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Eastern State Penitentiary   (circa 1829)
22nd and Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19130
215-236-3300
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A National Historic Landmark five blocks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this structure was built as part of a radical movement to rehabilitate criminals through solitary confinement. These walls have imprisoned such infamous criminals as Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton.

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