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Timeline
1713
- Jeremiah
Elfreth builds first houses on the Alley.
1749-52
- Bladen's
court opened.
1752
- Jeremiah
and Hannah Elfreth wed; Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia
1767
- Mary Smith, owner of #126, dies and wills her belongings to Sarah Melton - the Museum House is furnished based on her will.
1776
- Declaration
of Independence is signed in Philadelphia.
1781
- British
surrender to the Revolutionary Army.
1787
- Constitution
is signed in Philadelphia; delegates celebrate at City Tavern.
1810
- First
steamboat to Camden.
1836
- House
#125, the only four-story, is the last house built on Elfreth's Alley.
1840s
- Philadelphia
is the site of many Underground Railroad stops.
1846
- Liberty
Bell cracked and rang its last clear note.
1859
- Seventeen
families lost homes in the great fire on 2nd Street below Dock Street.
1865
-Delaware
River froze and people walked across to New Jersey
1871
-Excavation
begins for Philadelphia's City Hall.
1876
- 9.9
million people visit the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia.
1934
- Elfreth's Alley Association founded. Annual Fete Day celebration begins
with tours of the private residences.
1940s
- Houses
#136 and #138 are torn down.
1950s
- The
Alley is saved from demolition by a national preservation effort.
1958
- Elfreth's
Alley becomes a registered National Historic Landmark
1960
- The
Museum House #126 opens to the public.
1976
- Our
Nation's 200th birthday and the Alley's 263rd.
1985
- The
Museum House celebrates its 25th anniversary.
1997
- The
second museum house, The Windsor Chair Maker's, opens.
2000
- www.elfrethsalley.org
launches.
2002 - Elfreth's Alley Tricentennial
Celebration.
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