Chestnut Street is a major historic street in
Philadelphia
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, Pennsylvania. It was originally named Wynne Street because
Thomas Wynne's home was there.
William Penn
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renamed it Chestnut Street in 1684. It runs east–west from the
Delaware River
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waterfront in downtown Philadelphia through
Center City and
West Philadelphia. The road crosses the
Schuylkill River
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on the
Chestnut Street Bridge. It serves as eastbound
Pennsylvania Route 3 between 63rd and 33rd Streets.
Stratton's Tavern was located on Chestnut Street near Sixth Street. When the citizens of Philadelphia were afraid that the British might attack the essentially unmanned
Fort Mifflin, the secretary of the Young Men's Democratic Society called a meeting held at Stratton's Tavern at Chestnut and Sixth Streets on March 20, 1813. The young men agreed to volunteer their services to defend the fort.
Points of interest
From east to west:
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United States Custom House
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National Liberty Museum
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Carpenters' Hall
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First National Bank (now part of the
Science History Institute)
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Old City Hall
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Second Bank of the United States
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Independence Hall
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Liberty Bell
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Gimbel's department store 1927 addition, Chestnut & 9th Streets, northeast corner
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The Franklin Residences, formerly the Benjamin Franklin Hotel
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Belgravia Hotel
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Historic Main Post Office (now the
IRS
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' 30th Street Campus)
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Drexel University
Drexel University is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony Joseph Drexel, Anthony J. Drexel, a financier ...
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University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
Major intersections
The entire street is in
Philadelphia
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,
Philadelphia County.
Gallery
File:Chestnut Street West Philadelphia 2.jpg, 33rd and Chestnut Streets in University City
File:Chestnut Street at Night.jpg, Chestnut Street in Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
at night in February 2016
File:Exterior of the Independence Hall, Aug 2019.jpg, Independence Hall, a landmark between 5th and 6th Streets on Chestnut Street
File:Independence Hall 4.jpg, Old City Hall at 5th and Chestnut Streets
File:Phila FrontStreet02.jpg, Eastern terminus at Front Street
File:Chestnut Street West Philadelphia 3.jpg, Chestnut and 47th Street
See also
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History of Philadelphia
References
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Economy of Philadelphia
Streets in Philadelphia