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Black American Legacy & Quaker Heritage

Black American Legacy & Quaker Heritage is a Philadelphia walking tour with 31 stops, audio narration, Compass guidance, and route planning details.

5.6 miles · 248 minutes · 31 stops

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Stops on this route

  1. President's House / Liberty Bell Center
    George Washington's enslaved household exhibits. Day: Day 1. Time: Afternoon. Location: 526 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
  2. Pennsylvania Abolition Society
    First abolitionist organization in the world (1775). Day: Day 1. Time: Morning. Location: 525 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA
  3. Free Quaker Meeting House
    Quakers who supported the Revolution (1783). Day: Day 1. Time: Morning. Location: 500 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
  4. Arch Street Friends Meeting House
    Oldest continuously used Quaker meeting house (1669-present). Day: Day 1. Time: Morning. Location: 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
  5. Mother Bethel AME Church
    Founded 1794 by Richard Allen, oldest parcel owned by African Americans. Day: Day 1. Time: Morning. Location: 419 S 6th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
  6. Lombard Street Free African Society homes
    Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, Cyrus Bustill homes. Day: Day 1. Time: Afternoon. Location: 600-700 block Lombard St, Philadelphia, PA
  7. Christian Street YMCA
    Pivotal site for Black intellectual life. Day: Day 3. Time: Afternoon. Location: 1724 Christian St, Philadelphia, PA 19146
  8. The Woodlands
    1770s neoclassical mansion and cemetery. Day: Day 3. Time: Morning. Location: 4000 Woodland Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104
  9. W.E.B. Du Bois College House
    Exhibit on The Philadelphia Negro study. Day: Day 3. Time: Evening. Location: 3900 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
  10. 3911 Delancey Street
    Childhood home of Marian Anderson. Day: Day 3. Time: Afternoon. Location: 3911 Delancey St, Philadelphia, PA
  11. 4600 Spruce Street
    Former home of Dr. Nathan F. Mossell. Day: Day 3. Time: Afternoon. Location: 4600 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19139
  12. 4700-4800 blocks of Walnut Street
    Twin Victorian mansions. Day: Day 3. Time: Afternoon. Location: 4750 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA
  13. Lemon Hill Mansion
    1799 Federal mansion, owned by Quaker Henry Pratt. Day: Day 3. Time: Morning. Location: Lemon Hill Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19130
  14. Freedom Theatre
    Key cultural landmark. Day: Day 4. Time: Afternoon. Location: 1346 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19121
  15. Cecil B. Moore Avenue
    Center of 1960s-70s Black Power era. Day: Day 4. Time: Afternoon. Location: 1600 Cecil B. Moore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19121
  16. John Coltrane House
    Home of legendary jazz musician. Day: Day 4. Time: Afternoon. Location: 1511 N 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19121
  17. Belmont Mansion
    Underground Railroad stop. Day: Day 3. Time: Morning. Location: 2032 Belmont Mansion Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19131
  18. Mount Pleasant
    Georgian masterpiece. Day: Day 4. Time: Late Afternoon. Location: 3800 Mount Pleasant Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19121
  19. Ormiston
    Smallest Quaker-built Park mansion. Day: Day 4. Time: Late Afternoon. Location: Reservoir Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19121
  20. Cedar Grove & Laurel Hill mansions
    Quaker summer estates. Day: Day 3. Time: Morning. Location: Laurel Hill Mansion, Edgley Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19129
  21. Strawberry Mansion
    Largest Federal-era mansion in Fairmount Park. Day: Day 4. Time: Morning. Location: 2450 Strawberry Mansion Dr, Philadelphia, PA
  22. 3200-3400 blocks Diamond & Susquehanna
    Historic Doctor's Row townhouses. Day: Day 4. Time: Afternoon. Location: 3300 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140
  23. Stenton
    Georgian mansion with complex slavery history. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 4601 N 18th St, Philadelphia, PA
  24. Belfield Mansion
    1711 Quaker summer estate, abolitionist ties. Day: Day 1. Time: Afternoon. Location: 2100 W Clarkson Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144
  25. Grumblethorpe
    1744 summer home of Wister family. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 5267 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA
  26. Deshler-Morris House
    Washington's Germantown White House 1793-94. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 5442 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA
  27. Wyck
    One of Germantown's oldest houses, abolitionist ties. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 6026 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144
  28. Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse
    Site of 1688 Protest Against Slavery. Day: Day 2. Time: Afternoon. Location: 6133 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144
  29. Johnson House
    Underground Railroad station. Day: Day 2. Time: Afternoon. Location: 6306 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA
  30. Cliveden
    1767 mansion, Battle of Germantown site. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 6401 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19119
  31. Upsala
    1798 Federal-style mansion. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 6430 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA