<P> The Philadelphia Zoo , located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on the west bank of the Schuylkill River , was the first true zoo in the United States . Chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21 , 1859 , its opening was delayed by the American Civil War until July 1 , 1874 . It opened with 1,000 animals and an admission price of 25 cents . For a brief time , the zoo also housed animals brought over from safari on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution , which had not yet built the National Zoo . </P>
<P> The Philadelphia Zoo , located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on the west bank of the Schuylkill River , was the first true zoo in the United States . Chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21 , 1859 , its opening was delayed by the American Civil War until July 1 , 1874 . It opened with 1,000 animals and an admission price of 25 cents . For a brief time , the zoo also housed animals brought over from safari on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution , which had not yet built the National Zoo . </P>
when was the first zoo opened in the us
when was the first zoo opened in the us
July 1 , 1874
July 1 , 1874