Today we are going to visit the first quarantine hospital in the United States. Located in outside of Philadelphia, where the Delaware and the Schuylkill rivers meet is the Lazaretto Quarantine Station.  This place wasn't just a place to quarantine diseases but also an immigration station. Maybe your ancestor came through the Lazaretto! 

 

Sources: 

USHistory.org

hiddencityphila.org

explorepahistory.com

http://thelazaretto.org