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Declaration House Review
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Declaration House
Museums / Galleries, Historic District
Fodor's Review:
In a second-floor room that he had rented from bricklayer Jacob Graff, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) drafted the Declaration of Independence in June 1776. The home was reconstructed for the Bicentennial celebration; the bedroom and parlor in which Jefferson lived that summer were re-created with period furnishings. The first floor has a Jefferson exhibition and a seven-minute film, The Extraordinary Creation. The display on the Declaration of Independence shows some of the changes Jefferson made while writing it. You can see Jefferson's original version -- which would have abolished slavery had the passage not been stricken by the committee that included Benjamin Franklin and John Adams.
INFO
- Address: 7th and Market Sts., Historic Area, Philadelphia, PA
- Phone: 215/965-2305
- Web site
- Cost: Free
- Open: Hrs vary
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