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Boelson Cottage

Boelson Cottage is a Dutch and Swedish-style colonial era cottage located in , . The 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed fieldstone cottage was built sometime between 1678 and 1684.
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: fieldstone cottage in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
  • Also known as: “Boelsen Cottage” and “John Boelsen House”
  • Address: 2128 Martin Luther King Drive, Philadelphia, PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rockland Mansion and Ormiston Mansion.

Historic house
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The is a 2+1⁄2-story, Federal-style mansion that is located in east , , overlooking the . is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Boelson Cottage.

Museum
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is a 2+1⁄2-story, red brick, late Georgian period house located in east , . The house was constructed in 1798 with a large wooden porch in front and a smaller porch in the rear. is situated 1,900 feet east of Boelson Cottage.

Bridge
, also known as Columbia Bridge, is a 1920 concrete arch bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries CSX Trenton Subdivision rail lines over the . is situated 1,400 feet south of Boelson Cottage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northwest Philadelphia and Wynnefield Heights.

Photo: ChristineFisher, CC BY 2.0.
'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.

Neighborhood
is a middle class neighborhood that is located in the greater area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is bounded by City Avenue to the north, Belmont Avenue to the west, to the south and east, and the Schuylkill Expressway to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the city of , , located east of in . 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.

Boelson Cottage

Latitude
39.98962° or 39° 59′ 23″ north
Longitude
-75.20298° or 75° 12′ 11″ west
Inception
1678—1684
Height
21 feet (6.4 metres)
Open location code
87F6XQQW+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 764494930
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q43269669
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Boelson Cottage”. Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.