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The Bourse
The Philadelphia Bourse Build , the first commodities exchange in the United States, was completed in 1895. The building was one of the first steel-framed buildings to ever be constructed.
African American Museum
The African American Museum in Philadelphia is the first institution built by a major United States city to house and interpret the life, history, and work of African American citizens.
Free Quaker Meeting House
Located on the corner of 5th and Arch Streets, the Free Quaker Meeting House is an 18th century structure with a story to tell about non-conformists, the intersection of religion and politics, and the power of community.
Arch Street Friends Meeting House
The Arch Street Friends Meeting House, at 320 Arch Street in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Betsy Ross House
The Betsy Ross House, the birthplace of the American flag, is alive with the sights and sounds of the 18th century. The well-known and loved story of Betsy Ross sewing the first Stars & Stripes is tightly woven into the colorful fabric of Americas rich history.
Graff House Declaration House
No visit to Independence Hall is complete without walking down the block to the site where Thomas Jefferson resided and drafted the Declaration. Thomas Jefferson resided at this site while drafting the Declaration of Independence.
Franklin Court
Franklin Court is complex of museums, structures, and historic sites within Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at the site which American Patriot Benjamin Franklin had his Philadelphia residence.
Old City Hall
Old City Hall located at Chestnut Street at 5th Street in the Independence Hall complex of Independence National Historical Park in Center City, Philadelphia, was built in 1790–91 in the Federal style.
City Tavern
City Tavern, also called the Merchants Coffee House, was the political, social, and business center of the new United States. Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and Paul Revere all ate here.
Chief Tamanend Statue
Chief Tamanend stands atop a turtle while an eagle with a wampum belt in its grasp is perched on his shoulder. The turtle symbolized Mother Earth and the eagle represented a messenger of the Great Spirit.
Thomas Bond House
Step into the 18th century in this exquisitely restored 1769 B&B. On the National Historic Register of Historic Places, this certified historic restoration Bed and Breakfast is the only lodging located in Philadelphia.
Todd House
Dolley Madison slept here! Imagine John Todd, 1792 esquire, walking from an upstairs bedroom to his first floor law office to start a day of business.
St Joseph's Church
Old St. Josephs Church founded in 1733 is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Philadelphia. To get to Old St. Josephs Church one walks down tiny Willings Alley and passes under a narrow arch with iron gates.
Philadelphia Exchange
The Merchants Exchange buildings interior is not open to visitors. However, its exterior detail is readily accessible to pedestrians visiting the Historic District. The Exchange building is located on the northeast corner of 3rd and Walnut streets.
Powel House
The Powel House is a historic house museum located at 244 South 3rd Street, between Willings Alley and Spruce Street, in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1765 in the Georgian style.
Tomb of the Unknown Solider of the American Revolution
The Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, sometimes referred to as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution, is a war memorial located within Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Man Full of Trouble Tavern
Man Full of Trouble Tavern stands in the heart of historic Philadelphia — it is the only surviving tavern building from pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia. However, as of 1996, it is closed to the public.
Independence Seaport Museum
Family Fun on the water. Located on Philadelphias Penns Landing. Includes Admiral Deweys 1898 flagship at the Battle of the Manila Bay, USS Olympia, and a WWII submarine.
Philosophical Hall
Snuggled behind the east wing of Independence Hall is the American Philosophical Society Museum, a brick building erected in the late 1780s. This served our nations first museum, national library and academy of science.
Second Bank
The Second Bank of the United States, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States during its 20-year charter from February 1816 to January 1836.
Congress Hall
Congress Hall, located in Philadelphia at the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets, served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800.
Independence Hall
ndependence Hall is the building where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted. It is now the centerpiece of the Independence National Historical Park.
Liberty Hall
North facade of Independence Hall, showing brick building with many windows and a wooden steeple See the room where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both signed.
Carpenters Hall
Carpenters' Hall is a treasure in historic Philadelphia. It hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774 and was home to Franklin's Library Company, The American Philosophical Society, and the First and Second Banks of the United States.
New Hall
New Hall Military Museum. A history of Americas early aversion to, but respect for, military entanglements. The exterior of the New Hall Military Museum in Philadelphia.
Bishop White House
The Bishop White House is open by tour only. Free tickets are available on the day of your visit at the Independence Visitor Center, located on the corner of 6th and Market Streets.
First Bank of the United States
The Bank of the United States, commonly known as the First Bank of the United States, was a national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791.
Christ Church
At Christ Church, Absalom Jones, the nation's first black priest, received his ordination, a school was created to educate slaves and over 25% of Philadelphia's free and enslaved Africans were baptized.
Atwater Kent Museum
The museum was a gift to the city of Philadelphia A. Atwater Kent in 1938 and it is primarily focused toward the history of the city, its industrial development, and its cultural evolution.