Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #11 in Philadelphia, United States

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 8.8 km
Ascend 123 m
Descend 97 m

Explore Philadelphia in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Philadelphia

Sight 1: Germantown White House

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Germantown White House

The Germantown White House is a historic mansion in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest surviving presidential residence, having twice housed Founding Father George Washington during his presidency.

Wikipedia: Germantown White House (EN)

712 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Vernon House

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Vernon House See below / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Vernon-Wister House is a historic house in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1803 by James Matthews, from whom John Wister purchased it in 1812. His son, John Wister, was a member of Congress and lived in Vernon until his death in 1883.

Wikipedia: Vernon-Wister House (EN)

902 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: Robert Fulton Elementary School

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Robert Fulton Elementary School

Robert Fulton School is a historic school building located in the Morton neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Wikipedia: Robert Fulton School (EN)

656 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Wyck House

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Wyck House

The Wyck house, also known as the Haines house or Hans Millan house, is a historic mansion, museum, garden, and urban farm in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its well-preserved condition and its documentary records, which span nine generations of a single family.

Wikipedia: Wyck House (EN)

548 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Germantown Mennonite Meeting House

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Germantown Mennonite Meeting House

The Mennonite Meetinghouse is an historic, American Mennonite church building that is located at 6119 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Wikipedia: Mennonite Meetinghouse (EN)

1120 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 6: Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

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Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

The Ebenezer Maxwell House, operated today as the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, is an historic house located in the West Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Wikipedia: Ebenezer Maxwell House (EN), Website

702 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: John Johnson House

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John Johnson House See below / CC BY-SA 3.0

The John Johnson House is a National Historic Landmark in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, significant for its role in the antislavery movement and the Underground Railroad. It is located at 6306 Germantown Avenue and is a contributing property of the Colonial Germantown Historic District, which is also a National Historic Landmark. It is operated today as a museum open to the public.

Wikipedia: John Johnson House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (EN)

51 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: The Concord School House

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The Concord School House is a historic one-room schoolhouse in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is operated today as a museum. It is part of the Colonial Germantown Historic District which was named a National Historic Landmark District in 1965.

Wikipedia: Concord School House (Philadelphia) (EN)

745 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Benjamin Chew House

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Benjamin Chew House

Cliveden, also known as the Chew House, is a historic site owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, located in the Germantown neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. Built as a country house for attorney Benjamin Chew, Cliveden was completed in 1767 and was home to seven generations of the Chew family. Cliveden has long been famous as the site of the American Revolutionary War's Battle of Germantown in 1777 as well as for its Georgian architecture.

Wikipedia: Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House) (EN), Website

1122 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 10: Beggarstown School Building

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Beggarstown School Building

The Beggarstown School, built c. 1740, is a historic school in Beggarstown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now part of the Mount Airy neighborhood. It is a rare example of a school building from the colonial era.

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887 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 11: Michael Billmeyer House

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Michael Billmeyer House

The Michael Billmeyer House, aka the Bensell-Billmeyer House, is an historic, American twin house that is located in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Daniel Billmeyer House

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Daniel Billmeyer House

The Daniel Billmeyer House is a historic house in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 1793 section of the house was built by printer and wealthy businessman Michael Billmeyer for his son Daniel.

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173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Upsala Mansion

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Upsala Mansion See below / CC BY-SA 3.0

Upsala is a historic mansion in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Considered one of the finest extant examples of Federal architecture, the mansion is a contributing property of the Colonial Germantown Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Upsala (mansion) (EN), Website

1173 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 14: St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church

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St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church

St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a historic church building in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, just north of the Germantown neighborhood. The congregation was founded sometime before 1728 and three successive church buildings have occupied the same location since that time. The church was closed in 2016.

Wikipedia: St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Mt. Airy) (EN)

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