civilwarphilly.net -- tour of John Brown's Philadelphia

John Brown's Legacy in Philadelphia:
a self-guided cell phone tour

The John Brown cell phone tour is offline, but you can still access the map and text.
[download the tour text as an Adobe Acrobat document]
Please note that you can no longer access the audio files.

KEY:

	Tour locations -- see the Adobe Acrobat file for tour text
	Locations without tour text
	Libraries/archives -- for further research on John Brown and mid 19th century Philadelphia (consult their websites for locations, hours, access policies)

Tour developed by V. Chapman-Smith, the National Archives at Philadelphia. Many thanks to Anthony Waskie for providing information on Laurel HIll Cemetery, and to Lenwood Sloan, Pennsylvania Director of Cultural and Heritage Tourism, for narration.

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STOP 13	Listen to the introduction
STOP 14-16	Listen to three-part background
STOP 17	Union League of Philadelphia, 140 S. Broad Street
STOP 18	National Hall, 1222-24 Market Street
STOP 19	Philadelphia-Wilmington-Baltimore (PWB) Train Station, Broad and Washington (NW corner)
STOP 20	Walnut Street Wharf/Ferry, foot of Walnut Street Bridge at Delaware Avenue
STOP 21	Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society Office, 107 North Fifth Street
STOP 22	Pennsylvania Abolition Society, Front Street below Chestnut Street
STOP 23	Mother Bethel AME Church, 6th and Lombard Streets
STOP 24	First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 10th and Locust Streets
STOP 25	Shiloh Baptist Church, 2040 Christian Street
STOP 26	Eden Cemetery, 1434 Springfield Road, Collingdale PA
STOP 27	Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue
STOP 28	Fair HIll Burial Ground, 2900 Germantown Avenue
TO COME	William Still home, 244 South 12th Street
TO COME	Thomas Dorsey home, 1231 Locust Street
TO COME	Robert Purvis home, 1601 Mt. Vernon Avenue
TO COME	David Bustill Bowser home, 841 North 4th Street
TO COME	Lucretia Mott, Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society headquarters
TO COME	Lucretia Mott home, "Roadside," PA Route 611 north of Cheltenham Avenue, Elkins Park (watch for historical marker and ornamental iron work gates)

This project has been generously supported by the Honorable Larry Farnese, PA Senator, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Community and Economic Development, and the Samuel S. Fels Fund.