Philadelphia Constitution Walk

The National Constitution Center occupies a prominent site at five hundred twenty-five Arch Street, recognizable by its location within Independence National Historical Park. Established by the Constitution Heritage Act of nineteen…

The President's House Site sits on a prominent corner near the Liberty Bell, identifiable by a steel and glass structure that frames the exposed foundation remnants of the mansion where George Washington and John Adams lived from seventeen…

The Declaration House is a three-story red-brick building standing on the corner of seventh and Market Streets. Originally built in seventeen seventy-five by a bricklayer named Jacob Graff, the house served as a quiet retreat for Thomas…

Signers' Walk is a stretch of bronze plaques embedded directly into the sidewalk along the south side of Chestnut Street, running between South Sixth and South Seventh Streets. Each plaque, roughly one square foot in size, was created to…

The Liberty Bell is instantly recognizable by the wide, jagged fissure that runs from its lip up into the metal. This two-thousand-pound bronze bell, forged from a mix of copper and tin, hangs from a yoke of American elm. Originally…

Independence Hall is a red brick building recognized by its central tower and the symmetry of its Georgian architecture. Construction began in seventeen thirty-two and lasted until seventeen fifty-three, when it opened as the Pennsylvania…

Congress Hall is a two-story red brick building with a triangular pediment at the corner of Chestnut and Sixth Streets. While it was constructed between seventeen eighty-seven and seventeen eighty-nine to serve as the Philadelphia County…

Old City Hall stands as a restrained, red-brick building with white trim located on the corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets, right alongside Independence Hall. Designed by architect David Evans Junior and completed in seventeen…

Philosophical Hall is a modest two-story brick building with symmetrical facades, identified by its Federal-style architecture and delicate fanlights. It stands on the eastern side of Independence Square as the only privately owned…

Carpenters' Hall is a two-story brick building with a symmetrical, square Georgian design and distinct cutouts at each corner. It sits at the end of an alley off Chestnut Street, built between seventeen seventy and seventeen seventy-four…

The First Bank of the United States rises behind a grand portico of six Corinthian columns, a design modeled after classical Greek temples to project federal stability. Its most striking feature is the pediment above these columns, which…

Franklin Court is defined by the massive, fifty-four-foot-tall white steel frames that sketch the outline of the house Benjamin Franklin once owned here. Built in seventeen-sixty-three, the original brick home served as his residence until…

Christ Church is defined by its soaring, one hundred ninety-six foot tall white steeple, which rises above the surrounding brick architecture of Olde City. Founded in sixteen ninety-five, the church served as the first parish of the Church…

The Betsy Ross House is a narrow, trinity-style brick structure on Arch Street, identifiable by its winding staircase and humble scale. Built in the seventeen forties with a rear addition following two decades later, this building is…

Christ Church Burial Ground is a two-acre cemetery enclosed by a brick wall at the corner of Fifth and Arch Streets. Established in seventeen nineteen when the original churchyard became full, the site holds the graves of over four…