Historic Strawberry Mansion
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.Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic house museum in East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Strawberry Mansion” and “Summerville”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Woodford and Strawberry Mansion Bridge.
Woodford
Museum
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. Woodford is situated 880 feet southeast of Historic Strawberry Mansion.
Strawberry Mansion Bridge
Bridge
The Strawberry Mansion Bridge is a steel arch truss bridge across the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1896–1897 by the Phoenix Iron Company in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, under private ownership by the Fairmount Park Transportation Company, which operated trolleys over the bridge, with pedestrian and carriage lanes on the north side. Strawberry Mansion Bridge is situated 970 feet west of Historic Strawberry 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 1,600 feet southwest of Historic Strawberry 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.
Wynnefield Heights
Neighborhood
Wynnefield Heights is a middle class neighborhood that is located in the greater West Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is bounded by City Avenue to the north, Belmont Avenue to the west, Fairmount Park to the south and east, and the Schuylkill Expressway to the east.
Historic Strawberry Mansion
- Categories: historic house museum, building, tourism, historic site, historic house, and tourist attraction
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.99429° or 39° 59′ 39″ northLongitude
-75.19061° or 75° 11′ 26″ westOpen location code
87F6XRV5+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 49887255OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5773686
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Strawberry Mansion Music Pavilion and The Dell Music Center.
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