Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)

Chestnut Street is a major historic street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was originally named Wynne Street because Thomas Wynne's home was there. William Penn renamed it Chestnut Street in 1684. It runs east–west from the Delaware River waterfront in downtown Philadelphia through Center City and West Philadelphia. The road crosses the Schuylkill River on the Chestnut Street Bridge. It serves as eastbound Pennsylvania Route 3 between 63rd and 33rd Streets.

Stratton's Tavern was located on Chestnut Street near Sixth Street. When the citizens of Philadelphia were afraid that the British might attack the essentially unmanned Fort Mifflin, the secretary of the Young Men's Democratic Society called a meeting held at Stratton's Tavern at Chestnut and Sixth Streets on March 20, 1813. The young men agreed to volunteer their services to defend the fort.

Points of interest
From east to west:
 * United States Custom House
 * National Liberty Museum
 * Carpenters' Hall
 * First National Bank (now part of the Science History Institute)
 * Old City Hall
 * Second Bank of the United States
 * Independence Hall
 * Liberty Bell
 * Former Gimbel's department store 1927 addition, Chestnut & 9th streets, northeast corner
 * The Franklin Residences, formerly the Benjamin Franklin Hotel
 * Belgravia Hotel
 * Historic Main Post Office (now the IRS' 30th Street Campus)
 * Drexel University
 * University of Pennsylvania

Major intersections
The entire street is in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.

Gallery
 File:Chestnut Street West Philadelphia 2.jpg|33rd and Chestnut Streets in University City File:Chestnut Street at Night.jpg|Chestnut Street in Philadelphia at night in February 2016 File:Exterior of the Independence Hall, Aug 2019.jpg|Independence Hall, a landmark between 5th and 6th Streets on Chestnut Street File:Independence Hall 4.jpg|Old City Hall at 5th and Chestnut Streets File:Phila FrontStreet02.jpg|Eastern terminus at Front Street File:Chestnut Street West Philadelphia 3.jpg|Chestnut and 47th Street 