Houses/Mansions in Philadelphia

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Houses/Mansions in Philadelphia

Name	Category	Location

Bishop White House Built in 1786, this restored upper-class house embodies Colonial...	Houses / Mansions	Historic Area

Cedar Grove Five styles of furniture—Jacobean, William and Mary, Queen...	Houses / Mansions	Fairmount Park

Cliveden The grounds take up an entire block, and its unique history...	Houses / Mansions	Germantown

Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Philadelphia's only mid-19th-century house-museum is a Victorian...	Houses / Mansions	Germantown

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site One of America's most original writers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49)...	Houses / Mansions	Old City


Germantown White House Formerly called the Deshler-Morris House, the Germantown home...	Houses / Mansions	Germantown

Grumblethorpe The blood of General James Agnew, who died after being struck...	Houses / Mansions	Germantown

Johnson House After bringing visitors through the hidden back entrance of this...	Houses / Mansions	Germantown

Laurel Hill Built around 1767, this Georgian house on a laurel-covered hill...	Houses / Mansions	Fairmount Park

Lemon Hill An impressive example of a Federal-style country house, Lemon...	Houses / Mansions	Fairmount Park

Mt. Pleasant Built in 1761 by John Macpherson, a Scottish sea captain, Mt...	Houses / Mansions	Fairmount Park

Physick House Built in 1786, this is one of two remaining freestanding houses...	Houses / Mansions	Society Hill

Powel House The 1765 brick Georgian house purchased by Samuel Powel in 1769...	Houses / Mansions	Society Hill

Stenton James Logan may not be a household name, but he was a seminal...	Houses / Mansions	Germantown

Strawberry Mansion The largest of the Fairmount Park Historic Mansions is scheduled...	Houses / Mansions	Fairmount Park

Sweetbriar This three-story Federal mansion dating from 1797 was the first...	Houses / Mansions	Fairmount Park

Todd House Built in 1775 by John Dilworth, Todd House has been restored...	Houses / Mansions	Historic Area

Woodford The Naomi Wood collection of antique household goods, including...	Houses / Mansions	Fairmount Park

Wyck Between the 1690s and 1973, Wyck sheltered nine generations of...	Houses / Mansions	Germantown
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