Philadelphia walking tour
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
Stops on this route
- President's House / Liberty Bell Center
George Washington's enslaved household exhibits. Day: Day 1. Time: Afternoon. Location: 526 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 - Pennsylvania Abolition Society
First abolitionist organization in the world (1775). Day: Day 1. Time: Morning. Location: 525 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA - Free Quaker Meeting House
Quakers who supported the Revolution (1783). Day: Day 1. Time: Morning. Location: 500 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Christian Street YMCA
Pivotal site for Black intellectual life. Day: Day 3. Time: Afternoon. Location: 1724 Christian St, Philadelphia, PA 19146 - The Woodlands
1770s neoclassical mansion and cemetery. Day: Day 3. Time: Morning. Location: 4000 Woodland Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 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 - 3911 Delancey Street
Childhood home of Marian Anderson. Day: Day 3. Time: Afternoon. Location: 3911 Delancey St, Philadelphia, PA - 4600 Spruce Street
Former home of Dr. Nathan F. Mossell. Day: Day 3. Time: Afternoon. Location: 4600 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19139 - 4700-4800 blocks of Walnut Street
Twin Victorian mansions. Day: Day 3. Time: Afternoon. Location: 4750 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA - Lemon Hill Mansion
1799 Federal mansion, owned by Quaker Henry Pratt. Day: Day 3. Time: Morning. Location: Lemon Hill Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19130 - Freedom Theatre
Key cultural landmark. Day: Day 4. Time: Afternoon. Location: 1346 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19121 - 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 - John Coltrane House
Home of legendary jazz musician. Day: Day 4. Time: Afternoon. Location: 1511 N 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19121 - Belmont Mansion
Underground Railroad stop. Day: Day 3. Time: Morning. Location: 2032 Belmont Mansion Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19131 - Mount Pleasant
Georgian masterpiece. Day: Day 4. Time: Late Afternoon. Location: 3800 Mount Pleasant Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19121 - Ormiston
Smallest Quaker-built Park mansion. Day: Day 4. Time: Late Afternoon. Location: Reservoir Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19121 - Cedar Grove & Laurel Hill mansions
Quaker summer estates. Day: Day 3. Time: Morning. Location: Laurel Hill Mansion, Edgley Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19129 - Strawberry Mansion
Largest Federal-era mansion in Fairmount Park. Day: Day 4. Time: Morning. Location: 2450 Strawberry Mansion Dr, Philadelphia, PA - 3200-3400 blocks Diamond & Susquehanna
Historic Doctor's Row townhouses. Day: Day 4. Time: Afternoon. Location: 3300 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140 - Stenton
Georgian mansion with complex slavery history. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 4601 N 18th St, Philadelphia, PA - Belfield Mansion
1711 Quaker summer estate, abolitionist ties. Day: Day 1. Time: Afternoon. Location: 2100 W Clarkson Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144 - Grumblethorpe
1744 summer home of Wister family. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 5267 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA - Deshler-Morris House
Washington's Germantown White House 1793-94. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 5442 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA - Wyck
One of Germantown's oldest houses, abolitionist ties. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 6026 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144 - Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse
Site of 1688 Protest Against Slavery. Day: Day 2. Time: Afternoon. Location: 6133 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144 - Johnson House
Underground Railroad station. Day: Day 2. Time: Afternoon. Location: 6306 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA - Cliveden
1767 mansion, Battle of Germantown site. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 6401 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19119 - Upsala
1798 Federal-style mansion. Day: Day 2. Time: Morning. Location: 6430 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA