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Johnson House Historic Site

Historic House

Eighteenth-century Quaker farmhouse that served as an Underground Railroad station in the antebellum period. During the Revolution, the Johnson family — Quaker pacifists — navigated the competing pressures of British occupation and patriot community expectations. The house connects Germantown's Revolutionary War history to its later role in the struggle against slavery, tracing a through-line of the Quaker community's engagement with moral and political conflicts across two centuries.

Visiting Today

Address

6306 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144

Hours

Thur–Sat 12pm–4pm

Admission

Adults $8, students $5

Connected Events

Oct 1777
Battle of Germantown

George Washington, Benjamin Chew, Major General Adam Stephen

Oct 1777
Defense of the Chew House

George Washington, Benjamin Chew, Colonel Thomas Musgrave, Henry Knox

Oct 1777
Oct 1777
Friendly Fire in the Fog

Major General Adam Stephen