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DID YOU KNOW?
The 32 homes on Elfreth's Alley were among the first 100 properties listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Properties when the list was created in 1956.
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 Information requests, group tour reservations, and general inquiries can be made by contacting the Elfreth's Alley Association at the address below.
The Elfreth's Alley Association
126 Elfreth's Alley
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 574-0560
The Town Crier was a popular character at Elfreth's Alley Day in the 1940s. Elfreth's Alley Day, now called Fete Day was started in 1938 and EAA still sponsors an open house each June. Photo from EAA Archives. |
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Thank you to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the generous corporations and individuals who support our mission with general operating support. Click here if you would like to help us tell the world about the lives of ordinary people. |
The Elfreth's Alley is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization that uses the Alley as a lens to interpret the lives, lifestyles, and livelihoods of ordinary Philadelphians from the time of the City's founding through to the present day. The Association preserves the Elfreth's Alley National Historic Landmark District as a rare example of a once commonplace working class community from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. |
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