The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) has arranged a visit to Historic Rittenhouse Town on Monday, June 15 at 11 am. This will be a two-hour outing with a guided tour for $6.

Historic Rittenhouse Town, located in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, is an historic village featuring seven original buildings dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, including the 1707 Rittenhouse Homestead and the 1753 Bake House.

In 1687, papermaker William Rittenhouse purchased a plot of land by a tributary of the Wissahickon Creek and with his son, Nicholas, built the first paper mill in British North America. For 40 years the Rittenhouse family were the only papermakers in America! Eight generations of the Rittenhouse family lived and worked there for almost 200 years. At its peak in the mid-19th century, Historic Rittenhouse Town was a self-contained industrial community comprised of about forty buildings which produced paper, textiles, and grain.

Today Historic Rittenhouse Town is a designated National Historic Landmark District that is a museum and education center offering historic tours, papermaking workshops, hearth cooking, demonstrations, and more.

Scroll down to pay the $6 discounted registration fee. Deadline to sign up is Sunday, June 14 at midnight. Contact APT Director-at-Large vpmccafferty@msn.com with any questions. Join us for an enlightening and fun day!

Photo by Al Cassidy, courtesy of Historic Rittenhouse Town.