Ghosts of Old City Philadelphia

Ghosts! This evening walking tour is filled with tales of the lost souls who haunt Old City. Hear about yellow fever, gun duels, horrible injuries, gross illnesses ... we hope you're okay after this.
The tour group will meet at outside City Tavern on 2nd Street. The address is 138 S 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA. Please arrive 15 minutes before your tour start time, and check in with the Guide prior to the start of the tour.

On this tour you will pass by and learn about the following places:

City Tavern: Once the tavern that was backdrop to the American Revolution. It burned in 1834 and was razed in 1854. Who started the fire, and does the ghost of a burnt bride scream through the shadows here?

Merchants’ Exchange: The Merchants’ Exchange building, c. 1834, once bordered infamous Dock Creek, a cesspool of filth and disease. Once the city’s commercial center, greed butted up against the ghosts of the unfortunate just outside the door.

Site of the Alexander Hamilton House: Did living here in Philly become the fuse that imploded Alexander Hamilton’s life and destroyed his trajectory to the presidency? Does his ghost wander here, ruminating on his ill-advised affair with Maria Reynolds?

Carpenters’ Hall: The First Continental Congress was held here, but Carpenters’ Hall was also a makeshift hospital during the American Revolution, a notorious meeting place for French spies, the location of an ill-fated bank robbery, and so much more.

Dolley Todd House: Dolley Todd’s baby son and first husband died horrible deaths at this site, c. 1775, from yellow fever. Dolley herself moved on to occupy the White House as first lady and wife of fourth American president, James Madison, but do the ghosts of her family linger here in her old house?

Statue of Robert Morris: Robert Morris was a fiery patriot, statesman, financier and tremendous leader in the American Revolution. Morris signed all three founding documents, the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution, but he died broke and sick. Some people say his ghost haunts the area of the Walnut Street Jail across the street, where he was incarcerated nearby for his debts.

Library Hall, American Philosophical Society: A statue of Benjamin Franklin occupies the center façade of this building. Franklin, a key founding father, was also a diplomat, civic leader, accomplished scientist, inventor, and writer. But he disowned his son, neglected his wife, and refused to forgive those who crossed him. Who are the ghosts that haunt his likeness?

Independence Square: You know it as the place where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed. But do you know about the bodies that were dumped on the steps during the French and Indian War, or how many people died here at the hands of authorities? America’s birthplace has more than a few ghosts.

Washington Square: Now home to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, this square was once a burial field for American Revolutionary soldiers, the poor, and unclaimed dead. John Adams, walking here in 1777, wrote to his wife that he had spent an hour in the “congregation of the dead.” No shortage of ghosts here.

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