The Historic Lazaretto, "Ellis Island's Great-Grandfather"

Nestled on the banks of the Delaware River near the Philadelphia airport sits the Lazaretto. Built in 1799, it is the oldest surviving facility in the Western Hemisphere once used to quarantine those with infectious diseases entering the U.S. David Barnes, associate professor of the history and sociology of science at the University of Pennsylvania, serves on the board of the Lazaretto Preservation Association and is researching a book about the facility named after the patron saint of lepers, Saint Lazarus. He takes us inside the abandoned maritime quarantine station for a tour.
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Dr. Barnes maintains a website with information, historic photos and documents about the Lazaretto at: www.sas.upenn.e...