Memorial Hall 1876 Memorial Hall is one of the few buildings that remain from the International Centennial Exhibition held in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the United States. Architecturally, it’s an early example of a monumental building in the country and one of America’s first in the Beaux-Arts manner. The plan […]
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William G. Low House 1887 Charles McKim designed this prototypical house early in his career. The monolithic facade covered in cedar shingles and simple interior finishes became the standard for the American Shingle style. Completed in 1887, the house was demolished in 1962. This building suffered the same fate as another early shingle-style building by the same
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J. B. Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank Building Watkins Museum of History Upon its completion in 1888, the J. B. Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank Building [now the Watkins Museum of History] was considered one of the most magnificent structures west of the Mississippi River. Today it remains a fine example
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Ruggles House 1820 In 1820, The Ruggles House was completed in the remote regions of Massachusetts called Plantation 13 that would become the state of Maine in the same year. Restored to it’s original grandeur by the last descendant of the first owner, with a grand double-return staircase and unusual fireplace overmantels. Description A two story rectangular frame
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Historic Places in Maine Maine is filled with lakes and cabins in the mountains that thaw for vacationers in the late spring. See Also:
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Woodford Mansion 1758 Fairmount Park East, Philadelphia, PA Judge William Coleman had a single-story house built in the Georgian style and completed in 1758. Coleman was a Quaker, born in Philadelphia and close friends with Benjamin Franklin. Woodford sits on the edge of East Fairmount Park, near Ridge Avenue and 33rd Street, and accessible in the park from Randolph Street.
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Benjamin Hall, Jr. House 1785 The Benjamin Hall, Jr. House features outstanding carved balusters on the staircase in the main hallway, with a broad landing on the stairs – and a secret. The Palladian window on the landing is actually a door to a separate staircase at the back of the building for the household staff.
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Rockland Mansion 1810 Fairmount Park East, Philadelphia, PA Rockland Mansion (Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia) Pristine example of an Adams Federal style house with original details unchanged for 200 years. Rockland was built in 1810 as a modest Schuylkill River villa with the same basic plan (three bays wide) as Laurel Hill, Woodford, The Solitude, Ormiston and
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