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  2. Benjamin Franklin House - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin's House, Craven Street, London. Benjamin Franklin House is a museum in a terraced Georgian house at 36 Craven Street, London, close to Trafalgar Square. It is the last-standing former residence of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The house dates from c. 1730, and Franklin lived and worked ...

  3. Franklin Court - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Court is a complex of museums, structures, and historic sites within Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It is located at the site which American printer, scientist, diplomat, and statesman Benjamin Franklin had his Philadelphia residence from 1763 to his death in 1790.

  4. Craven Street - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin's House, Craven Street, London. Benjamin Franklin lived at No. 36 for sixteen years before the American Revolution. The house is a Grade I listed building with Historic England and now functions as a museum known as Benjamin Franklin House. [3] Pioneer of haematology William Hewson, lived at No. 36 for two years from 1772 at ...

  5. The Franklin Residences - Wikipedia

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    The Benjamin Franklin Hotel, opened on January 14, 1925, named for Founding Father and Philadelphian, Benjamin Franklin.It was designed by prominent American Gilded Age architect Horace Trumbauer, [1] built by Niagara Falls businessman Frank A. Dudley and operated by the United Hotels Company of America.

  6. Carpenters' Hall - Wikipedia

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    The Carpenters Company was founded in 1724, but had no meeting house of their own, resorting to rented tavern rooms for their meetings. Carpenters Company members finally selected a new building site in 1768 on Chestnut Street, a few hundred feet from Benjamin Franklin's home. Robert Smith submitted the plans for the design, but did not ...

  7. Eastern State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    In 2001, it was broken up into three separate, smaller haunted attractions, including a 3-D haunted house. At the time, it was the only 3-D haunted house in Southeastern Pennsylvania and one of the first in the United States. [citation needed] In 2003, four semi-permanent haunted attractions were constructed inside the penitentiary complex. [38]

  8. Philadelphia Contributionship - Wikipedia

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    It was organized by Benjamin Franklin in 1752 and incorporated in 1768. [1] [5] The Contributionship's building, at 212 S. 4th Street between Walnut and Locust Streets in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, was built in 1835-36 and was designed by Thomas U. Walter in the Greek Revival style, with Corinthian columns.

  9. Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State

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    In accordance with Title 22 of the United States Code, Chapter 38, Section 2213(a), the Office of Fine Arts (M/FA) at the U.S. Department of State oversees the art and architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms and administers this museum institution on behalf of the Secretary of State, raising millions of dollars annually.