Philly Historic Sites

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
219 South 6th Street

• Historic site/museum and library.
• Founded 1814; current location built 1847.

“Circulating library, research archive, and cultural forum”

Bartram’s Garden
5400 Lindbergh Boulevard (Southwest Philadelphia)

• Historic house, garden, park.
• House dating to 1728.

“Southwest Philadelphia’s home for horticulture”

Betsy Ross House
239 Arch Street

• Historic house museum.
• House dating to 1740.

“Birthplace of the American flag”

Boathouse Row
1 Boathouse Row

• Historic site and operating boathouses.
• Began in 1858.

“Historic 19th-century boathouses”

Carpenters’ Hall
320 Chestnut Street

• Historic site/museum.
• Built 1770-74.

“Hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774”

Eastern State Penitentiary
2027 Fairmount Avenue (North Philadelphia)

• Historic site/museum.
• Prison opened 1829.

“America’s most historic prison”

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
532 North 7th Street (North Philadelphia)

• Historic house museum.
• Home of Poe 1843-44.

“Reflect on the human spirit…celebrate Poe’s astonishing creativity”

Elfreth’s Alley / Museum
126 Elfreth’s Alley

• Historic site and house museum.
• Houses dating to 1703.

“300 years of history on one residential street”

Fort Mifflin on the Delaware
6400 Hog Island Road (South Philadelphia)

• Historic site/museum.
• Built 1771-76.

“One of the only intact Revolutionary War battlefields and the only fort in Philadelphia”

Glen Foerd
5001 Grant Avenue (Northeast Philadelphia)

• Historic house museum.
• Built 1850.

“Eclectic riverfront estate”

Hill-Physick House
321 South 4th Street

• Historic house museum.
• Built 1786.

“Medical drama. Great wealth. Madeira”

Independence National Historical Park
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Italian Market – South 9th Street Curb Market
(South Philadelphia)

• Historic/operating market.
• Since the 1880s.

“America’s oldest & continuously operating outdoor market”

The John Coltrane House / Museum and Cultural Arts Center (in development)
1511 North 33rd Street (North Philadelphia)

• Historic house/museum in development.
• Home of Coltrane 1952-58.

“African American history, Philadelphia history, jazz history and jazz studies”

Masonic Temple / The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania
1 N. Broad Street

• Historic site/museum and library.
• Built 1868-73.

“One of the great ‘wonders’ of the Masonic world”

Marian Anderson House, National Marian Anderson Museum / Historical Society
762 Martin Street (South Philadelphia)

• Historic house museum.
• Home of Anderson 1924-43.

“Epicenter for the life and legacy of Marian Anderson”

New Market and Head House
2nd Street between Pine & Lombard Streets

• Historic site.
• Market built 1745; Head House 1804.

“One of the oldest surviving market buildings of its type in the nation”

Paul Robeson House & Museum
4951 Walnut Street (West Philadelphia)

• Historic house museum.
• Home of Robeson 1966-76.

“Renaissance man who spent most of his life fighting injustice”

Philadelphia City Hall
1400 John F. Kennedy Boulevard

• Historic site and operating government building.
• Completed 1894.

“World’s highest masonry load-bearing structure”

Philadelphia Contributionship
210 South 4th Street

• Historic site/museum (by appointment) and operating insurance company.
• Founded 1752; current location built 1835-36.

“Longest tenured insurance company in the country”

Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
1020 South Street

• Historic site/museum.
• Mosaic installation began c. 1991.

“Unique mosaic art environment”

Powel House
244 South 3rd Street

• Historic house museum.
• Built 1765.

“Political intrigue. Influence. Sinful feasts”

Reading Terminal Market
1136 Arch Street

• Historic site and operating market.
• Since 1893.

“One of America’s largest and oldest public markets”

The Rosenbach
2008-2010 Delancey Place

• Historic house museum and library.
• Houses built in the 1800s.

“Rare books, manuscripts, and art”

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
301 Pine Street

• Historic house museum/memorial.
• Home of Kosciuszko in 1798.

“Polish freedom fighter…designed successful fortifications during the American Revolution”

The Union League of Philadelphia
140 S. Broad Street

• Historic site and operating city club.
• Founded 1862.
• Heritage Center collection database

“Patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of President Abraham Lincoln”

Walnut Street Theatre
825 Walnut Street

• Historic site (with tours) and operating theater.
• Founded 1808.

“America’s oldest theatre”

Wanamaker’s
1300 Market Street

• Historic site and operating department store (Macy’s Center City).
• Built 1876.

“One of the first department stores in the United States” and “largest fully-functioning pipe organ in the world.”

The Woodlands
4000 Woodland Avenue (West Philadelphia)

• Historic house and cemetery.
• House dating to c. 1770.

“18th-century English pleasure garden, 19th-century rural cemetery, and a modern green oasis for its neighbors”

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