Old City, Philly


  • Vicinity: Roughly - Delaware River, Walnut St, S 6th St and Spring Garden St
  • Type: Neighborhood


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PLACES

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Elfreth's Alley Historic District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
Between 2nd and Front Sts
Thomas Sully Residence
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
530 Spruce St S 6th St
City Tavern Restaurant
  • Sight
138 S 2nd St Walnut St
American Philosophical Society Hall
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
Independence Sq
Free Quaker Meetinghouse
  • Sight
  • NRHP
5th St (N Independence Mall E) SW corner 5th and Arch Sts
Old City Historic District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Old city area including parts of Washington Square and Franklin Square East Development Areas
Independence Hall
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • WHL
  • URR
  • 1001 Bld
  • KAE
  • NP Entity
  • TC
Walnut St Bounded by Walnut St, S 6th St, Chestnut St and S Independence Mall E
Arch Street Meetinghouse
  • Sight
  • NRHP
302 - 338 Arch St
Christ Church Burial Ground
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHP
Arch St S 5th St (N Independence Mall E)
Christ Church
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
22 - 26 N 2nd St
Old City Hall Philedelphia
  • Sight
  • NP Entity
Chestnut St 5th St, Independence Square
Old Drexel Building
  • Sight
48 S 3rd St Chestnut St
Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Delaware River
  • Sight
I-676 Spans Delaware River, Philadelphia to Camden
Boekel Building
  • Sight
  • NRHP
505 and 515 Vine St N Randolph St
Independence Square, Philadelphia
  • Sight
  • Sight
  • NP Entity
111 S Independence Mall W Walnut
Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters
  • Sight
  • NRHP
100 Independence Mall West
The Monaco
  • Lodging
  • Sight
433 Chestnut St S Independence Mall E (S 5th St)
Thomas Bond House
  • Lodging
  • Lodging
  • Sight
  • NRHPc
129 S 2nd St Between Chestnut St and Walnut St
Liberty Bell
  • 1001 Hist
Market St Liberty Bell Center at S 6th St
Congress Hall
  • Sight
Chestnut St S 6th St

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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 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

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Places

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PlaceAsNotedInType
Thomas Bond House

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Particulars for Old City, Philly:
Locale Type Neighborhood




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