Benjamin Franklin House, 36 CRAVEN STREET, London WC2N 5NF

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"Benjamin Franklin House is a museum in a terraced Georgian house at 36 Craven StreetLondon, close to Trafalgar Square in the West End of London. It is the last-standing former residence of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The house dates from c. 1730, and Franklin lived and worked there from 1757 to 1774.[1][2] The museum opened to the public on 17 January 2006.[2] The chairman is American-British investment banker and philanthropist John Studzinski.[3]

The house is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England for its historic association with Franklin.[4] "

See https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/visit/virtual-tour/

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Benjamin Franklin House, 36 CRAVEN STREET, London WC2N 5NF

Email

info@benjaminfranklinhouse.org

Phone

0207 839 2006

Website

https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/

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