Elfreth's Alley - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Elfreth's Alley Philadelphia
America's oldest residential street was built in 1702 and is now designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Elfreth's Alley: Public helps excavate oldest U.S. street in Philly
Volunteers help a doctoral student unearth artifacts as part of a public archeology dig on historic Elfreth's Alley.
Elfreth's Alley - The Oldest Street In The USA !!!
Today I walk from Camden, NJ to Philadelphia via the Ben Franklin Bridge. I visit Elfreth's Alley which is the oldest street in the USA, dating back to 1707. I also visit St. Augustine Church and Race Street Pier. It was an exciting day with lots of good walking.
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Elfreth's Alley | Philadelphia Pennsylvania | United States
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Elfreth's Alley, Philadelphia
Video of Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia. Taken 12/26/06. Yep...this is pretty much all there is to it.
Elfreth's Alley - The Oldest Residential Street in America - Philadelphia
Elfreth's Alley - The Oldest Residential Street in America. Philadelphia August 2012
Several Homes Along Philadelphia’s Historic Elfreth’s Alley On The Market
Carol Erickson takes us on a tour.
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Entrando i questa stradina sembra di fare un salto indietro.nel tempo. Case in mattoni a vista con porte colorate architettura del settecento e fondo stradale realizzato con ciotoli. Dicono sia la prima strada degli Stati Uniti.
A very unique Airbnb on Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia
This Airbnb is said to be an old wine cellar that was converted into a cozy apartment. It is located on the iconic Elfreth's Alley, the oldest continuous residential street in the United States, not far from Independence Hall and many other American historical landmarks.
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ELFRETH'S ALLEY,PHILADELPHIA
The oldest street in the city.
Oldest Street in America - Elfreths Alley, Philadelphia [4K]
This narrow cobbled street is the oldest residential street in America. The beautiful historic houses have been preserved in their original style. Elfreths Alley in Philadelphia, PA dates back to 1702. It contains 32 houses with the most recent being built in 1836.
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Follow my friends and I to Elfreth's Alley!! We accidentally stumbled into what I believe is Magic Gardens on the way and decided to stop and take pictures lol
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Taking a Walk Down Elfreth's Alley
This alley still looks like it did when Benjamin Franklin was alive.
Chad's Philly Favorites - Elfreth's Alley
Hi everybody Chad Rosenberg from Rosenberg & Parker here with another episode of Chad’s Philly Favorites and this one is an absolute must do. I'm in Elfreth’s Alley in Old City right off of 2nd Street. And Elfreth’s Alley is the oldest continuously occupied street in the entire country. People been living here since with 1720’s and they still live here to this day. One of the things that is also really cool about the street for risk management people is that these buildings have these emblems on them called fire marks And the one up here actually says fire association and fire association later became Reliant Insurance Company and is now part of Travelers. And if you had one of those emblems on your building, on your house and you had a fire then the fire company would come and put out your fire. If you had a fire and you didn't have that they let your house burned to the ground. Noww this is something started by Benjamin Franklin and is the origins of property insurance the United States. When you're in Philadelphia for RIMS you've got to come check out after Sally Elfreth’s Alley! We’ll see you in April!
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Elfreth’s Alley - July 2015
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Elfreth Alley, Phila PA One of US's Oldest Streets (Axis Video)
Elfreth's Alley
Philadelphia, PA
This Alley is considered as Our nation's oldest residential street, and is located in the Old City section of Philadelphia. It was added to the National Registar of Historic Places back on October 15th 1966. It was founded in 1702 and houses were built between the years of 1728 and 1836 and currently 32 houses stand on this narrow street. The alley sits between North 2nd Street and North Front Street, in the block between Arch and Race Streets. House 137 was built by Josiah Elfreth (the grandson of the street's namesake) in 1789.
Elfreth's Alley is named for Jeremiah Elfreth, an 18th-century blacksmith and property owner. Among the alley's residents were tradesmen and their families, including shipwrights, silver and pewter smiths, glassblowers, and furniture builders. In the 1770s, one-third of the households were headed by women. The Georgian and Federal-style houses and cobblestone pavement of the alley were common in Philadelphia during this time.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, industry began to change the street. Perhaps the first was a stove factory that in 1868 took its place in a row of residential houses. Eventually, factories surrounded Elfreth's Alley. The city's waterfront was only a few blocks away. Industry changed more than the architecture; successive waves of immigrants, lured by the nearby jobs, moved onto the street; in 1900, the neighborhood was overwhelmingly Irish.
In 1934, the Elfreth's Alley Association (EAA) was founded to preserve the alley's historic structures while interpreting the street's 300-year history. The EAA helped save the street from demolition, and also lobbied the city to restore the alley's name to Elfreth's Alley; it had been designated as the 100 block of Cherry Street years before as part of a street-name simplification program.
Present-day Elfreth's Alley is the product of cycles of urban renewal and decay as well as historic preservation efforts. The alley is a tourist attraction and a rare surviving example of 18th-century working-class housing stock. The site stands in sharp contrast to the more frequently preserved grand mansion houses of Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood.
Making Ends Meet: 300 Years of Life on Elfreth's Alley
A new exhibit is coming to America's oldest neighborhood! On May 18, Elfreth's Alley will proudly present Making Ends Meet: 300 Years of Life on Elfreth's Alley. Want to be the first to see? Tickets for our special opening reception on May 18th from 5pm to 7pm are available at elfrethsalley.org.