DESCRIPTION:
Subject: Fairmount Park from Lemon Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Condition: Fair (See scans)
Back side: Divided
Circulated: Yes
Year: 1909
Publisher: Unknown
Postmark: November 10, 1909, Philadelphia, PA
"Lemon Hill (1800–01) is a Federal-style mansion in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, built by the merchant Henry Pratt. Originally part of Robert Morris's 300-acre (120 ha) estate, The Hills, Pratt purchased 43 acres (17 ha) at a sheriff's sale for $14,654 in 1799. According to Pratt's letterbooks, recently discovered by Philadelphia Museum of Art assistant curator Martha C. Halpern, he designed the mansion himself and served as his own general contractor. Named for the many lemon trees in Morris's greenhouse, which was part of his new property, Pratt lived here until his death in 1838. To protect its water supply, the City of Philadelphia began purchasing properties along the Schuylkill River, beginning with Lemon Hill in 1844. This formed the basis for what is now Fairmount Park. Lemon Hill is located on a bluff overlooking the Schuylkill River and Boathouse Row. Exceptional architectural features include its three oval parlors, stacked one on top of the other, with curved fireplace mantles and doors." (Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Hill)
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