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Belmont Mansion is a historic mansion located in Fairmount ... Belmont was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, June 26, 1956. ... HABS No. PA-1649 ...
Aerial view of Lemon Hill Mansion. This list contains all of the extant historic houses located in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Most of the houses are referred to as mansions due to their size and use as the summer country estates of Philadelphia's affluent citizens in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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.
Born on June 22, 1744, at Belmont Mansion (then in the outskirts but now in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America). [2] His father William Peters, had emigrated from Liverpool, England with his brother Rev. Richard Peters. His uncle had become involved in a family scandal, which caused their emigration.
Southwest Philadelphia: Historic house: Botanical garden with a historic house to tour Belmont Mansion: West Philadelphia: History: Historic mansion with Underground Railroad museum in Fairmount Park Betsy Ross House: Center City: Historic house: Possible home of Betsy Ross, who sewed flags for the U.S. Navy and may have sewn the first American ...
Belmont Mansion may refer to: Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia), a historic house museum; Belmont Mansion (Tennessee), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House; Hatfield House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Hill–Physick–Keith House; Historic Strawberry Mansion; Thomas Hockley House; Hockley Row; Robert M. Hogue House; Houses at 1907–1951 N. 32nd St. Howell House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. [4] [5] Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, with the two sections together totalling 2,052 acres (830 ha). [3]