Full Series: Penn's Legacy: Neighborhood Walking Tours of Philadelphia

Explore three neighborhoods led by experienced guides and discover the local history along with amazing architecture in these communities built upon Philadelphia’s early policies of religious tolerance. Classes included in the series: 9/20 SOCIETY HILL'S SACRED SPACES: Travel Society Hill with your guide and see history come to life when visiting reclusive St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, classical Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Romanesque Revival Mother Bethel Church, Georgian St. Peter’s Church, and Gothic Revival St. Mary’s Church. 10/13 JEWISH IMMIGRANT PHILADELPHIA: Relive the Philadelphia experience of Eastern European Jews who settled, at the turn of the 20th century, in the area from 2nd to 6th Streets and Spruce Street south to Christian Street. Explore their synagogues and homes and learn about their thriving marketplaces that became prominent businesses. 11/09 RITTENHOUSE SACRED SPACES: Identify with your guide outstanding examples of religious architecture in the Romanesque Revival and Gothic Revival styles in the Rittenhouse Square area and trace the city’s development west of Broad Street from the mid 19th century through the Gilded Age era.