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The property became part of Fairmount Park in 1869 as part of a program to preserve the quality of the water supply. In anticipation of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876, a large dining pavilion was built alongside the mansion. Belmont was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, June 26, 1956.
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.
The Ohio House, or the Ohio State Building, is an historic, American building that is located in west Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. It is listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places [1] and is an inventoried structure within the Fairmount Park Historic District entry on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3]
Belmont Mansion may refer to: Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia), a historic house museum; Belmont Mansion (Tennessee), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Boelson Cottage is a Dutch and Swedish-style colonial era cottage located in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [6] The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story gambrel-roofed fieldstone cottage [3] was built sometime between 1678 and 1684. [6]
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)