Entire houses in Society Hill and Queen Village, minutes from CHOP, Penn Medicine, Jefferson, Pennsylvania Hospital and Wills Eye.
Treatment and recovery can mean days or weeks away from home. A whole house gives you space, a kitchen and quiet, close to the hospitals people travel to Philadelphia for.
Three bedrooms, sleeping 8 to 10, so a patient, a partner, parents and siblings can stay together.
Cook the food you can eat and keep it in a full-size fridge. Every house is an entire home with its own kitchen.
Rodman and Hancock have a washer and dryer in the home, and Hancock includes free parking, which matters on repeat trips.
Residential blocks, not a hotel corridor. A calm place to rest between appointments.
Please note: Every one of our houses is a multi-level historic home. Bedrooms and bathrooms are reached by steep, narrow stairs, and there is no elevator or step-free route. If anyone in your party has limited mobility or small children, ask us before you book.
Pennsylvania Hospital, Wills Eye and Jefferson are in Center City, a few minutes by car and within about a mile of Rodman. CHOP and Penn are in University City, about ten minutes by car.
*Note: Distances are approximate, measured from the middle of each neighborhood and not from each front door. Car times are typical without traffic. Walking routes are in miles; a mile or less is an easy walk for most people.
Pharmacies, groceries, 24-hour stores, laundromats, coffee and well-loved restaurants, with real walking distances from each house.
*Note: Distances are approximate walking routes measured from the middle of each neighborhood, not from each front door; "walkable" means one mile or less. Places and opening hours come from OpenStreetMap and public sources and change often, so please call ahead. Listing a business is not an endorsement. In an emergency, call 911.
For the shortest trips to Pennsylvania Hospital, Wills Eye and Jefferson, Rodman House in Society Hill is closest on foot.
Hancock House and Catherine House in Queen Village are a few minutes farther, with free parking at Hancock. The two stand side by side, so a larger family can take both.
Historical Philly is a vacation-rental host. We are not a medical facility and do not provide medical care, medical advice, patient transport or caregiving. Please confirm appointment details with your care provider.
We are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hospital or health system. Names such as CHOP, Penn Medicine, Jefferson, Pennsylvania Hospital and Wills Eye are used only to describe location. Distances are approximate, and drive times vary with traffic.
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