Famous first City Date

Ambulance Cincinnati, Ohio prior to 1865

Aquarium Chicago, Ill. 1893

Automobile service station Pittsburgh, Pa. Dec. 1, 1913

Baseball stadium Pittsburgh, Pa. June 30, 1909

Cathedral Baltimore, Md. 1851

Computer Philadelphia, Pa. 1946

Daily newspaper Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 21, 1784

Department store Salt Lake City, Utah 1868

Electric company New York, N.Y. Oct. 15, 1878

Elevator New York, N.Y. 1850

Hospital Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 11, 1752

Motion picture theater Los Angeles, Calif. April 2, 1902

Opera house San Francisco, Calif. Oct. 15, 1932

Parking meter Oklahoma City, Okla. July 16, 1935

Public museum Charleston, S.C. Jan. 12, 1773

Railroad station Baltimore, Md. 1830

Revolving restaurant Seattle, Wash. May 22, 1961

Skyscraper Chicago, Ill. 1885

Subway Boston, Mass. Sept. 1, 1897

Traffic light Cleveland, Ohio Aug. 5, 1914

Zoological garden Philadelphia, Pa. July 1, 1874