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  2. Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of houses in Fairmount Park - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia

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    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.

  5. Belmont Mansion - Wikipedia

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    Belmont Mansion may refer to: Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia), a historic house museum; Belmont Mansion (Tennessee), listed on the National Register of Historic Places

  6. Boelson Cottage - Wikipedia

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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]

  7. Chestnut Hill Historic District (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    Druim Moir Historic District, includes Romanesque Revival mansion (1883–86), designed by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt; Graver's Lane Station (1883), designed by Frank Furness; John Story Jenks School (1922), designed by Irwin T. Catharine; Thomas Mill Covered Bridge (across the Wissahickon Creek, the only traditional covered bridge in Philadelphia)

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  9. Fairmount Park - Wikipedia

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    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]