Historic houses and walking tours in Pennsylvania
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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Vernon-Wister House, Germantown “Vernon”, Germantown Philadelphia, PA Vernon is the product of two periods, the informal farmhouse Colonial architecture of the 18th Century and the more formal architecture which came into vogue in the early years of the 19th Century. Tracing down the ownership of the property from the first owner, Peter Shoemaker, who arrived
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Philadelphia Historic Places Center City and Independence National Park Congress Hall was once the seat of the United States Senate when the Nation’s Capital was in Philadelphia. Fairmount Park Houses Fairmount Historic Houses Map Tour through Fairmount Park to see dozens of historic homes and buildings that were first constructed when Philadelphia was the most
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Historic Places in Pennsylvania Center City Philadelphia Fairmount Park Houses Germantown Historic District See Also:
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