Thomas Jefferson resided here while drafting the Declaration of Independence. Demolished in 1883, the house was reconstructed by the National Park Service in 1975.
Follow the story of the many changes to the property where Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. It was newly built when Thomas Jefferson and Robert Hemmings took up residence in 1776, but soon changed in function and appearance.
Thomas Jefferson and his enslaved servant Robert Hemmings slept, worked, and shopped in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776 while Jefferson was attending the meetings of the Second Continental Congress.
