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Cliveden (/ ˈ k l ɪ v d ən / or KLIV-dən), also known as the Chew House, is a historic site owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, located in the Germantown neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. Built as a country house for attorney Benjamin Chew, Cliveden
To protect his family from the diseases that plagued Philadelphia, [34] Chew chose Mennonite master builder, Jacob Knor, to build a summer retreat in Germantown, which he called Cliveden; the house later came to be known as the Chew house. [35] Knor went on to construct several other buildings in Germantown, including the nearby Johnson House ...
Paul Robeson House; Pearl S. Buck House National Historic Landmark; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Pennsylvania Barge Club; Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division) Pennsylvania Hospital; Pennsylvania State Capitol; Philadelphia City Hall; Philadelphia Contributionship; Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club; Philosophical Hall; Edgar Allan Poe ...
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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.
Cliveden. January 20, 1961 : Northwest Philadelphia 6401 Germantown Ave. ... Edwin Forrest House, first home of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, ...
The Jonathan Graham House, 5356 Chew Avenue, Germantown [42] The King Green House, 5112-14 Germantown Avenue [43] The Leibert House, 6950 Germantown Avenue, ca.1800-08 [44] Little Wakefield, 1701 Lindley Avenue [45] Lower Burial Ground (Hood Cemetery) [46] The Lutheran Theological Seminary Historic District, Mt. Airy [47] The Connie Mack House
ASHBURN, Va. — It was the only house in the cul-de-sac with a skating rink in the backyard. When the freeze set in, Peter Livingston would anchor two-by-fours in the ground behind the house ...