Our Group strolled through this early city suburb, developed in the late 19th century, which was home to merchants, workers and even prisoners. We enjoyed a diversity of exuberant late Victorian homes and view the world-renowned Eastern State Penitentiary, built in the 1820s and studied by penal experts from Asia and Europe at that time. Highlights include the Penitentiary, Convent of Divine Love, Bergdoll Mansion and more.

All Preservation Alliance guides are volunteers who come from a variety of backgrounds, and all have a minimum certification with the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides. The Spring Garden tour guide is a former lawyer who later pursued a degree in history and is a resident of the Spring Garden neighborhood.