Historic Sites in Philadelphia, PA

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The Betsy Ross House was built over 250 years ago. The front portion was built around 1740, with the stai...

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Most people recognize Carpenters' Hall as the site of the first Continental Congress, but this early 1700s building...

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Within this building then a tavern-house, the Council of Safety for New Jersey was organized March 18th 1777. Herin a...

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Originally built in 1771 and continuously used by the U.S. Army until 1952, Fort Mifflin is one of the mo...

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Thrust into the middle of urban Philadephia is what looks like a great castle, a massive and haunting buildin...

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Still a residential street, Elfreth's Alley was constructed in 1702 and is the oldest continuously inhabited street...

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He may have lived there for only a year, but Edgar Allan Poe's former home on North 7th Street in Philadelphi...

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Located at Red Bank Battlefield National Park, the James and Ann Whitall House (1748) served as both a Revolutiona...

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Today the wonderful colonial house with its noteworthy 1824 alterations by William Strickland, and histor...

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Franklin Court Underground Museum is, as the name suggets, an underground museum located beneath Franklin Court....

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Visitors can explore the science, history and art of boats and boat building at the museum.Climb into a b...

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Built from stone quarried on and oak cut from the Wisters' extensive property, the house is a prime examp...

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In 1884, Walt Whitman purchased a modest, two-story frame house on Mickle Street for $1,750. It is the only hou...

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Built between 1832 and 1834, the Merchants' Exchange Building, also known as the Philadelphia Exchange, i...

Betsy Ross House