Mount Pleasant (mansion)
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| Mount Pleasant | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
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| Location: | Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Area: | < 1 acre |
| Built/Founded: | c. 1761 |
| Architectural style(s): | Georgian |
| Designated as NHL: | May 30, 1974[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000685 |
| Governing body: | Local (Fairmount Park Commission) |
Mount Pleasant is a mansion located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was built in what was then the countryside outside of the city by a privateer.[3] It is now an off-premise gallery of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Fairmount Park.[4]
At Mount Pleasant, McPherson had a residence constructed equipped with an entrance topped by a pediment supported by Doric columns. We can recognize here a roof with a balustrade and a symmetrical arrangement, characteristic of the neoclassic style en vogue at the time in Europe. [5]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.[1][6]
It is located on East Fairmount Park (road), between East River Drive and Columbia Avenue.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- http://www.ushistory.org/districts/fairmountpark/mount.htm
- http://www.aia.org/nwsltr_hrc.cfm?pagename=hrc_a_20061222_mtpleasant
[edit] References
- ^ a b Mount Pleasant. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Mount Pleasant. (html). Independence Hall Association. “It was built in 1761-62 by Captain John Macpherson, a privateer who had had "an arm twice shot off" according to John Adams. The pirate called the house "Clunie" after the seat of his family's ancient clan in Scotland.”
- ^ Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Fairmount Park Houses: Mount Pleasant." (html). “Scottish ship captain John Macpherson (1726–1792) and his first wife, Margaret, built their grand country estate on this site—high atop cliffs overlooking the Schuylkill River—between 1762 and 1765. They employed as their builder-architect Thomas Nevell (1721–1797), an apprentice of Edmund Woolley, the builder of Independence Hall.”
- ^ Mount Pleasant :: gophila.com - The Official Visitor Site for Greater Philadelphia
- ^ Patricia Heintzelman (August 30, 1974), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: PDF (32 KB), National Park Service and Accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from 1974 and undatedPDF (32 KB)
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