Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
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Historic American Buildings Survey,
Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey
Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
- Title: Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
- Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
- Related Names:
Scharzmann, Hermann Joseph
Centennial Exposition
Pratt, Henry
Holme, Thomas
Rush, William
Zaiss, P
Morris, Robert
Taylor, Knowles
Wetherill, John Price
Graff, Frederick
Blue Devil Barge Club
Imp Barge Club
Schuylkill Navy
Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club
Sidney, James C
Graff, Frederick
Kneass, Strickland
Saunders, William
Sidney & Adams
Loyd, Isaac
Palles, Andrew
Barings family
Fairmount Park Commission
George, Jesse
George, Rebecca
Simpson, William
Copeland, Robert Morris
Olmsted, Frederick Law
Vaux, Calvert
Cresson
Hatfield, Martin & White
Kirn, Herman
Catholic Total Abstinence Societies of Philadelphia
Fairmount Park Art Association
Harrison
Harrison, Sarah
Wilstach, W P
Ware, William Robert
Burnham, Daniel Hudson
White, Stanford
Bacon, Henry
White, James
Greber, Jacques
Borie, C J
Trumbauer, Horace
Zantzinger, C C
Sidney, James Charles
Adams, Andrew
Price, Eli Kirk
Michaux, Francois Andre
Ali, Maria F , historian
Wunsch, Aaron V , historian
Vazquez, J Raul , delineator
Hodge, Jonathan , delineator
Gregoire, Shawn A , delineator
Battle, Miles A , delineator
Thie, Christopher R , delineator
Arzola, Robert R , project manager - Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
- Medium:
Measured Drawing(s): 16
Data Page(s): 45 - Reproduction Number: ---
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- Call Number: HABS PA,51-PHILA,696-
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadelphia's water supply from the effects of increased industrialization to the north, the land's initial function as a buffer zone was soon eclipsed by its role as a public pleasure ground. Although no formal design plan was directly imposed on the park, Hermann Schwarzmann, engineer for the Fairmount Park Commission from 1869-1876, culled elements from several 19th century sources when laying out the park's infrastructure. With its winding paths, framed vistas, and vast open spaces, the park is an excellent example of American romantic design deriving from a combination of English garden theory, Transcendental thoughts on nature and conservation, and design innovation by American landscape pioneers Andrew Jackson Downing, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Calvert Vaux. The existing park contains elements constructed over the course of three centuries. Scatter throughout the site, historic houses built from ca. 1750 to ca. 1810 as rural retreats for Philadelphia's elite continue to exist as a loosely-arranged villa district. The series of classical buildings at the Fairmount Park Waterworks near the southeast entrance to the park combine 19th century engineering innovations with historical revival styles. Just north of the waterworks, Boathouse Row, a chain of structures owned by independent rowing club s lines the east bank of Schuylkill River, Memorial Hall, the Ohio State House and various gardens, fountains and roads from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition remain in the West Park, and the Zoological Gardens, chartered in 1859 as the first zoo in America, continue to thrive. The construction of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art at the beginning of the 20th century created a gateway to the park in the City Beautiful mode and the landscape has been embellished with monuments provided by the Fairmount Park Art Association. Although the Schuylkill Expressway now runs the length o the park and several of the bordering neighborhoods have deteriorated, the park remains a vital part of the life and history of the city.
- Survey number: HABS PA-6183
- Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
- Building/structure dates: before 1828 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1855 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: after 1857 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1874-1876 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1955 Demolished
- Building/structure dates: 1872 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1917- before 1930 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: after. 1901- before. 1908 Subsequent Work
- Subjects:
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- Collections:
- Part of: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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- Call Number: HABS PA,51-PHILA,696-
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Data Page(s): 45
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Data Page(s): 45
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