Thaddeus Kosciuszko House
On the northwest corner of 3rd and Pine Streets sits the house which was for a time was the home of Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746-1817), the Polish patriot who fought for the American cause during the Revolution. One of his first duties upon arrival was helping fortify the city against the British fleet's expected attack.
The house has a double history: it was also the birthplace of Colonel John Nixon (1733-1808), who first read the Declaration of Independence publicly in the State House Yard on July 8, 1776. An ancestor of President Richard Nixon, John Nixon he was a soldier in both the French and Indian War and the Revolution in addition to being a sheriff in Philadelphia.Diagonally across the street stands St. Peter's Church
Society Hill
- Welcome to Society Hill
- Locust Street between 4th and 5th; Magnolia and Rose Gardens
- Old St. Joseph's
- Shippen-Wistar House
- Cadwalader House
- St. Mary's Church
- House of Joseph Hopkinson
- Wharton House
- Powel House
- John Penn's House
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church
- Davis-Lenox House
- Society Hill Towers Overlooking Abercrombie House
- A Man Full of Trouble Tavern
- Tun Tavern
- American Street
- Head House
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko House
- St. Peter's Church
- Old Pine
- Presbyterian Historical Society
- Kangaroo sculpture
- Society Hill Synagogue
- Physick House
