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2. Franklin Court - Wikipedia

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   Franklin permanently moved into the house in 1785. [1] The house itself was built within a large courtyard in the middle of the block, accessed through an alleyway from Market Street. In 1787, Franklin built a print shop within the lot for his grandson Benjamin Franklin Bache, who would publish the Philadelphia Aurora there. Franklin died at ...

3. New Market and Head House - Wikipedia

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   New Market, as it was originally known, and later also known as Head House (or Headhouse) Market and Second Street Market, is an historic street market which is located on South 2nd Street between Pine and Lombard streets in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With a history dating to 1745, it is one of the oldest ...

4. Betsy Ross House - Wikipedia

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   The Betsy Ross House is a landmark in Philadelphia. It is purported to be the site where the upholsterer and flag-maker Betsy Ross (1752–1836) lived when she is said to have sewed the first American flag .

5. Wanamaker's - Wikipedia

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   The monorail car is a static display at Philadelphia's Please Touch Museum. [25] 9th floor: Crystal Tea Room; 10th floor: In-house physician and nurses; 12th floor: Wanamaker Organ Shop, where the Wanamaker Organ was enlarged by an in-house expert staff; Sub-floors: The Downstairs Store, post office, lost and found, shoe repair, the Dairy Bar ...

6. Grumblethorpe - Wikipedia

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   Grumblethorpe was built as a summer residence in 1744 by Philadelphia merchant and wine importer John Wister, when Germantown was a semi-rural area outside the city of Philadelphia. It eventually became the family's year-round residence when they withdrew from the city during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 .

7. Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   The cellar in the house resembles one described in "The Black Cat" (1843), also written while Poe lived in Philadelphia. Though the house does not include any items originally owned by the Poe family, many items are collected nearby at the Free Library of Philadelphia. [5] The site is affiliated with the Independence National Historical Park ...