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Blog: 4 August 2020

Strawberry Mansion

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Belmont Mansion and the Underground Railroad Lemon Hill Mansion Mount Pleasant Mansion Strawberry Mansion is the largest of the Fairmount Park Historic Houses, and today its halls are adorned with antiques,... Read More

Ohio House

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Belmont Mansion and the Underground Railroad Lemon Hill Mansion Mount Pleasant Mansion Please Touch Museum In 1876, nearly 10 million people visited Philadelphia over the course of 6 months for the Centennial... Read More

Woodford Mansion

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Belmont Mansion and the Underground Railroad Lemon Hill Mansion Mount Pleasant Mansion Named for its juxtaposition between a forest around the house and a nearby ford in the Schuylkill River, Woodford Mansion... Read More

Sedgley Mansion Porter’s House

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Belmont Mansion and the Underground Railroad Lemon Hill Mansion Mount Pleasant Mansion Adjacent to Lemon Hill Mansion, the birthplace of Fairmount Park, is a modest but elegant edifice, an esoteric relic that... Read More

Letitia Street House

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Belmont Mansion and the Underground Railroad Lemon Hill Mansion Mount Pleasant Mansion Until the 20th Century, this small unassuming brick townhouse on Letitia Street (now relocated to Girard Avenue) was... Read More

Solitude House

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Belmont Mansion and the Underground Railroad Lemon Hill Mansion Mount Pleasant Mansion The Solitude House is the only remaining building in the United States that housed a member of the Penn family. Its... Read More

Ridgeland Mansion

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Belmont Mansion and the Underground Railroad Lemon Hill Mansion Mount Pleasant Mansion Acquired in 1869 like many of the other Fairmount mansions, Ridgeland Mansion, also known as Mount Prospect, is one of the... Read More

Cedar Grove Mansion

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Belmont Mansion & The Underground Railroad Museum For centuries, Cedar Grove Mansion housed five generations of the joint Paschall-Morris families. Today this gives us an engaging lens to look back in time... Read More

The Cliffs

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Belmont Mansion and the Underground Railroad Lemon Hill Mansion Mount Pleasant Mansion Please Touch Museum Since 1986, cream-colored ruins peek out above the trees near 33rd and Oxford, covered in graffiti.... Read More

“Wooder Ice” - The Hidden History of a Philadelphia Delicacy

August 07, 2020

Related Posts Buy Tickets for The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia – See 20+ Sites on a Primary Overview of Independence Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall Philadelphia Soft Pretzels Philly Cheesesteaks Philly Taco - A Cheesesteak Wrapped in Jumbo Slice of Pizza Amid the heat of the summer, residents of the City of Philadelphia are cooling down with a refreshing... Read More

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Blog: 4 August 2020