Philadelphia will get 14 new state historical markers in the coming year, adding to more than 300 signs that have been placed in the city by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission since the commemorative program started in the 1940s.

PHMC staff voted on Thursday to approve 45 new historical markers statewide, choosing the first crop of new plaques to be planned since the program went on a two-year hiatus. Markers are approved based on public nominations reviewed by a panel of historical experts brought together by the PHMC.

Among Philadelphia's new plaques will be a marker for the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel at 200 S. Broad St. on the Avenue of the Arts. The landmark 19-story building, constructed in 1904 in the French Renaissance style, was inspired by New York's Waldorf Astoria

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