{"nrhp_refnum":"71000062","name":"Christ Church Burial Ground","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"5th and Arch Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.95201954700008,"lon":-75.14829545299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-06-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Christ Church Burial Ground is a site at the southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, enclosing about one acre within a brick wall. It is owned by Christ Church and maintained by the congregation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the burial ground is significant for the graves of many notable Philadelphians, including Benjamin Franklin, Deborah Franklin, Dr. Philip Syng Physick, Dr. William Augustus Muhlenberg, several signers of the Declaration of Independence, and Commodores Truxton and Biddle. The period of significance is marked as the 18th and 19th centuries.","narrative":"Christ Church Burial Ground occupies about one acre at the southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets in Philadelphia, enclosed by a brick wall. It is the resting place of many prominent figures from the city's colonial and early national past. Among those buried here are Benjamin Franklin and his wife Deborah Franklin, Dr. Philip Syng Physick, and Dr. William Augustus Muhlenberg. Several signers of the Declaration of Independence are interred in the grounds, as are Commodores Truxton and Biddle. The burial ground is owned by Christ Church and is maintained by the congregation. Several of its older gravestones have been refurbished or restored by community organizations. Its importance rests on the concentration of notable graves from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which tie the site closely to the founding generation of the city and nation.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Well-maintained by Christ Church; several old gravestones have been refurbished or restored by community organizations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.516036-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/71000062.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000062/d14dd6e909-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000062/d14dd6e909-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Wiki publius","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bainbridge_tombstone.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wiki publius</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bainbridge_tombstone.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000683","name":"Independence National Historical Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/independence-national-historical-park-66000683/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997542","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_Burial_Ground","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108770"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/christ-church-burial-ground-71000062/"}