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  Franklin Institute

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  The Franklin Institute (named after the noted American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin) is a museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the oldest centers of science education and development in the United States, dating to 1824. The Institute also houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.

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  Design Architect : John Haviland
  style: Greek Revival
  location:
  15 S. 7th St.
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
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  Eastern State Penitentiary

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  The Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located on 2027 Fairmount Avenue between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration first pioneered at the Walnut Street Jail which emphasized principles of reform rather than punishment. Notorious criminals such as bank robber Willie Sutton and Al Capone were held inside its unique wagon wheel design. When the building was erected it was the largest and most expensive public structure ever constructed, quickly becoming a model for more than 300 prisons worldwide.

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  Built: 1829
  Design Architect : John Haviland
  style: Gothic architecture
  location:
  Cherry Hill
  Philadelphia,
  
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  Walnut Street Theatre

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  The Walnut Street Theatre (or simply The Walnut), located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 825 Walnut Street, is the oldest continuously operating theatre in the English-speaking world and the oldest in the United States. The venue has three stages: the Mainstage, for the company's primary and larger productions, the Independence Studio on 3, a studio located on the building's third floor for smaller productions, and the Studio 5 on the fifth floor, which is rented out for independent productions.

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  Built: 1809
  Design Architect : John Haviland
  style: Classical Revival
  location:
  9th and Walnut Sts.
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  

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