Ormiston Mansion
Ormiston Mansion is a 2+1⁄2-story, red brick, late Georgian period house located in east Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The house was constructed in 1798 with a large wooden porch in front and a smaller porch in the rear.Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Laurel Hill Mansion and Rockland Mansion.
Laurel Hill Mansion
Museum
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Laurel Hill Mansion, previously known as Randolph House, is a historic mansion in east Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 24, 1972. Laurel Hill Mansion is situated 1,100 feet north of Ormiston Mansion.
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 1,400 feet southwest of Ormiston Mansion.
Boelson Cottage
Historic building
Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.
Boelson Cottage is a Dutch and Swedish-style colonial era cottage located in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed fieldstone cottage was built sometime between 1678 and 1684. Boelson Cottage is situated 1,900 feet west of Ormiston Mansion.
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.
Ormiston Mansion
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic house in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
- Categories: historic house, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.98871° or 39° 59′ 19″ northLongitude
-75.19628° or 75° 11′ 47″ westOpen location code
87F6XRQ3+FFOpenStreetMap ID
way 377438264OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q46996433
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In Other Languages
“Ormiston Mansion” goes by many names.
- Turkish: “Ormiston Konağı”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include East Park Reservoir and Fairmount Park Athletic Field.
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