John Ruan House
Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States
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John Ruan House (1794) is a historic mansion located in the Frankford section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It housed the Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library from 1958 to 2021.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places that same year.
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