• Menu
    social media link
  • Home
  • Join or donate!
  • News
  • New Philadelphia, Illinois
    • The Western Frontier 1809-1865
  • Books and more
    • Lesson Plans
    • Books
    • Reports and Journals
    • Videos
    • More research
  • Visit New Philadelphia
    • Kiosk
    • Augmented Reality
    • Burdick House
  • About us
    • History of the New Philadelphia Association
    • Board of Directors

New Philadelphia Officially Named a Unit of the National Park Service

Just over a century after Free Frank founded the town of New Philadelphia, an act passed by the Senate and House, and signed by President Joe Biden, established the New Philadelphia National Historic Site as a unit of the National Park Service.

Click here to read more.

Posted in Uncategorized

← New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act Passes US House of Representatives

Contacts:
Philip Bradshaw, President, NPA
Griggsville, IL 62340

Carol McCartney, Secretary, NPA
E-mail: jeffm@adams.net

Help us preserve the New Philadelphia site.

Become a Member!

Founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, New Philadelphia is the first known town planned and legally registered by an African American in the United States. Frank McWorter used his earnings to purchase 16 family members out of slavery. The site of this frontier community of European Americans and African Americans is a nationally significant archeological site advancing our understanding of free, rural communities and the abolitionist cause in the antebellum era.

Contact Us
Sending
©2023 New Philadelphia | Site by Energized Graphics