Ridgeland 1762 Fairmount Park West, Philadelphia, PA Ridgeland’s unique oval windows(( Image source Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust )) One of the oldest houses in Fairmount Park, Ridgeland was built for William Couch in the Schuylkill River Valley and completed in 1762 as a farmhouse. Only at the end of the 18th century was it used primarily […]
Cedar Grove Farmhouse 1750 Fairmount Park West, Philadelphia, PA Cedar Grove was originally located in northeast Philadelphia, beginning with a simple plan completed in 1750, with additions over the years. Five generations of Philadelphia families lived in the farmhouse from 1793 to 1926 when the building was acquired by the Fairmount Park Commission and relocated
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Bellaire Manor, Fairmount Park FDR Park, Philadelphia, PA Bellaire Mansion (1735) FDR Park History Early Georgian-style mansion located in Philadelphia’s FDR Park, completed sometime between 1714 and 1735. Flemish-bond with glazed header bricks, simple window frames and narrow, double-leaf entry doors. Good example of a half-dome door hood and second floor balustrade, both reconstructed from
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Fairmount Park Historic Houses The Fairmount Park System 62 different areas throughout The City Of Brotherly Love The largest concentration of parkland in Philadelphia (2,050 acres) is located on both sides of the Schuylkill River. On the east side, from the Philadelphia Art Museum in the south, beyond the Boat House Row and Kelly Drive.
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Congress Hall Philadelphia 1789 William Penn laid out the streets of Philadelphia in a limited area between the Schuylkill and the Delaware Rivers, extending from Vine Street to South Street (( Philadelphia Historic District – Historic Philadelphia )) Second floor Senate chambers Completed in 1789 as the County Courthouse in the Federal style by the
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Charles Manship House, Jackson, MS Constructed circa 1857, the Manship House is the finest surviving Gothic Revival structure in Jackson, Mississippi and one of the few fully-developed “Cottage Gothic” residences in the State. The design of the facade, or west elevation, is clearly derived from Figure 128 in Andrew Jackson Downing’s influential pattern book The
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Historic Houses in Mississippi Historic houses in the hot, humid region of the country are designed with deep awnings and shutters to keep the house cool in the summer. Oversized windows capture the breeze. Rooms are often outfitted with a fireplace and heavy curtains for a cold winter. Manship House in Jackson Gothic cottage for
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Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum Lockwood-Mathews Mansion (1868) Norwalk, Connecticut [Originally called] Elm Park, situated on Long Island sound, about midway between the villages of Norwalk and South Norwalk, three-fourths of a mile from each. The grounds consist of about 25 acres, with a front on West Avenue of about 1,200 feet. This front, and 150 feet
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Historic Places in Connecticut Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Lavishly decorated with the finest etched glass mirrors and carved wood details, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum was the first in the era of truly palatial New England estates. The Museum was the setting of the 2013 Traditional Building Conference Series tour. See Also:
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Fairbanks House 1641 Oldest wood-framed house in the United States This is perhaps the earliest and most important house of the 17th century standing in Massachusetts. It has suffered from practically no detrimental alterations except the removal of the original casement windows many of which, however, are preserved in the house. It retains many fine
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