The Lazaretto

Visit the Lazaretto and take some pictures to enter our photo competition! Driving instructions are below, or just put us in google maps! https://www.google.com//data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c6c339

Thought we would take a shot at the #howitstarted trend #TheLazaretto edition! First shot is pre-2019, second shot is from this year! We are so grateful for donors who make this kind of historical preservation possible. Please donate at lazaretto.site/?page_id=402 to make more of this work possible!

Thank you State Representative Mary Isaacson and Professor David Barnes for coming to Historic Arch Street Meeting House for our first lecture series of 2020. A riveting presentation on the The Lazaretto.

Super excited to announce #thelazaretto photo competition. We can’t wait to see the fantastic photos you will share. To enter the competition, you need to do three things: (1) Take a fantastic photo at #thelazaretto - Check out lazaretto.site for directions on how to get there! (2) Post your photo on Instagram and tag us @lazphl and #thelazaretto... (3) Tag three of your friends in the comments of this post Don't have an instagram? Posting on facebook counts too! Make sure you tag us here @LazarettoTinicum DM us with any questions! We’re super excited to see your fantastic photographic creations! #thelaz #philly #visitphilly #livinghistory #pandemic #philadelphia #discoverphl #phl #photography #photocontest #photographersofphilly

Hey everybody! Just wanted to share a few exciting updates! We now have an instagram account (@LazPHL) and a website (Lazaretto.site). You can check out the web...site for more information on the brand new audio tour of the Lazaretto recorded by Penn Professor David Barnes. In the meantime, please enjoy this awesome picture of the front of #TheLazaretto! See more

A NEW AUDIO TOUR of the Lazaretto is in production! Anyone with a smart phone will be able to listen to the basic history, stories, and information from the building of the site, through the quarantine station, country club, seaplane and marina years.

GREAT NEWS ! ! ! ! Professor David Barnes' book is at the presses! When it is released there will be a book signing at the Lazaretto. The title is" Lazaretto: How an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed Science Allowed a City to Accommodate Immigrants and Prevent Epidemics." (Forthcoming, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.) Watch for updated information.

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