Year built: 1743

Asking price: $795,000

This Georgian rowhome in Society Hill was built for a man named Charles Townsend, who was one of the volunteer firefighters on the Philadelphia Fire Company organized by Ben Franklin. Today, the home clocks in at 1,800 square feet and features three bedrooms, two and a half baths, and multiple wood-burning fireplaces.

Year built: c. 1745

Asking price: $995,000

This $995,000 twin home in Queen Village hides its age well. Although the three-bedroom, two and a half bath home dates back to the mid-1700s when it was built for a tailor named John Fullerton, the home has been upgraded throughout with age-in-place features like an elevator.

Year built: c. 1750

Asking price: $4,950,000

These are two historic properties for the price of one: The two mansions, known as the Shippen-Wistar House and the Cadwaladar House, are being sold in tandem. The Shippen-Wistar House was known to play host to guests like our founding fathers George Washington, John Adams, and Richard Henry Lee.

Year built: 1818

Asking price: $679,000

As the historic plaque outside of this Washington Square West home details, this was the birthplace of Henry George, who would go on to be a leader of the Progressive Era and write the book Progress and Poverty. Most recently, the four-bedroom, one a half bath home has served as an education center and museum, but now there’s an opportunity to turn it back into a single-family home. The only catch: There’s no kitchen, although plans are available.

Year built: c. 1850

Asking price: $1.7 million

This Society Hill home is one of the three 19th-century brownstones dubbed the Bouvier Houses, named after Michel Bouvier, the great-great-grandfather of Jackie O. Bouvier made his fortune as a cabinet maker here in Philly after fleeing France. The 7,100-square-foot brownstone features original hardwood floors, marble fireplaces (seven total!), and 14-foot ceilings.

c. 1853

The historic Edwin Forrest brownstone next to New Freedom Theatre on North Broad hit the market in September 2017 for $3.5 million. It was the home of renowned actor Edwin Forrest, and in later years it served as the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Finally, the brownstone ultimately became part of the New Freedom Theatre, serving the city’s African-American community.

Year built: 1860

Asking price: $5,785,000

This Beaux-Arts mansion is one of the many stand-out homes that line Delancey Place in Rittenhouse Square. Originally built in the Federal style in 1860, it was later recast in 1918 the Beaux Arts-style by local firm DeArmond, Ashmead & Bickley. One of its most notable residents was Nobel Prize winner and writer Pearl Buck, who bought the home in 1964 and wrote her short story collection “Once upon a Christmas” here. Today, the stately home clocks in at 7,505 square feet and features five bedrooms, five full baths, and four half baths.

Year built: 1885

Asking price: $425,000

This stone Victorian in Germantown was built in the late 19th century to “accommodate the refined tastes of Philadelphia’s elite in one of the city’s first historic railway suburbs.” Today, the home has eight bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, and 4,173 square feet of space. Some of the OG details include chestnut pocket doors and six fireplaces.