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Bartram's Garden is a 50-acre public garden and National Historic Landmark in Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, situated on the banks of the Tidal Schuylkill River. [2] Founded in 1728 by botanist John Bartram (1699–1777), it is the oldest botanical garden to survive in North America. [ 3 ]
The neighborhood takes its name from noted botanist John Bartram, whose historical home and gardens, Bartram's Garden, are located nearby. Bartram's Garden, also known as the John Bartram House, is a National Historic Landmark. [2] Bartram Village is also the name of a housing project in the neighborhood located at 54th Street and Elmwood Avenue.
The Awbury Historic District is a historic area in the East Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3] [4] It encompasses the former summer homes and farms of the extended Cope family, who moved to the area starting in 1849 and the entire Awbury Arboretum, which occupies most of the district's area, as well as adjacent properties developed and occupied by Henry Cope (1793-1865 ...
Philadelphia, Germantown: c. 1730 Mill Quaker Mill House: Goldsboro: 1731 House One of the oldest houses in central Pennsylvania [citation needed] Bartram's Garden: Philadelphia, Kingsessing: 1731 House The home of John Bartram (1699–1777), America's first botanist and father of William Bartram (1739–1823), himself an eminent botanist and ...
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.
711–39 Spring Garden St. Loews Philadelphia Hotel: 1200 Market St. Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building Carl Mackley Houses: 1401 E. Bristol St. Mount Moriah Cemetery gates: 1801 Cemetery Ave. The Philadelphia Club: 1301–03 Walnut St. Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral: 13–19 S. 38th St. Listed as Church of the Savior Philadelphia ...
The neighborhood is named for Andrew M. Eastwick, an engineer and patron of Bartram's Garden. [1] It was largely rural until the 1920s when swampy land was dredged to create room for an airport and other large-scale uses within the city limits. Much of the original housing built before the 1950s lacked sewer service and other urban conveniences.
May 11, 1976 (North Philadelphia Eastern banks of the Schuylkill River: Fairmount Park: First municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822, it operated until 1909.