Special Tour: City Archives

Join us on a special evening tour of Philadelphia City Archives on Spring Garden Street. From Board of Health lists of abandoned privy wells, to ground rent deeds, to the original architectural plans for City Hall, the records in the City Archives hold the key to innumerable inquiries into Philadelphia's past. Learn how archivists preserve the City's one-of-a-kind collections and make them accessible to genealogists, city officials, preservationists, and researchers from the general public.

Meet at the entrance at 548 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, PA 19123.

Know before you go:

• Parking: There is 2 hour parking on Spring Garden, on side streets, and the Target lot on the south side of the building.
• The Philadelphia Archives is accessible by public transit via a 10 minute walk from the Spring Garden Station on the Market Frankford Line or by the 43 and 47 bus lines
• Please note that photography will only be allowed for parts of the tour. 

Preservation Alliance walking tours utilize an audio system that transmits from a headset worn by the guide to earpieces worn by tour attendees. The equipment is thoroughly sanitized before and after each use. Tour attendees can also plug in their personal headsets or earbuds that use a standard headphone jack (Not compatible with Bluetooth or Apple earphones).

A limited number of $2 tickets are available for PA ACCESS or Art-Reach ACCESS card holders. Please email us at tours@preservationalliance.com for discount.