Awbury Arboretum
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
#AP-01 (Awbury Park): ID: 707: Topographical map of Awbury Park/Arboretum., 1935
Item — Drawer N1: Series 1, Folder: 2.1
Identifier: 707
#AP-02 (Awbury Park): ID: 495: Topographical Plan of Awbury Park, 1935
Item — Shelf BR-25.1
Identifier: 495
Awbury Arboretum, n.d.
File — Drawer 7.4
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...
Dates:
undated
Awbury Arboretum. Plan made for the use of the Board of View in the matter of the condemnation of a tract of land placed on the city plan as a public park under the name of Awbury Arboretum bounded by Haines Street, Ardleigh Street, Tulpehocken Street, Stenton Avenue, the property line in the bed of the present Walnut Lane and the property line extending southeastward therefrom to Haines Street [fragile], 1933 February 27
Item — Drawer N1: Series 1, Folder: 2.1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1933 February 27
Awbury Arboretum. Plan of property made for Donnelly and Suess, 1926 January 19
Item — Drawer N1: Series 1, Folder: 2.1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1926 January 19
Awbury Arboretum. Plan showing properties in the vicinity of Awbury Arboretum, area bounded by Haines Street, Chew Street, Reading Railroad, Johnson Street, Ardleigh Street, Washington Lane and Stenton Avenue, 190 acres more or less, 1932 March 4
Item — Drawer N1: Series 1, Folder: 2.1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1932 March 4
Awbury Arboretum. Plan to revise the lines and grades of a portion of city plan no. 177 and to place thereon a public park under the name of Awbury Arboretum [2 copies], 1926 January 18
Item — Drawer N1: Series 1, Folder: 2.1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1926 January 18
Awbury Arboretum Twenty Second Ward. plan showing property owners. Drawing no. 2372 [3 copies], 1924 January
Item — Drawer N1: Series 1, Folder: 2.1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1924 January
N1, 1902-2015
Series
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1902-2015