Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is a historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, atop cliffs overlooking the Schuylkill River. It was built about 1761–62 in what was then the countryside outside the city by John Macpherson and his wife Margaret.Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Mount Pleasant Mansion”
- Address: 3800 Mount Pleasant Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19121
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rockland Mansion and Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse.
Rockland Mansion
Historic house
Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.
The Rockland Mansion is a 2+1⁄2-story, Federal-style mansion that is located in east Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, overlooking the Schuylkill River. Rockland Mansion is situated 900 feet north of Mount Pleasant.
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse
Recreation area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse is a free young children's playground near North 33rd Street and Oxford Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, within the borders of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Mount Pleasant.
Columbia Railroad Bridge
Bridge
Columbia Railroad Bridge, also known as Columbia Bridge, is a 1920 concrete arch bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries CSX Trenton Subdivision rail lines over the Schuylkill River. Columbia Railroad Bridge is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Mount Pleasant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northwest Philadelphia and Strawberry Mansion.
Northwest Philadelphia
Photo: ChristineFisher, CC BY 2.0.
Philadelphia's Northwest district is a huge area north of Lehigh Ave and west of Front St. This isn't the most visited part of town, but nonetheless there are plenty of interesting neighborhoods to explore.
Strawberry Mansion
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strawberry Mansion is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located east of Fairmount Park in North Philadelphia. The neighborhood is bounded by 33rd Street to the west, 29th Street to the east, Lehigh Avenue to the north, and Oxford Street to the south.
Brewerytown
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Brewerytown is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. An unofficial region, Brewerytown runs approximately between the Schuylkill River's eastern bank and 25th Street, bounded by Montgomery Avenue to the north and Parrish Street to the south.
Mount Pleasant
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, tourism, historic site, and manor estate
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.98338° or 39° 59′ 0″ northLongitude
-75.19984° or 75° 11′ 59″ westOperator
Philadelphia Museum of ArtOpen location code
87F6XRM2+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 356323017OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=manorOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6922887
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