Old St. John’s Church, Race Street between Fifth and Sixth; first English Lutheran Church in America, built 1806.
Southeast corner of Fourth and Cherry Streets, site Zion Lutheran Church (German), built 1766; in 1790 its organ was considered the finest in America.
Northeast corner of Fourth and Arch Streets, James Russell Lowell stayed here with his bride in 1845.
Southeast corner of Fourth and Arch Streets, Friends meeting-house; oldest in Philadelphia, built in 1804; since 1811 it has been used for the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Orthodox Friends, and is said to be largest in the world. (See Historic Burial Grounds.)
Southwest corner of Fourth and Arch Streets, site of residence built for William Smith, D.D., before 1762. First provost of the University of Pennsylvania.
Fourth Street, west side, below Arch, site of the Academy in 1749; beginning of the University, marked with tablet.
Southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets, Christ Church burial ground. (See Burial Grounds.)
Southwest corner of Fifth and Arch Streets, Free Quaker Building; tablet, inscription “By general subscription for the Free Quakers; erected in the year of our Lord 1783, and of the Empire 8.” “Fighting Quakers,” who fought in the Revolutionary War against peace principles of the sect. The Apprentices’
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN