Betsy Ross House (historic house museum)

The Betsy Ross House at 239 Arch Street is a historic house museum interpreted as the site where Betsy Ross lived and where she has traditionally been associated with sewing the first American flag. The claim that Ross designed or made the first Stars and Stripes is debated among historians, and the museum presents both the family story and broader context about 18th-century upholstery and colonial Philadelphia life. The site functions as a public museum and tourist attraction in Old City.