Woodford
Woodford is a historic mansion at Ford Road and Greenland Drive in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built c. 1756, it is the first of Philadelphia's great colonial Georgian mansion houses to be built, and exemplifies the opulence of such houses.- Type: Museum
- Description: historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Woodford Mansion”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Historic Strawberry Mansion and Laurel Hill Mansion.
Historic Strawberry Mansion
Museum
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Historic Strawberry Mansion is a summer home in East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Built between 1783 and 1789 by Judge William Lewis, it was originally named Summerville. Historic Strawberry Mansion is situated 880 feet northwest of Woodford.
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 2,100 feet west of Woodford.
Henry O. Tanner House
Historic house
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The Henry O. Tanner House is a historic house at 2908 West Diamond Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was from 1872 to 1888 the childhood home of Henry Ossawa Tanner, an African-American artist who was the first of his race to be elected to National Academy of Design. Henry O. Tanner House is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Woodford.
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
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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
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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.
Woodford
- Categories: mansion, building, tourism, historic site, historic house, and tourist attraction
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.99317° or 39° 59′ 35″ northLongitude
-75.18784° or 75° 11′ 16″ westOpen location code
87F6XRV6+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 377438311OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q16903616
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Highlights include SEPTA 33rd & Dauphin Bus Terminal and Strawberry Mansion Playground.
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