Old City, Philly
- Vicinity: Roughly - Delaware River, Walnut St, S 6th St and Spring Garden St
| Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
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| Name | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
| Elfreth's Alley Historic District |
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Between 2nd and Front Sts | ||
| Thomas Sully Residence |
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530 | Spruce St | S 6th St |
| City Tavern Restaurant |
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138 | S 2nd St | Walnut St |
| American Philosophical Society Hall |
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Independence Sq | ||
| Free Quaker Meetinghouse |
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5th St (N Independence Mall E) | SW corner 5th and Arch Sts | |
| Old City Historic District |
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Old city area including parts of Washington Square and Franklin Square East Development Areas | ||
| Independence Hall |
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Walnut St | Bounded by Walnut St, S 6th St, Chestnut St and S Independence Mall E | |
| Arch Street Meetinghouse |
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302 - 338 | Arch St | |
| Christ Church Burial Ground |
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Arch St | S 5th St (N Independence Mall E) | |
| Christ Church |
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22 - 26 | N 2nd St | |
| Old City Hall Philedelphia |
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Chestnut St | 5th St, Independence Square | |
| Old Drexel Building |
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48 | S 3rd St | Chestnut St |
| Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Delaware River |
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I-676 | Spans Delaware River, Philadelphia to Camden | |
| Boekel Building |
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505 and 515 | Vine St | N Randolph St |
| Independence Square, Philadelphia |
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111 | S Independence Mall W | Walnut |
| Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters |
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100 | Independence Mall West | |
| Bank Row Philly |
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421, 427, 431 and 433 | Chestnut St | S Independence Mall E (S 5th St) |
| Thomas Bond House |
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129 | S 2nd St | Between Chestnut St and Walnut St |
| Liberty Bell |
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Market St | Liberty Bell Center at S 6th St | |
| Congress Hall |
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Chestnut St | S 6th St |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1763/11/00 | Charles Mason | Surveyor | Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon survey the first degree of latitude in America, near where South St meets Front St in Philadelphia. | Surveying the Mason-Dixon Line | ||
| 1763/11/00 | Jeremiah Dixon | Surveyor | Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon survey the first degree of latitude in America, near where South St meets Front St in Philadelphia. | Surveying the Mason-Dixon Line | ||
| 1793/07/00 | Dr Benjamin Rush | Surgeon | The first major American yellow fever epidemic arrives in Philadelphia. Dr Rush believes the outbreak began in a mound of coffee beans rotting on the a dock. | 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||
| 1793/08/03 | A large number of cats continue to die in Philadelphia, masses of flies and mosquitoes swarm, coffee cargo from the sloop AMELIA sits spoiling on Ball's Wharf (lost) and a French sailor slowly dies of fever at Richard Denny's Boarding house. | 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||||
| 1798/08/00 | Being frequently called out during the night, Dr Pascalis can strongly perceive the smell issuing from streams in Market-street as far as Mulberry-street on the one side, and Chesnut-street on the other. | Yellow Fever Epidemic that Almost Desolates Philadelphia, 1798 |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Thomas Bond House |
| Particulars for Old City, Philly: | |
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| Locale Type | Neighborhood |
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