Christ Church Burial Ground

Christ Church Burial Ground
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Benjamin Franklin's gravesite in Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia
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Location	5th and Arch streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°57′07″N 75°08′55″W / 39.95194°N 75.14861°W / 39.95194; -75.14861
NRHP reference No.	71000062[1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1971

Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia is an important early-American cemetery. It is the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah. Four other signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried here, Benjamin Rush, Francis Hopkinson, Joseph Hewes, and George Ross. Two additional signers of the Declaration of Independence, James Wilson and Robert Morris, are buried at Christ Church just a few blocks away.