Historic and Protected Site · Center City East · 13 tips and reviews
HISTORY: Built in 1789 as the Philadelphia County Courthouse, this was where the U.S. Congress met from 1790 to 1800, when Philadelphia was America’s capital. In 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified here.
Government Building · The Pentagon · 98 tips and reviews
HISTORY: Lt. Col. Hugh Tracey and architect George Bergstrom conceived this building's five-corner design during a feverish summer weekend early in World War II.
HISTORY: Elvis Aaron Presley was born on Jan. 9, 1935, in this two-room house built by his father and grandfather. The Presleys lived here only two years before tight finances forced them to move.