Betsy Ross House

The Betsy Ross House is a small, brick structure on Arch Street with shutters painted a distinctive shade of colonial blue. It served as an upholstery shop in the seventeen seventies. While local legend claims Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag here at the request of George Washington, many historians argue the story surfaced over a century later through her grandson. Whether the stitches were made in this parlor or elsewhere, the house remains a site for debating the birth of national icons.