Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§407m–3 Acquisition of Site of Graff House
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LI — INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 407m–3
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may acquire by purchase or gift any interest in the land and buildings at Market and South Seventh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to add the Graff House site to Independence National Historical Park. The lot starts at that corner and measures 124 by 50 feet.
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Title 16, §407m–3
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In order to include in Independence National Historical Park the site of the Graff House where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, or with donated funds all or any interests in the land and improvements thereon located at the southwest corner of Market and South Seventh Streets, in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point located at the intersection of the southerly line of Market Street with the westerly line of South Seventh Street, thence southerly along the west side of South Seventh Street 124 feet, thence westerly 50 feet, thence northerly 124 feet, thence easterly 50 feet to the point of beginning.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as a part of act June 28, 1948, ch. 687, 62 Stat. 1061, as amended, which comprises this subchapter.
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16 U.S.C. § 407m–3
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102