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Elfreth's Alley Historic District

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia.
National Register Number: 66000681
 Resource type: District.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - October 9, 1960):
Opened in 1702-04, this is the oldest unchanged and continuously inhabited street in Philadelphia and an example of the survival of a part of colonial America's largest city.


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