Hotels near Benjamin Franklin House

This Georgian terraced house was the London base of the great American statesman and key founder of the United States, Benjamin Franklin between 1757 and 1775, and was essentially the first American Embassy. As he struggled to contain the growing enmity between England and her colony. In his spare time, the great man pursued his own interests, including meeting the great men and women of the day, and inventing bifocal spectacles, a new musical instrument and a fuel-saving stove. The house has been recreated as a 'historical experience', rather like a more serious, more interesting London Dungeon. Visitors receive a guided tour from Polly, Franklin's landlady's daughter, accompanied by appropriate sound effects and visuals while Emmy-award winning actor Peter Coyote plays the part of Benjamin Franklin in the Historical Experience. It's a very impressive attempt to bring the 18th century alive in an interesting way, and mostly succeeds admirably.