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The building was constructed as the home of the Louis Bergdoll family, owners of the City Park Brewery. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, scion of the well known brewing family, was a playboy, aviator, and World War I draft dodger. [2] In 1920, Bergdoll was apprehended in the mansion by authorities searching for him due to his draft dodging. [3]
On September 10, 2011, Freeman's held an auction that brought $3.5 million for an Imperial white jade seal from the Qianlong period, triple the highest sale in the company's history. [9] Other notable auction records set at Freeman's include a sculpture by Wharton Esherick as part of their annual Pennsylvania Sale in November 2014. [ 10 ]
The properties are distributed across all of Philadelphia's 12 planning districts. East/West Oak Lane, Olney, Upper North and Lower North are included as North Philadelphia. Kensington, Near Northeast and Far Northeast are part of Northeast Philadelphia. Roxborough/Manayunk and Germantown/Chestnut Hill are a part of Northwest Philadelphia.
May. 27, 2014 9:39 AM EDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A closed-door auction is getting underway to determine the future of Philadelphia's two largest newspapers. The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia ...
According to the Philadelphia Historical Commission, sites eligible for listing are those that possess any of the following: [2] Has significant character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the city, commonwealth or nation, or is associated with the life of a person significant in the past.
East Oak Lane is a neighborhood at the northern end of the North Philadelphia planning district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Many of the houses in the neighborhood are large single homes or twins built at a later period than much of central North Philadelphia. There is also a significant number of typical Philadelphia rowhouses.
They are a marked difference from the typical South Philly row homes. In 1950, the city received permission to sell all 481 homes to private owners. All the homes were sold within two years. In 1979, Girard Estate became a location for "Rocky II." The crew filmed scenes on the 2300 block of S. Lambert Street for a week.
The Historic Site is the only one of Poe's Philadelphia homes still standing [8] and is located in the historical Spring Garden district on the northern edge of Philadelphia. [9] Poe rented the house early in 1843 and is believed to have lived there for about a year or less [10] along with his wife Virginia and his aunt/mother-in-law Maria Clemm.