Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial

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Thaddeus Kosciuszko House in May 1972, prior to restoration

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Memorial

Thaddeus Kosciuszko House in 2009

Location:	301 Pine St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	39°56′35.99″N 75°8′51.03″W / 39.9433306°N 75.1475083°W / 39.9433306; -75.1475083Coordinates: 39°56′35.99″N 75°8′51.03″W / 39.9433306°N 75.1475083°W / 39.9433306; -75.1475083
Area:	0.02 acres (0.0081 ha)
Built:	1775
Architect:	Joseph Few
Visitation:	4,107 (2005)
Governing body:	National Park Service
NRHP Reference#:	70000068^[1]
Added to NRHP:	December 18, 1970

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Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, at 301 Pine Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, preserves the home of Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kościuszko. The life and work of the Polish patriot and hero of the American Revolution are commemorated here

Kosciuszko returned to America to a hero's welcome after his wounding, capture, imprisonment, and banishment from his native Poland occupied by Russia, in 1796. Instructed to find "a dwelling as small, as remote, and as cheap" as possible, Kosciuszko's secretary, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, chose Mrs. Ann Relf's boarding house in Society Hill (on the corner of 3rd and Pine Streets). Here, while Kosciuszko recuperated from his wounds (rarely leaving the house), he was visited by numerous luminaries of the day, including Vice President Thomas Jefferson, architect Benjamin Latrobe, William Paterson (a signer of the US Constitution), Chief Little Turtle of the Miamis, and Chief Joseph Brant of the Mohawk.

The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1970. The National Memorial was authorized on October 21, 1972. It is administered under Independence National Historical Park, but is counted as a separate unit of the national park system.

At 0.02 acres (0.0081 ha) 0.02 acre (80 m²), the memorial is America's smallest national park or unit of the National Park System.^[2]

The site is currently open for touring, Wednesday to Sunday, noon to 4pm. There are no fees, tickets, or reservations required to visit this site.

References [edit]

Philadelphia portal

The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior.

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
^ Frequently Asked Questions

External links [edit]

Official NPS website: Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
"Brief History: The Smallest National Park" by Robert Smith, All Things Considered, 30 June 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

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