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The Philadelphia Lazaretto was the Second quarantine hospital in the United States, built in 1799, in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The site was originally inhabited by the Lenni Lenape, and then the first Swedish settlers.
Built beginning in 1799 after a series of devastating yellow fever epidemics, the Lazaretto on Tinicum Island protected Philadelphia from imported epidemics from 1801 to 1895. Discover the many layers of suffering, tragedy, hope, and survival embedded in this most unusual historic site.
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By Lance R. Eisenhower. Situated roughly ten miles south of Philadelphia, in Essington, on the west bank of the Delaware River, the Lazaretto is considered to be the oldest and last surviving quarantine station in the United States.
The Philadelphia Lazaretto as it stands over 100 years after its original mission ended. In mid-July 1800, the U.S.S. Ganges, on the U.S. Navy’s earliest warships, encountered two American schooners, the Phebe and the Prudent, while navigating the Straits of Florida.
Much of this site still remains today. Philadelphia-bound ships stopped here for cargo to be inspected and passengers to be screened. Infested cargoes were fumigated or destroyed completely. Ill passengers were brought ashore to the main building or hospital of the Lazaretto for quarantine to await recovery or death.
Oct 28, 2016 · The Lazaretto opened in 1799 after major yellow fever epidemics had ravaged Philadelphia. Boats and passengers coming to Philadelphia from all over the world had to first pass through the Lazaretto and be inspected. “It’s an unparalleled, historic resource. This is almost 100 years older than Ellis Island,” said Barnes.
Dec 28, 2022 · The Philadelphia Lazaretto. David Barnes | Dec 28, 2022. There are stories in the very fabric of Philadelphia’s Lazaretto. They speak to us from the bricks and mortar of the main building. They murmur in the tidal flow of the Delaware River next to which it stands.
