Betsy Ross House - Revolutionary-era home and museum

The Betsy Ross House at 239 Arch Street is presented as the 18th-century home of Betsy Ross and operates as a museum interpreting her life and colonial-era Philadelphia. The site is long-associated with the story that Ross sewed the first American flag, a claim promoted by her descendants in the 19th century. Historians debate the documentary evidence for the specific flag-sewing claim, and the house functions primarily as a historical attraction and educational site.