Snapshots of the Lazaretto, past and present.









Cupola, Main Building 


Lazaretto riverfront 
Lazaretto riverfront, looking south toward Little Tinicum Island 

Colonnaded portico 
Colonnaded portico 
Barn (one of the surviving original buildings) 
One of the surviving original buildings (p0ssibly one of the kitchens) 



By Thomas L. Cernea, Bucks County architect and painter, undated (probably 1860s), courtesy of Philadelphia History Museum. Do not reproduce without permission 

1929 aerial photo of Lazaretto site 





from Leffmann, Under the Yellow Flag 


Health Office, Sixth & Sansom Streets, Philadelphia, from Leffmann, Under the Yellow Flag 
Lazaretto and Board of Health officials, from Leffmann, Under the Yellow Flag 
Lazaretto and Board of Health officials, from Leffmann, Under the Yellow Flag 
Crew of the Visitor tug, from Leffmann, Under the Yellow Flag 
Lazaretto Physician’s House, from Leffmann, Under the Yellow Flag 
“Dutch Hospital” building, from Leffmann, Under the Yellow Flag 

The Visitor tug, from Leffmann, Under the Yellow Flag 

