text: seven walking tours through historic Philadelphia

Todd House (Dolley Madison)

On the Northeast corner of 4th and Walnut Streets stands the Todd House, home of Dolley Madison. It was built in 1775 and occupied from 1791 to 1793 by John Todd, Jr., and his wife, Dolley Payne. After Todd's death in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793, she married James Madison, a young Virginia politician who was to become our fourth President. Stephen Moylan, the Revolutionary War general, lived here from 1796 to 1807.

Diagonally across the street, on the SW corner of the intersection of 4th and Walnut, is the headquarters of The Philadelphia Contributionship.



Independence Hall Area