Tucked inside an 1855 row house, this sumptuous boutique hotel was once home to a 19th-century working women’s advocacy group, the New Century Guild.

The boutique hotel opened in September with 12 rooms and suites named after former guild members—among them, Eliza Sproat Turner, a teacher, writer and New Century Guild founder; Florence Kelley, a founding member of the NAACP; and Emily Sartain, artist and director of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art and Design).