Declaration House
(Graff House)
In 1776, while attending the Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson rented two rooms from Jacob Graff, Jr., to avoid the "excessive heats of the city." Here, in Graff's house on the outskirts of town, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Marker is at the intersection of South 7th Street and Market Street, on the right when traveling south on South 7th Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
