Elfreth’s Alley is named after Jeremiah Elfreth, a property-owner and blacksmith of Philadelphia. The alley was home to many trades-people and artisans during the eighteenth century who served as colonial Philadelphia’s backbone. Most businesses during the eighteenth century operated out of artisans’ own private residences. Tailors, carpenters, shoemakers, grocers, and several others did their work out of the home’s first floor along Elfreth’s Alley. More than three hundred years later, thirty-two historic homes still line the street today, while the city has grown around it. The tiny cobblestone alley is also designated as one of the nation’s National Historic Landmark.

126 Elfreth’s Alley, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Phone: 215-574-0560

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