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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
n 6th & Market Sts, (800) 537-
7676. Open 8:30am–6pm daily.
Independence Hall, Liberty Bell:
Open 9am–5pm daily. National
Museum of American Jewish
History: Tel (215) 923-3811.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Fri,
10am–5:30pm Sat & Sun. Closed
Elfreth’s Alley Jewish hols. ∑ nmajh.org
The city’s oldest residential Second Bank of the US, the Portrait
street is lined with Gallery: Closed for restoration.
18th-century houses, many of & African American Museum:
which are now shops. Tel (215) 574-0380. Open 10am–
5pm Thu–Sat, noon–5pm Sun.
Betsy Ross House, a & ∑ aampmuseum.org
restored 18th-century
home, is a memorial to
Christ Betsy Ross, who is
Church credited with stitching
A R C H S T R E E T 3 R D S T R E E T 2 N D S T R E E T City Tavern was
the first American flag.
the venue of
frequent debates
during Colonial
times. It still serves
food and drink
today.

M A R K E T S T R E E T 18th-Century Garden, Franklin Court
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Benjamin Franklin lived and
worked in these buildings,
which include the B. Free
C H E S T N U T S T R E E T 4 T H D S T R E E T sylvania Horticultural Benjamin Franklin Museum.
created by the Penn-
Franklin Post Office and
Society (1827), was the
first of its kind in the US.
. 2 Second Bank of the US
An extensive collection of
portraits of luminaries involved in
W A L N U T S T R E E T political events of 1776 is on
the military, diplomatic, and
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display at this Grecian style
building (see p112).

Washington Square Park

. 1 Independence Hall
The centerpiece of the park, this
World Heritage Site was the place
where the Declaration of
Independence was signed on
July 4, 1776 (see p112).

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