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Old City

Places of Worship

• Arch Street Friends Meeting House, Quaker Meeting House
• Old St. Joseph's Church, first Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia (1733)
• St. Augustine Church, Roman Catholic Church
• St. George's United Methodist Church, oldest Methodist Church in the United States

Historical

• Betsy Ross House, replica of Betsy Ross' House on the purported site of her home
• Carpenters' Hall, a key meeting place in the early history of the United States
• Congress Hall, served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800.
• Christ Church Burial Ground, resting place of Benjamin Franklin and others
• Elfreth's Alley, oldest residential street in the United States
• First Bank of the United States, first national bank of the United States
• Independence Hall, building where both the US Declaration of Independence and US Constitution were debated and adopted.
• Merchants' Exchange Building, oldest surviving stock exchange building in the United States
• Philadelphia Bourse, a commodities exchange founded in 1891
• Philosophical Hall, headquarters of the American Philosophical Society for over 200 years
• President's House, presidential mansion that housed George Washington and, briefly, John Adams. (No longer exists.)
• Second Bank of the United States, second national bank of the United States

Federal

• James A. Byrne United States Courthouse, Federal courthouse for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Philadelphia Mint
• FDC Philadelphia, a US Federal prison which holds male and female inmates prior to or during court proceedings, as well as inmates serving brief sentences.

Museums

• Museum of the American Revolution
• National Museum of American Jewish History

Spring Garden

• Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

Outskirts

• Bartram's Garden, botanical garden and home of John Bartram
• Petty's Island