/"}