Free previewStop 5 of Philadelphia Walking Tour: Independence Hall to Elfreth's Alley
The House That Isn't There
You're standing in Franklin Court, a quiet courtyard tucked into the middle of the block behind Market Street. Look up at the big white steel frame in front of you, a house drawn in the air with square tubes, roof peak and all. That outline marks where Benjamin Franklin lived, and where he died.
Franklin had this house built in 1763. He was a printer, a scientist, a diplomat and a statesman, but he was not often at home. Franklin was overseas for a significant part of the years he owned it, though he was in Philadelphia for much of his time in the Second Continental Congress and at the Constitutional Convention. He didn't move in for good until 1785.
And he wasn't finished building.
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